I know about the PhysX add-on cards from AEGIA before nVidia bought them out, but what about add-on cards that include CUDA capability for things like Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe video production products? I know I could drop coin on a new GeForce card, obviously, but I don't need a big honking card for high quality gaming, just GPU processing to enhance HD editing in Premiere and After Effects.
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Any word on a CUDA add-on card?
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Sure, they are called the Teslas and are even more expensive than a GeForce.
The thing is, CUDA cards are just GeForce GPUs, that's all. To get the performance in CUDA, you need a good GPU. As such it isn't like they could make some CDUA card that would cost a lot less. I mean I guess you could save a little removing the TDMS transmitters and DACs and so on but any savings you got would be eaten up by having to produce a whole new card that wouldn't sell a lot.
If you want CUDA, you have to get a GeForce card of some variety (or a Quadro or a Tesla).
The thing is, CUDA cards are just GeForce GPUs, that's all. To get the performance in CUDA, you need a good GPU. As such it isn't like they could make some CDUA card that would cost a lot less. I mean I guess you could save a little removing the TDMS transmitters and DACs and so on but any savings you got would be eaten up by having to produce a whole new card that wouldn't sell a lot.
If you want CUDA, you have to get a GeForce card of some variety (or a Quadro or a Tesla).
GeForce is for gaming. The prices are very competitive.
Quadro is for work. The prices are in no way competitive.
Tesla is a dedicated GPGPU. It does not output video. From what I've read, it offers a massive improvement in dual precision performance over GeForce cards, while matching its single precision performance. I don't know if that also applies to Quadro.
Each excel in their own categories.
I don't know if Quadro / Tesla can do PhysX. I'd imagine they could... but that's just a guess.
Quadro is for work. The prices are in no way competitive.
Tesla is a dedicated GPGPU. It does not output video. From what I've read, it offers a massive improvement in dual precision performance over GeForce cards, while matching its single precision performance. I don't know if that also applies to Quadro.
Each excel in their own categories.
I don't know if Quadro / Tesla can do PhysX. I'd imagine they could... but that's just a guess.
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damn beat me to it. 