Help me understand Nvidia Quadros.

[unspeakable]

I have almost no idea about nvidia quadros. Please explain all and everything. Or give me links with all the info.

 

[imsqam]

Quadro's are workstation GPU's that are not that much different at a hardware level but are extremely different at the software level, with much greater driver and integration support. For a detailed explanation of the differences who would be better to explain than NVidia, follow this link and find the pdf download on the page.

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/37/~/difference-between-geforce-and-quadro-gpus

 

[mulyman786]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3610397/gpu-overheating.html

 

[unspeakable]

I knew they were workstation cards but I know nothing about Prices, the levels, or the models.
What I mainly want to know, are all the model types, which are the high end, which are the low end, all that stuff

 

[dontlistentome]

What I understand is consumer graphics cards are all about processing for many frames per second. Image quality is secondary. Quadros are the opposite. As workstation cards, they don't have to pump out high framerates, but image quality is everything.

From a practical standpoint, you'd want a quality monitor to make a Quadro worthwhile. If you use a cheap gaming oriented monitor then you defeat the purpose of using the workstation card. Quadros can cost a lot, since they are aimed at professional use. Just as new generations of consumer cards come out, so do new Quadros. So there are many models out there, from entry level to top of the line, just like with consumer cards.