Quadro Cards k2200 or 5000

[JC4]

Hi I was suggested main these parts a while back for my cad workstation build.
Cpu: Xeon e5-1620v3
mobo: supermicro x10sra
gpu: quadro k2200
I stumbled upon the quadro 5000 and was wondering on how it compares with the k2200?
Is the archetecture too old or is still a good card to get. It does consume more power than the k2200.. The 5000 does have more bandwidth.
Any suggestions or insight? Thanks

 

[k1114]

The k2200 is better but it's not much of a difference. What's the price? Have you looked at what amd offers?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

what CAD program.... For AutoCAD 2D, 3D, Inventor GTX card is better
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493-4.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493-6.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493-7.html

For Maya, the 5000, is 4 times faster than the 2000 in single scene hand, 10% in single scene Insect / Werewolf, 25% in ToyStore... 50% on average in SolidWorks
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493-8.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493-10.html

The 2200 wasn't in that test

In this test, AMD didn't have much to offer but to go further, as results vary by app, you'll want to narrow down the search a little.

 

[JC4]

It's my first build so theres a lot for me to consider. No I haven't looked at amd. I was told their firepro W5100 believe is equivalent. I just decided to look at quadro because I kept reading their drivers and support are good and better. I also didn't want to read more stuff for firepros. Looking up the limited benchmarks and reviews for the quadros is time consuming enough.
I'm mostly gonna use autocad and inventor. Ill probably learn Solidworks and Matlab in the next year or 2.

 

[JC4]

Thanks btw. What makes the k2200 better? k1114

 

[k1114]

Performance is closer to the k4000 so you can see in the benchmarks where it stands vs the 5000. I think you maybe going into it more than you need to be since you mentioned bandwidth. The spec sheet is meaningless when in the end, the performance is shown in the real world.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

It's my first build so theres a lot for me to consider. No I haven't looked at amd. I was told their firepro W5100 believe is equivalent. I just decided to look at quadro because I kept reading their drivers and support are good and better. I also didn't want to read more stuff for firepros. Looking up the limited benchmarks and reviews for the quadros is time consuming enough.
I'm mostly gonna use autocad and inventor. Ill probably learn Solidworks and Matlab in the next year or 2.

AutoCAD and Inventor work better on GTX than Quaddro

here's SolidWorks

and maya

The $400 K2200 is based on the GM107 GPU like the GeForce 750 Ti and GeForce 750.

The $800 K4200 is based on the mainstream GK104 GP like the 760

The $1800 K5200 is based on the mainstream GK110 GP like the 780 TI / Titan

They carry quite a premium over their gaming counterparts so if AutoCAD and Inventor are on the table....

If considering the 4200, I'd try and see how the Titan X does as the previous Titan was 50% faster than the k5000 in Inventor, 35% faster in AutoCAD 3D and everything is virtually the same in AutoCAD2D

 

[JC4]

ok thanks guys.
Nah I'm not gonna go over $550 or k2200 price range for the gpu.
Although I was thinking about getting the quadro 5000 and later on sli with another 5000 since the k2200 can't sli. Unless I should just stick to one?
I'll look at the geforce

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Do any Autodesk apps actually benefit from SLI ? I am not aware of any

 

[JC4]

quadro 5000 seems better in sloidworks and autocad. the k4000~k2200 in inventor if I'm not mistaken.

 

[JC4]

Do any Autodesk apps actually benefit from SLI ? I am not aware of any

Oh ok I should look if I find anything on that.

 

[k1114]

Neither cad or solidworks supports sli or multiple gpus. But matlab can have multiple workers to use multiple.