QUOTE(Genexil @ Nov 10 2015, 07:12 PM)
Hi guys, I apologize if this has been asked before here, about gaming and workstation cards for 3d rendering. I'm using 3dsmax for 3d renderings w/ vray and need to get a good laptop soon as my secondary system, and in another thread ppl advised me to get a quadro laptop for serious work. Sounds great, but the problem is that it costs a bomb and I have read in many other forums that high end gaming cards like the 970m/980m should be good enough. Plus you get a nice gaming laptop.
Question is, is it really recommended to get a quadro? I know it handles large polygons better and saves time on rendering, but how does it affect the quality of the render when compared to gaming cards? Is there a difference in the end result? I render stills btw, for interior perspectives.
yes, serious work for 3D rendering need quadro.... usually professional using this kind of card.... normally 970 is enuf... erm, the notebook is much way expensive unless you consider to build up rig. around 4k budget.. you can build good workstation for 3D rendering.
But a quadro is overkill for video editing. Any GTX 9-series would do work. Quadro cards are meant for things like CAD and 3D rendering. Their specific purpose is for the best accuracy of 3D objects. If you do either of those, and money is no matter, the Quadro would be best. They are hand tested cards with drivers certified to work with certain CUDA accelerated applications. The high end Quadro cards also have lots of VRAM for large data sets. For modelers (car manufacturers or building designer), this makes the difference between splitting something to make it fit for real time rendering.
and quadro is much way expensive than high end gtx 980 even 980 have more CUDA cores and higher memory bandwidth.. but, for jobs scope and wat the card can do makes the different