Essentials of Modifying that GeForce/GeForce2 to a Quadro/Quadro2

Essentials of Modifying that GeForce/GeForce2 to a Quadro/Quadro2
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1. A quick comparison between GeForce and Quadro

Quadro is a high end version of the GeForce for 3D graphic designers. Quadro card works at a higher core
frequency than GeForce, and has some professional graphic features that have been locked on the GeForce.

3. The GeForce to Quadro modification benefits 3D graphic professional

For gamers there is very little advantage in performing this conversion. The benchmarking results below make
clear the facts.

4. Soldering and shifting that resistor to turn your GeForce into a Quadro

According to the "GeForce 1(2) -> Quadro 1(2)" guide, the resistor need to be mod can be found out. Since
the overwhelming majority of GeForce cards using nVidia's reference design, you should settle it easily by just
looking up the table below.

Video Card	Example **	Resistor Shift
GeForce 2 GTS (using NVIDIA's reference design)	ASUS V7700 GeForce 2 GTS Chaintech GeForce 2 GTS 64MB Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 ELSA GLADIAC GeForce 2 GTS GUILLEMOT HERCULES 3D Prophet II Leadtek WinFast GeForce 2 GTS MagicPro GeForce 2 GTS 64MB	R121 -> R122 R123 -> R124
GeForce 2 MX (using NVIDIA's reference design)	ASUS V7100 GeForce 2 MX Gainward CARDEXpert GeForce 2 MX Leadtek WinFast GeForce 2 MX Sparkle SP6800 GeForce 2 MX	R121 -> R122 R123 -> R124
GeForce DDR (using NVIDIA's reference design)	ASUS V6800 GeForce DDR ASUS V6800 Pro64 GeForce DDR 64MB Chaintech RI71 GeForce DDR 64MB Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator Pro ELSA ERAZOR X2 GUILLEMOT HERCULES 3D Prophet DVI DDR Leadtek WinFast GeForce DDR Leadtek WinFast GeForce DDR revB Sparkle Geforce DDR	R102 -> R98
GeForce SDR (using NVIDIA's reference design)	Chaintech RI70 GeForce SDR Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator Leadtek WinFast GeForce SDR	R101 -> R97 R102 -> R98
Others (no NVIDIA's reference design etc.)	ASUS V6600 GeForce SDR	R64 -> R63 R66 -> R65
	ASUS V6600 Pro64 GeForce SDR 64MB	R49 -> R48 R47 -> R51
	ASUS 6800 Deluxe GeForce DDR	R64 -> R63
	ELSA ERAZOR X GeForce SDR	R101 -> R97 R102 -> R98 or R558 -> R557 R568 -> R567
	GUILLEMOT HERCULES 3D Prophet GeForce SDR GUILLEMOT HERCULES 3D Prophet GeForce SE SDR	R101 -> R97 R102 -> R98 R103 -> trash
** Examples were got from our "GeForce 1(2) -> Quadro 1(2)" database and "GeForce 1(2) -> Quadro 1(2)" message board

5. Quadro2 MXR doesn't support hardware anti-aliased lines/points

Therefore, in a process concerning anti-aliased lines/points, as is shown below in an example of a ProCDRS-03
test in SPECviewperf 6.1.2 Benchmarking, a Quadro2 MXR should be less efficiency than a Quadro that
supports hardware anti-aliased lines/points.

Feacture	GeForce 256	Quadro	GeForce 2 GTS / MX	Quadro2 Pro	Quadro2 MXR
Hardware anti-aliased lines	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Hardware anti-aliased points	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Shared Back Buffer	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
3D Windows Clipping	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
128 MB Frame Buffer	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
nVidia Shading Rasterizer	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
TwinView dual display	No	No	No / Yes	No	Yes