Workstation and CUDA core combo

[Logically2ed]

Hello forum,

 

I've been saving and preparing for an upgrade to my editing computer. Since the new haswell-e and x99 architectures are coming out it think i will be going with that, but the problem i have is what should i do with my graphics cards for the least amount of money. I am aware that editing rigs are expensive bit seeing as i don't have a lot of money to throw into a K4200 (on top of the rest of the system) i was contemplating a configuration that i think can drive a 10 bit monitor for color grading but enough CUDA cores to leverage AfterEffects ray-tracing, cinema 4d and 3ds max at the lowest cost to performance.

 

So forum, i ask you. Is it possible to purchase a bottom of the line workstation GPU that can drive 10bit and pair it with a 770(4gb)/780 for its compute cores and memory bandwidth?

 

AMD Fire Pro V3900 and ASUS 770 (4gb) $470

vs.

Nvidia Quadro K4200 $900

(newegg prices as of 9/4/14)

 

Can this work? 

 Thank you in advance.

[SparkySamZa]

no. the drivers would conflict with one another. Try got with the Fire pro and a R9 290 instead maybe.

EDIT: only one driver is normally primary at one time

[sirtoby]

no. the drivers would conflict with one another. Try got with the Fire pro and a R9 290 instead maybe.

EDIT: only one driver is normally primary at one time

 

You're generally right, but AMD cards aren't able  to do Cuda calculation. You need an Nvidia Card for that. 

What I would suggest is: Get a gtx770 and quadro 420 (cheapest quadro). This should work and you won't run into driver issues.

[Logically2ed]

Awesome, thanks! 

Even though not quite as importante as the first question. if i were to want to play a few games in my steam library once in a while will i have to switch monitor ports or will all GPU computing/FPS be pushed through the quadro card?

(would be quite annoying to have to switch cables whenever i want to play a game)

[sirtoby]

Awesome, thanks! 

Even though not quite as importante as the first question. if i were to want to play a few games in my steam library once in a while will i have to switch monitor ports or will all GPU computing/FPS be pushed through the quadro card?

(would be quite annoying to have to switch cables whenever i want to play a game)

You will have to switch cables. There are technologies that enable that sort of stuff, like Lucid Virtu, but they tend to be buggy and have bad compatibility. A solution for this would be to buy a monitor that has more than one input. You could use DVI/Dp for the quadro and hdmi for the 770. If you want to game, just switch inputs on the monitor. This may not work, but it's worth to give it a try