[Jonathon Corbiere]

Nvidea’s Quadro FX line of cards is “optimized” for workstation application, which basically means it runs specialized drivers that are coded specifically to run your 3d apps at their very best.

A lot of users argue that the premium you pay for the Quadro line has absolutely nothing to do with the actual hardware and everything to do with these special drivers. Basically you are paying for extremely efficient and frequently updated drivers as well as amazing tech support.

Some users have even been flashing lower end “gaming” cards with Quadro FX roms for years, and aside from some minor glitches and occasional heat issues reported, they run just as well as the Quadros. Obviously this would void any warranty and tech help but it supports the belief that the higher end gaming cards and the Quadros are almost identical on the hardware side (except of course their VRam.).

That being said, I would argue that the work done on the drivers, and the tech support/stability of these workhorses are well worth the price of these cards, and should you ever be in need of a workstatioin level, ultra-reliable card, look no further than the Quadro line.

Jon

[Jonathon Corbiere]

Thanks a lot for your help and the Avid link.

This did indeed fix the problem! We uninstalled our quicktime and reinstalled the older/compatible version and now “Same as Source” works again. I work at a school and it turns out the students were running iTunes and updating our quicktime versions automatically somehow, anyways IT is figuring it out and now that we know the issue it’ll be easier to be proactive about in the future.

We will be consulting this version matrix from now on while troubleshooting.

Regards,
Jon Corbiere

[Jonathon Corbiere]

We are using Quicktime 7.5 and AVID Media Composer 2.85 as well as a few machines with 2.72, the same as source problem is occurring on both versions.

Thanks for your help.