Workstation GPUs....expensive

well its pretty much the same GPU except for some things that are enabled within this GPU. Why it is so expensive? short answer, Marketing. :p

U won't expect your average Joe to purchase one of those puppies, those cards, like the FireGL or Quadro, are oriented toward companies or professional studios that can afford to spend that kind of cash ;)
 
They're expensive for two reasons:

1. The drivers are much more complex and are "certified" to properly run a whole bunch of professional applications.
2. The people who really need them, can afford it.
 
^eMpTy^ said:
They're expensive for two reasons:

1. The drivers are much more complex and are "certified" to properly run a whole bunch of professional applications.
2. The people who really need them, can afford it.
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Quoted for truth.
 
^eMpTy^ said:
They're expensive for two reasons:

1. The drivers are much more complex and are "certified" to properly run a whole bunch of professional applications.
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i really don't think those drivers are that much "complex" :rolleyes:
 
http://store.nvidia.com/servlet/Con...idia&id=ProductDetailsPage&productID=67049700

The point of Quadro cards is that they have more memory and the GPUs are actually downclocked to a point where they can run 24/7 regardless of load and can run Maya and AutoCAD problem free which is usually a result of the drivers and not the hardware itself because the card i posted has a striking resemblance to an 8800GTX doesnt it?
 
Take a look at the driver download...the Quadro version is about 10MB bigger. Also, note the changelog, they're optimizing for professional applications, not games. All that work on optimizing for professional apps costs money, and there are way less professional types than there are gamers so the cost is split among a smaller group. The point here is, there's a lot of extra development cost that goes into the professional drivers.
 
RussianHAXOR said:
http://store.nvidia.com/servlet/Con...idia&id=ProductDetailsPage&productID=67049700

The point of Quadro cards is that they have more memory and the GPUs are actually downclocked to a point where they can run 24/7 regardless of load and can run Maya and AutoCAD problem free which is usually a result of the drivers and not the hardware itself because the card i posted has a striking resemblance to an 8800GTX doesnt it?
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That's not a bad generalization, but it's not entirely true either. There have been quadro cards that were clocked faster than their consumer-level siblings. The memory is typically slower and there's typically more of it because that's optimal for professional applications. A bunch of slow memory isn't any more expensive than half as much of the good stuff.
 
These cards often also have extra features like true multiple LUTs so that each connected display can be separately calibrated and profiled. Most consumer cards have a single LUT (lookup table) that can be used to apply profile corrections.
 
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