$1,800 Any takers?

[PoLoMoTo]

It's a bargain get it while you can XD

Newegg.com - PNY VCQK5000-PB NVIDIA Quadro K5000 4GB256-bit PCI Express 2.0 x 16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Workstation video card

[Adham]

w000t, i think James can afford that

[Adham]

btw polo... is that thing just overpriced or that vcard just worth it?

[PoLoMoTo]

btw polo... is that thing just overpriced or that vcard just worth it?

I have no clue, I know I'm not a Nvidia person but I don't recall a "K5000" in the new releases... I'm pretty sure it's not a dual gpu card either.

[realneil]

It's a card for graphics professionals. It has capabilities that are geared for Cad Cam designers and graphic designers.
They typically cost a lot.

It's well worth the price for someone who's livelyhood depends on it

[JamesLT3]

w000t, i think James can afford that

LMAO...i wish!!

btw polo... is that thing just overpriced or that vcard just worth it?

This is very much worth the money,its a workstation card. Its made to be a work horse for graphic designers,3D modeling/rendering..etc!

[PoLoMoTo]

It's a card for graphics professionals. It has capabilities that are geared for Cad Cam designers and graphic designers.
They typically cost a lot.

It's well worth the price for someone who's livelyhood depends on it

LMAO...i wish!!


This is very much worth the money,its a workstation card. Its made to be a work horse for graphic designers,3D modeling/rendering..etc!

But how? The only impressive spec I see is the 4GB GDDR5, am I missing something? (Remember I'm a Nvidia newb ;P)

[Adham]

But how? The only impressive spec I see is the 4GB GDDR5, am I missing something? (Remember I'm a Nvidia newb ;P)

good question actually at least for me lol

[JamesLT3]

But how? The only impressive spec I see is the 4GB GDDR5, am I missing something? (Remember I'm a Nvidia newb ;P)

Its got nothing to do with Nvidia or ATI,its about what they do. Take a look at this AMD card Newegg.com - AMD 100 - 505632 FirePro W9000 6GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFire Supported Workstation Video Card
Lets say you have a 3d project that you need to render, the workstation card can render said project in min compared to hours,it calculates thing way faster than your gaming card. The workstation card drivers are more stable and released more often that our normal cards.

The second major factor distinguishing workstation graphics cards are drivers and software optimization, They come with software that's suited for 3D, computer-assisted design (CAD), graphics, ray tracing, heavy computation and more. Normal graphics cards would offer compromised performance in comparison--workstation cards are meant to expedite productivity out of the box.

[PoLoMoTo]

Its got nothing to do with Nvidia or ATI,its about what they do. Take a look at this AMD card Newegg.com - AMD 100 - 505632 FirePro W9000 6GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFire Supported Workstation Video Card
Lets say you have a 3d project that you need to render, the workstation card can render said project in min compared to hours,it calculates thing way faster than your gaming card. The workstation card drivers are more stable and released more often that our normal cards.

The second major factor distinguishing workstation graphics cards are drivers and software optimization, They come with software that's suited for 3D, computer-assisted design (CAD), graphics, ray tracing, heavy computation and more. Normal graphics cards would offer compromised performance in comparison--workstation cards are meant to expedite productivity out of the box.

So it's not the card per say, it's the software that optimizes the cards capabilities for a certain purpose. Correct?

[realneil]

It provides features and capabilities that a gamer will never need or use.
Also,....using a gaming video card on a graphics workstation will yield terrible results.

But this, and the AMD variant make the same workstation fly,.......

I don't know all of the technical details, but it's a combination of the card and software that can utilize it.

[PoLoMoTo]

It provides features and capabilities that a gamer will never need or use.
Also,....using a gaming video card on a graphics workstation will yield terrible results.

But this, and the AMD variant make the same workstation fly,.......

I don't know all of the technical details, but it's a combination of the card and software that can utilize it.

And if I suddenly found 1800 bucks burning a hole in my pockets, would this be better than my 6950?

[Drdeath]

PoLo, The Quadro is for high graphics like rendering and anamation. It does things a desktop GPU will 5 x better. Look 67.81 FPS in Cinebench. My dual 7970's and a core i7 3930K do only 13.5.

Given the robust hardware in the Quadro 5000, we weren’t surprised it turned out top-notch results in our performance tests. It averaged 67.81 frames per second (fps) in CineBench R11.5, rendering an OpenGL scene; and averaged 526, 487.43, and 577.86 megapixels per second in the SiSoftware Sandra utility’s GPGPU benchmark using OpenCL, Compute Shaders, and CUDA respectively.

[realneil]

And if I suddenly found 1800 bucks burning a hole in my pockets, would this be better than my 6950?

Not at all.

[PoLoMoTo]

Not at all.

Oh right I should give it to you instead

[Drdeath]

Oh right I should give it to you instead

No buy a $1800 router!