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There are flaws with the comparison. The W9000 isn't just a faster chip, it also has features, like ECC support, that the d700 doesn't have. Additionally, with a PC, one has the option of going with NVidia and the Titan, which is something that you are incapable of doing with the mac pro.

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People who buy D700's don't want Titans. The Titan is a gaming card not a workstation card.

One could say your comparison is apples and... nevermind.

They don't want Titans, but that's essentially what they're getting. D700s don't have the features that normally define workstation video cards, like ECC RAM.

The D700 doesn't have ECC? I'm surprised by that one. That seems like one of the defining features of workstation cards.

Nope, no ECC. Apple has a history of these sorts of shenanigans -- the time capsule, for example, was advertised as having a "server-grade" hard drive when in fact it just had a bog standard consumer drive in it.

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