The world of professional graphics cards is shared between the nVidia Quadro family and ATI's FireGL lineup. Aside from the ultra-high end solutions above $1000 per card, there are some entry level options and there is also the middle ground that might be of more interest to most users than what the actual specs suggest. Granted, there is a certain sex-appeal to having the best of the best in any system but there is also the cost factor involved. Moreover, professional graphics applications can be divided into real-time rendering and the use of still images at very high resolution where accuracy is more important than speed.