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.

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DriverNvidiaAMD
Workstation311.50Catalyst Pro 9.003.3.3
Gaming314.22Catalyst 13.3 Beta 3Catalyst 13.5 Beta 2 (Radeon HD 7990)

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Financial analysis is a very good fit for graphics cards and parallel processing. The workstation cards do lag behind the consumer cards, but entrusting important calculations like these to a card without ECC RAM is risky. Consequently, this is really the time for solutions like AMD's FirePro W9000, built with general-purpose computing in mind rather than pushing out as many polygons as possible. Indeed, financial analysis is one of the professional workloads where these cards shine.

When we use single-precision math, five AMD cards lead the field, followed by the GeForce GTX Titan and 690. The FirePro W7000 even beats Nvidia's GeForce GTX 680. AMD's FirePro W9000 and W8000 might not be the strongest contenders in the graphics tests, but they post great performance numbers in this metric.

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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