Quadro vs GTX

Grandsteam · Nov 29, 2014

Hello everybody, I work with Zbrush, Maya (Vray), Marmorset and Photoshop most of the time, but I also like to play some games in my free time ... I am getting a new graphics card but i dont know whether to get a gtx 980 or Quadro 4000, i've seen some awesome stuff from quadro in 3D applications, but they suck at games

any comments help

CPU: AMD FX-8320 @4.6Ghz and Corsair H100i
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Power Supply: Corsair TX750 V2
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB set
Storage: 2x Samsung Hd502hj 500gb, Samsung Evo 250 GB
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922

TechyInAZ · Nov 29, 2014

Get a TITAN BLACK then, it's designed specifically for work/gaming.

Its_Byte_00 · Nov 29, 2014

just in case you cant dump a grand on a gpu, get the 980. the msi twinfrozr V is the best of the bunch.

barto · Nov 29, 2014

The Titan Black is a Geforce GPU. It's not designed for work. It's designed for high resolution gaming.

For Zbrush, don't worry about the GPU.

NOTE ABOUT GRAPHICS CARDS:
ZBrush is software rendered, meaning that ZBrush itself is doing the rendering rather than the GPU. Your choice of GPU will not matter so long as it supports the recommended monitor resolution.

Maya VRAT (RT), can benefit from a workstation GPU. I was able to find a discussion of a professional using 3 Quadro GPUs to render an image. It is quite extreme, we're talking about $10k worth of graphics which is rather extreme. You would have to find benchmarks comparing a desired GPU vs the 8320 CPU to find out if it's worth the purchase.

Marmoset requires a low end GPU. A GeForce is listed in the requirements, but it's a very low end GeForce. You could probably get away with a Quadro with ease.

For Photoshop there's catch. The Quadro has the ability to use 10 bit output. GeForce GPUs don't. From what I've read, there's a premium for the Quadro and most people don't use 10 bit output. Photoshop is more CPU dependent but a GPU does help if you're doing 3D rendering to which the more cores a GPU has the better you will be.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/52582412
https://forums.adobe.com/message/4106131

Hope this helps.

TechyInAZ · Nov 29, 2014

Please explain why the TITAN black isn't a work card too? because that was why the titan series was made, a hybrid between work and play.

Jay Lavistria · Nov 29, 2014

barto :

The TITAN Black is a hybrid card, made for performance balancing between workstation and gaming. It's labeled GeForce cause its a gaming card, and that's what people buy the most, HOWEVER since the Titan has unlocked (or mostly unlocked) DP and such, its a formidable workstation card. It's $1000 dollars because its on par with the 780 Ti, but it has the workstation power of a Mid-level Quadro, which could cost up to $3000 dollars.
Its a good deal.
The TITAN Z was a little iffy on that hybrid approach. Should have been $1500-$2000 dollars, since its literally 2 TITAN Blacks on one board.

barto · Nov 29, 2014

I stand corrected.

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