Quote - > Quote - its theoretically for graphic artists but it seems to have fallen by the wayside a bit along with cuda...

actually Cuda's alive and kicking along with OpenCL. see the developments with Octane Render for an example...

Correct, check out the new nVidia 480GTX cards now hitting the market.

You can see in the detailed specs that both CUDA and OpenCL are supported. Most sites have reviewed this card already such as arstechnica, tomshardware, etc. Another good card that I know a couple of people use is the ATI 5970 which they say is awesome.

Jeff

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