Workstation Graphics: 14 FirePro And Quadro Cards

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We put 14 professional and seven gaming graphics cards from two generations through a number of workstation, general-purpose computing, and synthetic applications. By the end of our nearly 70 charts, you should know which board is right for your workload.

CUDA: iray Renderer + 3ds Max Results

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DriverNvidiaAMD
Workstation311.35Not Supported
Gaming314.22Not Supported

iray Renderer + 3ds Max

Despite somewhat worse performance, we're using iray for this benchmark category, since we don't have a V-Ray license. The performance results shouldn't be impacted, though, because both applications essentially do the same thing. Nvidia's GeForce GTX Titan inches out the older GTX 580. This deserves respect. But it also reminds us how Nvidia's GeForce GTX 600-series was hobbled from the get-go in compute-oriented workloads. Due to their underlying architectures, both Kepler-based Quadro suffer the same fate. Interestingly, our overclocked Core i7-3770K fares well against Nvidia's Quadro 2000.

Igor Wallossek
Igor Wallossek
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Igor Wallossek wrote a wide variety of hardware articles for Tom's Hardware, with a strong focus on technical analysis and in-depth reviews. His contributions have spanned a broad spectrum of PC components, including GPUs, CPUs, workstations, and PC builds. His insightful articles provide readers with detailed knowledge to make informed decisions in the ever-evolving tech landscape