Question Using an old Quadro K620 GPU in a new build ?

[dragomaster]

I'm currently using a 10yo Dell T1700 that has been upgraded to W10. It has an NVIDIA Quadro K620 (2GB) and an i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz that has worked fine for the small amount of photo and video editing. I do not game but run a lot of solar system simulation software which often runs the power and CPU at very high percentage. Going to build a new desktop using i7 or AMD 7000 series. Am wondering if I can simply use the K620 in the new build?

 

[Lutfij]

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Says you have Windows 11 support. You should be fine to carry the GPU over to your new build.

 

[artk2219]

I'm currently using a 10yo Dell T1700 that has been upgraded to W10. It has an NVIDIA Quadro K620 (2 GB) and i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz that has worked fine for the small amount of photo and video editing. I do not game but run a lot of solar system simulation software which often runs the power and CPU at very high percentage. Going to build a new desktop using i7 or AMD 7000 series. Am wondering if I can simply use the K620 in the new build?

You could, but unless you need to need cuda for some reason, the onboard graphics on the 7000 series CPUs is around the same performance (within10%), and more efficient.

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/quadro-k620.c2600

https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-Graphics-Ryzen-7000-GPU-Benchmarks-and-Specs.658599.0.html

 

[dragomaster]

The reason I'm asking is that a few vs pages I've come across shows the K620 as a better graphics engine than the on board UHD 770. So no real standout numbers here? I guess I'll need to run my own benchmarks with the UHD 770 and then using the K620. If I get inferior speeds with the UHD, I'll consider using a more powerful discreet card in the $200 price point (GeForce RTX 3050).

 

[artk2219]

The reason I'm asking is that a few vs pages I've come across shows the K620 as a better graphics engine than the on board UHD 770. So no real standout numbers here? I guess I'll need to run my own benchmarks with the UHD 770 and then using the K620. If I get inferior speeds with the UHD, I'll consider using a more powerful discreet card in the $200 price point (GeForce RTX 3050).

Performance wise the onboard graphics arent really any better, they're just roughly comparable. But they do have more features, like HEVC and H265 support. So they'll work better with newer media. That said, around 200 you have some options, but the RTX 3050 is not one of the better ones.

 

[dragomaster]

Thanks artk2219. Not being in the know, how would I choose an under $200 video card? 6GB 96-Bit GDDR6, PCI express? I had to jump thru some hoops but I finally got my current setup to handle HVEC, H265 and it has the Quadro K620, i5-4590, &16GB ram.

 

[CountMike]

Thanks artk2219. Not being in the know, how would I choose an under $200 video card? 6GB 96-Bit GDDR6, PCI express? I had to jump thru some hoops but I finally got my current setup to handle HVEC, H265 and it has the Quadro K620, i5-4590, &16GB ram.

Practically any modern/new GPU would be light years ahead of those.