# Seriously...why? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 10, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887 "2008-11-10T08:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/1 "2008-11-10T08:14:25Z")
> **[NVIDIA's Quadro FX 5800 with 4GB graphics memory is 'the most powerful graphics...](https://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/nvidias-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/)** > > That's some serious boasting by NVIDIA, but this is some serious graphics horsepower. The Quadro FX 5800, already seen in NVIDIA's Quadro Plex D data cruncher,... 4GB video card? What possibly could you do with this since applications that utilize spare GPU processing arent out there yet? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/2 "2008-11-10T08:14:58Z")
Crack passwords very quickly ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/3 "2008-11-10T08:20:19Z")
complex 3D models and simulations :tup: ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/4 "2008-11-10T08:34:53Z")
3d aborted fetus skin cancer porn ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/5 "2008-11-10T08:42:48Z")
4GB really isnt that overkill. Just for playing a simple computer game, crysis, there is a need for 1GB+. If you plan on playing on a 30" monitor, youre going to need a 2GB frame buffer. 4GB is alot, yes, but it can be needed for some insane 3D apps. And the frame buffer size is meaningless towards the physical processing power of the GPU. Yet, thats a high end workstation card, so im sure its quite good. And there is a few applications that will use your spare GPU time, but theyre generally poorly coded currently, and are in beta. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/6 "2008-11-10T08:44:11Z")
8GB or bust. Chumps. ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/7 "2008-11-10T09:09:25Z")
i think mine has 64mb… And it the most you could get when i got the computer… ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/8 "2008-11-10T09:26:59Z")
Man when I got my laptop a few months ago and got 512MB or DDR3 I thought that was sick. I have yet to have a problem playing anything not maxed out yet. ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/9 "2008-11-10T09:48:55Z")
The difference is you’re playing videos and watching movies. that card is for designers/movie makers/simulations… AKA Pixar doing 3D movies and rendering them; Gas companies doing 3D maps of the underground; People doing high-end 3d Engineering/Analysis (aircraft, cars, etc). HUGE difference in requirements Vs gaming. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/10 "2008-11-10T09:53:07Z")
lol i still have 256 … lol ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/11 "2008-11-10T09:58:32Z")
I’m at 768MB… with the FX4600… ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/12 "2008-11-10T10:06:52Z")
> [@boxxa"](#): > > [NVIDIA's Quadro FX 5800 with 4GB graphics memory is 'the most powerful graphics card in history'](http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/nvidias-quadro-fx-5800-with-4gb-graphics-memory-is-the-most-po/) > > 4GB video card? What possibly could you do with this since applications that utilize spare GPU processing arent out there yet? They’ll get there. Remember when Gates’ said “No one will ever need more than 640K of memory for a personal computer” ? Gordon Moore then had a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/13 "2008-11-10T10:45:53Z")
that would be terrible for shading and real time lighting… like has been said it’s a graphics rendering card. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/14 "2008-11-10T10:49:10Z")
actually, it would probably be pretty good at real time lighting calculations… shaders though, I agree ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seriously-why/57887/15 "2008-11-10T11:20:45Z")
I wish all i would need is a GPU, but damn everything gets out dated so fast im sticking to my Xbox360!