ATI FireGL V8650 vs. NVIDIA QuadroFX 5600 @ HotHardware.com
 

*Review: HotHardware (http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/...F Shootout/)*
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While high-end workstation graphics cards may be based on roughly the same core architectures as gaming-targeted graphics cards, their purposes in life are very different. While they both accomplish the same task, processing commands and rendering images on-screen, workstation cards have a much tougher life than their gaming brethren. Workstation cards are used to solve huge, serious problems, like helping engineers design and build cars, they help architects when planning and constructing buildings, and even helping our friendly oil and gas companies to provide more effective oil and gassing techniques.

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