Softmodding Quadro to Geforce

[cookieman]

Yes, this might shock some of you here but I've come to ask help in doing the exact opposite of the very thing some people here probably tried to do-
I want to soft mod my quadro fx 1700 to a Geforce 8600GT.
Doesn't matter why, but I got stuck with it and I want to use it for gaming purposes, so I was thinking this could improve the performance in games.
So I was wondering the following:
1)Would it improve the performance in games?
2)Is it as simple as doing geforce to quadro mods (never did those but I read about them recently and it seems it's as easy as selecting the right video card in rivatuner's Nstrap tab)?
And what I mean by simple is is it any different then modding a geforce to quadro?
I've also come across Bios flashing softwares? Are they any good, or is Rivatuner sufficent?
Any response would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Sasqui]

Sell it on eBay for over $200. Buy three (or four) Geforce 8600GT's for the profit you've made.

 

[Silverel]

+1

Unless you're just interested in modding it for the hell of it, much better to sell it and get a gtx295 or something for it

 

[cookieman]

Can't sell it, if someone could please answer my question I'd really like that.
Thx a bunch!

 

[Sasqui]

Since there odds of someone wanting to do that are so slim - not likely you'll find anything.

I suspect the D3D performance of the fx 1700 is similar to the 8600, so not likely to be a huge difference. I don't know how NV keeps the forceware and drivers for the consumer cards in sync (like game/bug fixes, updates, etc.).

The primary focus for the workstation card drivers is OpenGL performance - you'll see 2x-4x the OpenGL performance between the two. This is because high end rendering applications mostly use OpenGL and not Direct3D - which is what the card driver is geared towards, and the reason they are more expensive... optimizing the drivers for OpenGL takes programming time and there are less sold (economy of scale). Not to mention outfits needing specific rendering capabilities can usually spend more

There is the possibility you can force a Bios flash, but that is risky.

 

[cookieman]

Got it.
Well, if there really isn't that much of a difference in gaming performance then never mind, thought there would be but ok...