Graphic Cards Quadro 600 vs GTX550ti/560 for rendering?

chiragsthakur

chiragsthakur

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Kindly help me in deciding between Quadro 600 and GTX550ti/gtx560 for rendering applications...

Other specs: i7 2600, ASuS p8p67, 16gb ram 1600mhz...
 
The GTX 560 will be the better choice, even though Quadro is supposedly to be optimized for these programs. There are more active CUDA cores running with the GTX 560 than with the Quadro 600, and the GTX 560 is overall a much much better card for other purposes other than workstation.so go with Msi twin frozr iii GTX 560ti-14.5k .
 
^^ #thegatekeeper Sire, you are wrong there for purely rendering and production associated tasks the entry level Quadro cards are better than a full blown GTX 580, by the way #chiragsthakur what does your friend [OR you] plan on this RIG, will he play games OR not.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3961/nvidia-launches-quadro-2000-600 / [url]http://jeffpatton.net/2010/11/gtxquadrotesla-my-opinion-on-todays-gpu-selections-for-rendering/[/url] / http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/Quadro-best-available-vs-Other-Graphics-Cards/td-p/3099546.

If the answer is now, then I suggest that you get a Quadro 600 card let him focus on his work else get the GTX 560 Ti, also the Quadro cards are more energy efficient than the mainstream GPU's so you can expect a Seasonic S12II 430W to easily power OP's RIG.

Hope this helps, Cheers!!
 
No SHE wont game at all
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Now tell me, how much difference will it make if I get a gtx560 over Quadro 600....??

And please let me know how can I rep both of you...
 
#chiragsthakur then go for the Quadro FX 600, it is cheaper, runs cooler, draws lesser power and gets the job done just as easily and in-fact is better at these productivity applications. Try to get atleast a GB of RAM on this card thats it.

The REP and Like system has been merged, so thanks. Cheers!!
 
That quadro 600 costs almost 10000/- (1gb) whereas gtx560 is available at almost 11K...
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So Quadro 600 is not cheaper by any means... Any change in suggestions now?? keeping prices in mind......
 
^^ That is bad, are there no other FX Quadro cards available below the FX 600, I mean I heard in my college that there is a FX 580 ~8500/- and there are cheaper OEM pieces but then, I don't think you should deviate from a Quadro now, notwithstanding the price.

The performance will speak for itself as well as your friend is not going to game so the extra horsepower of the gaming card will not be utilized.

Hope this helps, Cheers!!
 
i dont see how the quadro 600 is going to help you in rendering. gpu rendering is very much in the early stages.

please let us know the the exact use and the software its going to be paired with.
 
^^ #stormblast, MAYA + MentalRAY is able to exploit CUDA on nVidia cards OR at-least I figure it so because my friends machine which has a GTX 460 768MB version + AMD 965 B.E. + 4GB RAM renders faster than my machine which has 6GB RAM + HD 5770 instead [same processor], both systems running on stock.
 
Quadro 600 simply cause she doesn't have a PSU. Else 560Ti. Both would render at the same speed but the Geforce would be more versatile.
 
"Rendering applications" means nothing. You have got to be much more specific. Some applications will work way better with a Quadro 600 while in others 560 Ti is a better choice. If your friend is using Maya then avoid 560 at all costs - Viewport is unusable.
 
The real power of quadro cards begin with quadro 2000 series,Quadro 600 is a entry level redering gpu,if the op is gonna use Premiere CS4, Inventor, and Solidworks such softwares which are cuda based GTX560 will perform better than quadro 600 because of gtx's more cuda cores.

we’ve established that on-board memory is critical but the number of CUDA cores and their speed is also critical. The more CUDA cores (Stream Processors) your GPU has, the better. The faster they are, the faster your scenes will render. However, on the flip side the faster they are the more heat they generate. Here’s a comparison of CUDA cores & clock speeds on these three cards:

GTX 470 = 448 CUDA cores (core clock: 1215 MHz)​

Quadro 5000 = 352 CUDA cores (unsure of clock information)​

Tesla 2050 = 448 CUDA cores (core clock: 1150 MHz)​

As you can see the “Gaming card†has the same amount of CUDA cores as the Tesla and they are clocked at a higher speed. This is reflected in the performance as well. When rendering with iray the GTX is noticeably faster than the Quadro 5000 and a little faster than the Tesla 2050 (provided I can fit the scene onto the GTX card).​
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So unless op is getting quadro 2000 series or close which he is not,it's no use getting entry level quadro which as equally expensive.The other downside for quadro is it can't be used in games,if op wants to play games somehow then gtx560 will help him in multiple tasks.​

ALPHA17 said:
^^ #thegatekeeper Sire, you are wrong there for purely rendering and production associated tasks the entry level Quadro cards are better than a full blown GTX 580, by the way #chiragsthakur what does your friend [OR you] plan on this RIG, will he play games OR not.

http://www.anandtech...quadro-2000-600 / GTX/Quadro/Tesla – my opinion on today’s GPU selections for renderingjeffpatton.net | jeffpatton.net / http://forums.autode...ds/td-p/3099546.

If the answer is now, then I suggest that you get a Quadro 600 card let him focus on his work else get the GTX 560 Ti, also the Quadro cards are more energy efficient than the mainstream GPU's so you can expect a Seasonic S12II 430W to easily power OP's RIG.

Hope this helps, Cheers!!
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^^ I find that entry level Quadro cards are better than non Quadro cards, Intel integrated HD 3000 graphics and AMD HD 5*** / 6*** series graphics for professional usage.

For Photoshop and Premier I advise a powerful CPU and more RAM rather than spending on a graphics card solely, one of my acquaintance has a Intel Core i7 950 + FX Quadro 2600 + 12GB RAM [DDR 3 1600MHz] and after 20-30 layers in a .psd file even his system slows down.

I am referring to applications such Autodesk MAYA and 3Ds Max as I've used these on a variety of systems [college, home, laptop et al]. I find MentalRAY is more responsive though CPU dependent renderers such as fryrender, Iray show negligible improvement.

Hope this gets my point across, Cheers!!
 
I am building the system. So I have ensured the PSU is Seasonic S12IID 520W... Softwares extensively used by her are 3D max, Maya, Adobe After effect, Rhino...

I have already mentioned above that she wont be gaming.... Budget for GFX is 11K max
 
^^ #chiragsthakur Quadro card any day over a more power hungry game GPU system.

For editing softwares like Adobe Premier Pro I advise, try to get the most powerful CPU + maximum quantity of RAM that you can stuff in your budget, Sire.

No idea on Rhino as haven't even heard of it.

3Ds Max and Autodesk MAYA have plenty of nVidia plug-ins [MentalRAY is owned by nVidia], so a Quadro will suffice if I were in your shoes.
 
#ALPHA17 The problem I have is that quadro 600 doesnt justify its price against gtx560... Dont you think even a GTX550ti would be better than quadro entry level??
 
^^ There is going to be no profit, no loss your friend is not playing games, I don't think she will look into them as of now, if she is in her course let her focus on the course instead of getting into PC gaming.

I'm being pragmatic that let us decide what is best for one situation instead of buying a jack of all trades and master of none. Almost all Fermi based Quadro's are disproportionately priced, the FX 580 / 600 [Entry level] ~8000/- quid +, FX 2600 / 4000 [mid range] ~23000/- to 55000/- and the highest end cards that go into workstations end up around ~1,50000/- to 2,00000/- mark.

So really I think it is your call now, I can only say through experience that the FX 600 will be good only for her work and casual gaming on the side, the GTX 550Ti will excel in gaming I've no idea how it'll figure out in MAYA, 3Ds Max, Photoshop and Blender as I've no idea on that spectrum of its performance.

SO give it a long hard think, talk to your friend about gaming and just buy a card #chiragsthakur Sire. Hope this helps, Cheers!!

Okay finally got the link I've been trying to dig up for so long, here this should dispel any doubts whether the Quadro entry cards are any good against GeForce gaming cards [strictly from productivity point of view, please note disparity between processors too -- laptop processor + Quadro FX 600 vs. Core i7 990X + GTX 580] --> http://www.anandtech.com/show/4668/hp-z210-sff-workstation-serious-power-in-cramped-quarters/3.

Hope this clears my stand fellows.
 
I think after all the readings and benches it's better to go with quadro 600,cause there's less possibility that gtx550 will perform equal to quadro and since there's no gaming and op not gonna us editing or compositing softs it's better to spend 10k on quadro than 14k on Gtx560ti.
 
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