softquadroDCC

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HI you all,
...a simple question:
IS THERE SOFTQUADRODCC YET ?
i havn't found it but maybe someone can help me and where can i find it?
i have a gladiac920 from elsa and i use maya...
thanks and by!

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Hi,
I was looking for the same thing for a while...

First..softquadros author need a gf3 to do it but not yet..and hes married few days ago, so don`t ecpect anything soon..

I do know some coding stuff, I wanted to try that myself rather than to wait..but i couldnt find the code for quadrodcc beacuse there is something wrong, current detonator drivers doesnt has quadrodcc entry in opengl..It`s there for display card detection and etc.but there is no entry in opengl section of drivers..

Even the offical gloriadcc from elsa uses geforce3 code to render opengl..
http://www.amazoninternational.com/vulpine\_gl.htm
those guys done a benchmark with gloriadcc recently..
pay attention to opengl renderer at bottom pic..it`s geforce3 not quadrodcc.

so what all that means?
1. For NV20 there is no difference in opengl renderer with consumer and pro boards..which means there is no need to convert those to quadro..even with soldering or software patch..if you do so youll only get the name in display tab. opengl code remains same..(for gf2 series youll get complately new opengl code with pro boards,which boost dcc applications..)

  1. QuadroDCC opengl renderer yet to be included to detonators..I`m waiting for that 14.40 drivers to check out..
    but then again i wonder why would elsa going to officaly release it without opengl code?

But then again I might be wrong, only time could tell..
Regards..
Erdener

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thank you erdener, you confirm my suspects.
we only have to waiting for...

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Here's a hacked driver...

http://www.m3dzone.com/files/Videocards/NV...k/Quadrodcc.zip

been using it a few weeks, just manually select quadroDCC from the list and you're good to go.

Matt Hyner
http://www.metagraphical.com

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Yes there is..even better there is a more modified version of that at http://www.int-r.net/quadrodcc.htm

But than again those are just pre patched with softquadro as quaro2pro not as quadrodcc....cuz that is not an option yet..

Erdener

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i was not able to download from that link...

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Try that one...this is the file link on that page..

http://fp.berni.plus.com/QuadroDCC%20Win2k12.61.zip

Erdener

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that link doesnt work,,,,,,currently i'm using the revision 1 softquadroDCC, and on the page there seems to be a revision 2.

thnaks

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So why would it be better if it's a quadro2pro not a quadro dcc? The one I posted does actually work at a Quadro DCC.

Matt Hyner
http://www.metagraphical.com

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all the links doesn't worked...but no problem my gladiac920 works fine just "as is" ,thanks to elsa drivers.
for the softquadroDCC i'll wait for better times...
anyone can tell me how much is better gf3 patched with softquadro?
but... don't forget...if anyone knows some good links for softquadrodcc download ,please reply!
thank you!

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I've made some tests with the Maya 3dtest (see maya test center). (Self made AMD TB@1288, 512 mb, ASUS 8200 geforce 3, maya 4.0).

My geforce 3 with 12.90 patched to quadroDCC as stated above:
25/7.9/5.3/5.2/6.3

My geforce with 12.90 not patched:
37.7/12.5/8.9/3.4/4.8

don't know why the last to frame rates are lower. Any idea?

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...i' don't know ...it's an x-file! one thing is sure : softquadro worked !
try to patch detonator 12.60 and repeat the maya 3dtest ...
what kind of softquadrodcc have you used? and where did you find it?
i have patched my drivers with a softquadro but in the combo box during the patching there isn't gf3dcc ...there are gf2 quadro ...gf2pro...etc
thanks.

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Quadros are faster than the comparable geforces because they're clocked higher. The drivers themselves don't necessarily deliver a speed boost in those basic tests made by the maya-testcenter script.

The script doesn't test the card's performance in functions that benefit from the backbuffering and overlays that are enabled in Quadro-class cards.