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Video card: PC or Mac?
I recently won a very expensive (street value $1,400) Nvidia graphics card at an Adobe CS5 exhibition, specifically the Quadro FX 4800. I can’t use it and will have to sell it. I figured the Premiere community would be a good place to try to sell it. The card maker has given me a little time to choose between Mac or PC. Normally, I would answer Mac. But the crowd at the exhibition seemed to be evenly split between Mac and PC users. Which platform choice would make it easier to sell?
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Hmm. I think you’ll be right with a Mac or PC, they are hot property at the right price.
Flip a coin. 🙂
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Jon Barrie
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3D animators would also be a good market to sell to. (I know I’d like one!) The PC side might have a slight edge in that case.
-jeff
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OK, I’m going to surprise some people…
Get the Mac version.
Here’s why:
The PC version has 1 DVI dual Link port and 2 DisplayPorts (use any two). DisplayPort hasn’t exactly set the world on fire with how fast it’s caught on, even though it has many advancements…so it’s sort of a PITN for most people who don’t have a DisplayPort monitor, and would need an adapter, etc…
The Mac version has two DVI dual link ports. Easy to drop into most user’s current set up.
They’re the same card.
The Mac version runs in PC or Mac, it’s a matter of downloading the correct drivers. In fact, I’m running the Mac version in my Windows 7 machine (not a Mac with Windows…it’s a PC), with the Windows drivers obviously…no problem.
So…because of the ports on the boards and the universal use, I’d say get the “Mac” version…and sell it to either a Windows OR a Mac user…
(I don’t think the Windows board can work in a Mac…so I believe you’d be limited if you went the other way.)
Congratulations. It’s a shame you don’t have a use for it, but I don’t think you’ll have trouble selling it if your asking price is reasonable.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,
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