Novice question, what are pro graphics cards good for?

[severus]

I've never really looked into it. I know they're terrible for gaming, but what are the Fire and Quadro series used for? Any real reason for them?

 

[Arkadrel]

Their supported offically for software, ei you can use them without haveing to use work-arounds and hacks.

Plus you get better support from amd/nvidia ect, if you run into issues.

If you have a workplace, where lots and lots of people need to use cards for x software, haveing support could be worth the pricetag, as lost work hours due to issue = costly, and since you bought x amount of cards, amd/nvidia are likely to want to keep good relations with your workplace, thus willingness to help with drivers ect whatever they can.


If your a "normal" person, useing a home pc for a hobby... the use of such a card is basically zero.

Basically theirs like zero performance differnce, at a huge price differnce.
So unless you really need the support, theres no real reason to buy them.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Their supported offically for software, ei you can use them without haveing to use work-arounds and hacks.

Plus you get better support from amd/nvidia ect, if you run into issues.

If you have a workplace, where lots and lots of people need to use cards for x software, haveing support could be worth the pricetag, as lost work hours due to issue = costly, and since you bought x amount of cards, amd/nvidia are likely to want to keep good relations with your workplace, thus willingness to help with drivers ect whatever they can.


If your a "normal" person, useing a home pc for a hobby... the use of such a card is basically zero.

Basically theirs like zero performance differnce, at a huge price differnce.
So unless you really need the support, theres no real reason to buy them.

Ehhh...no.

That depends a lot on what you're doing. Not as much with the FirePro series, but with Quadro and all those CUDA cores...

 

[96Firebird]

I have used many Quadros in workstations for work, never a FirePro though. Basically they are great for high-detailed geometry, which I take advantage of using SolidWorks. Comparing my GTX 460 to even just a Quadro 600, parts and assemblies are much better looking and smoother movement on the Quadro. I don't know the details of why they are different, could simply be differences in drivers.

Even my Quadro 600 that I have now can get slow with larger assemblies, especially if I turn the eye candy up. I have never tried rendering a scene on my GTX 460, but I can't imagine it would look too good. I turn off the shadows and "Realview" until I need to take a picture for a customer...