Quadro M5000 Compatibility

[SlipStream007]

Hello Everyone!

      I'm building a new at home workstation rig and recently discovered folding at home to which I would like to contribute what I can to the cause; my family has been affected by cancer, alzheimers & parkinsons.

       My question to the community is if anyone knows if the new Quadro series of cards are supported? I saw the tips and tricks section mentioning GTX cards but didn't see anything about Quadro cards unless I missed it... I plan on using a new Quadro M5000 for my build. Along with a 5960x & 32gb of ddr4. 

        Another question would be is 32gb enough ram for folding or would 64gb be better?

[TheGamingBarrel]

GTX Cards perform much better price wise, as they are the same GPUs as in the quadros. Folding does not use much RAM At all.

[Imakuni]

7 minutes ago, SlipStream007 said:

My question to the community is if anyone knows if the new Quadro series of cards are supported? I saw the tips and tricks section mentioning GTX cards but didn't see anything about Quadro cards unless I missed it... I plan on using a new Quadro M5000 for my build. Along with a 5960x & 32gb of ddr4.

The card should be supported no problem. It has all the consumer features a regular GTX card has, and the architecture is also pretty similar as well. It should work just fine.

 

13 minutes ago, SlipStream007 said:

Another question would be is 32gb enough ram for folding or would 64gb be better?

You could even go with a mere 4 gb of RAM and still be fine. Folding doesn't make much use of RAM.

[SlipStream007]

Thanks for the info guys! 

 

I've been going back and fourth between a Titan X & Quadro M5000 but I rarely game and think I would like the 10 bit color of the quadro since the pc will mainly be used for photoshop and premiere pro.