What is the difference between a quadro and a gtx video card

[thexplosivemuffin]

hello I was just wondering if anyone can tell me what is the difference and when is it appropriate to use for animations, video editing, and graphic design?

[mikat]

 

You need a quadro if you want to use 10 bit color in adobe programs and they have more video memory to store large models, the rest is explained in the video

[Firewrath9]

2 minutes ago, mikat said:

 

You need a quadro if you want to use 10 bit color in adobe programs and they have more video memory to store large models, the rest is explained in the video

btw, thats not for everything, thats pretty solidworks specific, for autocad, there is virtually no difference.

 

OP: drivers, and clock speed, and ram.

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, mikat said:

 

In addition to this, both cards will do gaming or production work. The difference is that one card will be better at one task than the other.

 

Quadros can definitely run games well, so they're nice to have in workstations that you occasionally play games on. GeForce cards are better for straight gaming rigs.

[mikat]

Just now, Firewrath9 said:

btw, thats not for everything, thats pretty solidworks specific, for autocad, there is virtually no difference.

 

OP: drivers, and clock speed, and ram.

in some programs you can get 10 bit color to work (hdr in games) but most professional applications don't work with 10 bit unless you've got a quadro

[mikat]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

In addition to this, both cards will do gaming or production work. The difference is that one card will be better at one task than the other.

 

Quadros can definitely run games well, so they're nice to have in workstations that you occasionally play games on. GeForce cards are better for straight gaming rigs.

geforce cards aren't that much better for gaming with the same gpu, but a $700 quadro vs a $700 geforce card is going to have very different specs so that's why it looks to the average consumer like quadros can't game at all  

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, mikat said:

geforce cards aren't that much better for gaming with the same gpu, but a $700 quadro vs a $700 geforce card is going to have very different specs so that's why it looks to the average consumer like quadros can't game at all  

Quadros aren't the best for gaming, but they can still manage it really well.

 

To be fair, any card that supports the API can game. It's just a matter of what experience you'll have with it.

[thexplosivemuffin]

6 minutes ago, mikat said:

in some programs you can get 10 bit color to work (hdr in games) but most professional applications don't work with 10 bit unless you've got a quadro

what do you mean by 10 bit color

[mikat]

35 minutes ago, thexplosivemuffin said:

what do you mean by 10 bit color

if you have to ask, you probably don't need it

but here's a video explaining it:

 

[thexplosivemuffin]

4 minutes ago, mikat said:

if you have to ask, you probably don't need it

but here's a video explaining it:

 

thank you