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Pro vs Consumer graphics performance


malexander

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Since the question of whether to go with a professional graphics card (Nvidia Quadro, AMD/ATI FireGL) or a consumer gaming card is asked a lot, here are some performance numbers to showcase the difference (courtesy of Tom's Hardware).

Quadro vs. GEForce

FireGL vs. Radeon

In both cases, the hardware is similar (though in both cases the memory is clocked lower on the pro card). The pro cards offer about 4x more performance - of course, they also cost about 4x more as well. The pro card drivers also tend to be a bit more stable than gaming cards, though with a little work you can usually find a gaming driver version that works well with all your apps.

Note that while Houdini was not included in the benchmarks, you can see the general trend.

So, there is a noticeable difference, but is it worth it? Well, I guess that's up to you to decide :)

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We use the Quadro 570's and it just my untested feeling that they are more stable and perform better with houdini than the gaming versions which we used to use a lot. They seem to give far better performance when you are pushing them really hard, at the simpler end of things they feel much the same.

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