GT 1030 vs. Quadro p600

[damien197]

Hi guys

I am looking to upgrade the graphics card on my HP Z210 small form factor workstation (Intel Core i5-2400, 16gb DDR3 RAM), for light gaming.

My options are extremely limited due to a proprietary motherboard and power supply, and more importantly, a 45w limit on the PCI-e slot, so as far as I can tell my only choices are the GT 1030 or a Quadro p600 (There may be some suitable AMD cards, I don't much about these)

Not looking for anything too powerful, would just like to be able to run new-ish games on low settings at a decent framerate.

Which of these, or another would you recommend?

I realise the Quadro is not designed for gaming, but from what I can tell, the specs are a little better and it is a little newer

Thanks

 

[clutchc]

According to UserBench, the GT 1030 is way more powerful for gaming (if that is your intent) than the Q600.

 

[damien197]

According to UserBench, the GT 1030 is way more powerful for gaming (if that is your intent) than the Q600.

Thanks for taking the time to reply

The link you posted shows a comparison between the GT 1030 and the older Quadro 600, not the Quadro P600. I had a look on there before posting here, but couldn't seem to find the P600 on that site at all.

For reference, the card I am referring to is this one > https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz/Solutions/design-visualization/documents/Quadro-P600-US-03Feb17.pdf

 

[clutchc]

According to UserBench, the GT 1030 is way more powerful for gaming (if that is your intent) than the Q600.

Thanks for taking the time to reply

The link you posted shows a comparison between the GT 1030 and the older Quadro 600, not the Quadro P600. I had a look on there before posting here, but couldn't seem to find the P600 on that site at all.

For reference, the card I am referring to is this one > https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz/Solutions/design-visualization/documents/Quadro-P600-US-03Feb17.pdf

Ah. My bad. The P600 appears to be nearly the professional graphics card version of the GT 1030.
P600: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2933/quadro-p600
GT 1030: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2954/geforce-gt-1030

Using the "relative performance" graph in the above pages, you can see they both fall in the same spot for performance. The drivers for the P600 may be less game-oriented and therefore less capable when gaming.

 

[clutchc]

Have you tried using the GT 1030 drivers with the P600?