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What is the difference between a "Professional 2D" and a "Mid-range 3D" graphics card?

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I am looking at purchasing a workstation from Dell and am a little confused by the graphic card options. They are mostly Quadros, which I have no experience with. One grouping is a "Professional 2D" set of cards, like the Quadro NVS 420 or NVS 295. Some of the 3D choices are Quadro FX 3800 or 4800.…

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The Quadro line are the same chipset as similar GTS line cards (there is a table on wiki listing them all) They are aimed at professional 2D use = optimized drivers for things like Cad and color profiles matched for certain photo packages. They also…

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