Watercooled GPU for productivity

[Lindhea]

Hi there peoples!

 

I'm in the planning stages of my next PC, but I really don't know what graphics card I should get. It will be a rather lavish, silent, water cooled and productivity centered build. I do a lot of photo and video editing, and some 3D rendering. The most played game on my Steam account is Worms Armageddon at a whopping 18 h played time (my point is that gaming performance is irrelevant to the point that no card that is suitable for rendering and hardware acceleration is too bad for the little I play). The graphics card will be accompanied by an Intel Haswell-E. I would also like to point out that I'm not a big fan of changing parts every now and then, so I want something that is as future proof as possible.

 

Things I appreciate in life (especially when it comes to graphics cards):

  + 10 bpc¹
  + solid Linux drivers
  + not having to do extra hacks to make things work²
  + VGA passthrough³
  + double precission, ECC and other things that are goodies for productivity
  + decent 3D rendering speeds
  + that Adobe Mercury Engine is fluent and that video rendering fly.

 

Things that I don't care about in life (especially when it comes to graphics cards):

  - Gaming performance
  - that the card says Nvidia or AMD
  - energy efficiency.

 

These are more of guidelines than actual rules, while bold are more important than other things. If you think that x [is not a good thing]/[nothing worth bothering about]/[not as worthwhile as y that you can get instead], please hit me the hardest you can with some good arguments for your cause and I might change my mind!

 

My budget is around $400-$500, but if some more expensive card is vastly superior and costs more (say up to about $1000), it's not completely out of question. Also I don't know whether to go with one or two cards, so some feedback on that would also be nice.

 

So... What GPU should I choose?
PS. Some input on how to get the card water cooled (like what water block that is good and will fit or if there is some pre mounted from EVGA etc.) would be appreciated!

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¹ 10 bit per color, also known as "30-bit Deep Color". Right now I don't own a 10-bit panel, but the day I buy one I'd really like to skip the trouble of investing in a new GPU and swapping a card in my water cooled setup. Do note that GeForce card does not seem to support 10 bpc in Premiere Pro or Photoshop.
² Zero tolerance against hardware hacks, "accepted" software hacks (like adding a card in cuda_supported_cards.txt for Premiere Pro) doesn't bother me though.
³ A list that I don't know how correct it is: http://www.overclock.net/t/1307834/x...phics-adapters

[Lord Pantaloons]

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=12G-P4-3999-KR

[Enderman]

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=12G-P4-3999-KR

 

Titan black or titan Z do not have 10 bit output.

If you want 10 bit you will need to go with a quadro card, which can go over $5k depending on the model.

 

Quadro K2000 is about the $500 range, but idk how well it performs in video editing and rendering. Look up some benchmarks

[Lindhea]

Titan black or titan Z do not have 10 bit output.

If you want 10 bit you will need to go with a quadro card, which can go over $5k depending on the model.

 

Quadro K2000 is about the $500 range, but idk how well it performs in video editing and rendering. Look up some benchmarks

Wow. K2000 doesn't even compare to gaming cards performance wise.

Hm. Would it be possible to run acceleration on a GeForce but drive the display output off of a Quadro series card (maybe like a Quadro K600 or something other cheapo)?

Another thing: Is 10 bpc a thing on AMD gaming cards? I guess their FirePro's is as incredibly over priced as Nvidias Quadros...?

[Enderman]

Wow. K2000 doesn't even compare to gaming cards performance wise.

Hm. Would it be possible to run acceleration on a GeForce but drive the display output off of a Quadro series card (maybe like a Quadro K600 or something other cheapo)?

Another thing: Is 10 bpc a thing on AMD gaming cards? I guess their FirePro's is as incredibly over priced as Nvidias Quadros...?

Im not sure about the price, but yes they do have 10 bit

[ivhyn]

A quadro for 10 bit per channel and a strong GTX card for the Cuda acceleration.

Quadro and Geforce in the same rig works.

[Lindhea]

A quadro for 10 bit per channel and a strong GTX card for the Cuda acceleration.

Quadro and Geforce in the same rig works.

That sounds like a really neat solution actually. Will any Quadro card do, or are the lowest end ones not good enough?