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I've been trying to sell a Quadro FX3700 vid card for about a month now, but no hits. I've been contemplating keeping this card, but it's made for professional 3D graphics designers and not for gaming.

I heard this card is a rebranded geForce 8800GTX though, so the main differences is in the drivers.

Anyone know how I can softmod this card back into an 8800GTX?

why do you want to soft mod it to a geForce. wouldn't it run games just as well with a quadro driver?

No, the Quadro card drivers are tailored for 3D imaging and not gaming performance. Although it'll run games fine and even look great, it will be a lot slower than a geforce would be.

i know how you can softmod it.
just sell it and buy the one you actually want. done and done.

bring down your prices you gouger! you can't sell stuff at highway robbery prices!

I was originally selling for $600 which was half off MSRP. Then I brought it down to $450, then $350 and now it's at $250.

$250?!??!?!?!
i'll take it.

Riva Turner?

Is she Tina Turner's sister? haha

I think you mean Riva Tuner... I was looking into that. Have you used it before?

For overclocking. Can't you just install the 8800gtx drivers instead of the quadro ones? Seems like everyone is trying to turn the 8800gtx into quadro and not vice versa.

Yeah, I know because the Quadro card is more expensive, so they want to get a cheaper 8800GTX and turn it into a Quadro.
I got my hands on a dirt cheap Quadro card, so I'm trying to do it the other way around.

I can't just install the geForce drivers because the drivers won't recognize the Quadro bios as a geForce card and it won't install. The hardware is the same, but the onboard bios firmware is different.

i'll trade you a 6600GT.

Just take the instructions for going 8800GT --> FX 4700. And do the reverse of what it says.

I think the extra performance you end up with may not be worth all the effort in doing it... I cant see the performance to be more than maybe a 15% difference..

I think it'll be easier to change your hobby from gaming to graphics/animation, than it will be to soft-mod your workstation card to a consumer card.

yeah, why not take up some 3d animation and create a 3d poker interface so we can play online.

problem solved. you guys need me so much you don't even know.