Well, that is an argument. Linus says that while the Quadro cards are far more expensive, and this also applies to ATI and its Firepro line, this provides companies with additional capital to develop cards down the road that are far more powerful and faster, and that performance eventually trickles down to the consumer grade versions over time. But he complains that these features lie dormant in the consumer grade cards, so are they hobbled while the professional grade cards run free? This means that the Quadro provides for fewer random errors, lasts longer and with greater reliability, and can calculate and render graphic design images with far greater precision than the consumer grade GEForce cards. The result is professional grade hardware validation, larger video memory frame buffers, software centric drivers, and more importantly, double precision floating point capability. They are not privy to quality control as they are with Quadro cards, which NVidia makes themselves under very tight manufacturing tolerances.
First off, NVidia allows third parties to sign onto the consumer grade GEForce spec and produce cards that meet it for a license fee. Professionals in the fields of game development, film making, engineering and design, where, as he put it “NVidia would be crazy not to charge more for it.”īut then he goes deeper and says there’s much more to it. So, if they’re using the same graphics core, why is the Quadro $4500 more? Well, Linus initially points out that the Quadro has a different customer base, one with money to burn. But while the GTX 780 is $500, and the Quadro is $5000. Linus of TechQuickie compared the NVidia GEForce GTX 780 and the NVidia Quadro and found that the same graphics core is being used for both. Now that may not be that big a deal playing Titanfall, but does that $4500 difference provide horsepower that can come in handy for CGI and post-production rendering? One gamer decided to peak under the hood and see just what the differences are between these video card levels, and whether springing for the extra horsepower is actually worth the money. By contrast, their consumer grade GeForce GTX cards are a tenth that price. NVidia’s professional grade Quadro cards cost around $5,000. So while the upper level Quadro cards for serious design and CGI may be four figures, you can still get some serious horsepower for under $1000. Additionally, the Quadro K4000, which NVidia recommends for users of Adobe and Avid software, and weighs in at less than $800. The K2000, which has 2GB of DDR5 RAM, running PCI Express. UPDATE: I spoke to NVidia’s PR rep today and she told us that there is a Quadro card that is quite affordable. Gamer peaks under the hood, and what he found may surprise you
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