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Hi All,

For discussion - build for all projects. In short Quadro cards are geared for image quality. Gaming cards are geared for speed, for obvious reasons. If you're a 3d artist there is a visible difference between these types of cards in areas such as AA. But with a render engine like Octane speed is the name of the game. So for most folks using Octane a high end Geforce card(s) is a no brainer. However, if you find yourself switching from Octane to other render engines depending on project needs, you may find Geforce cards are not your first choice.

So cutting to the chase. Running a Quadro card in the first/default slot and running say, x2 980 Ti's in other slots should give you the best of both worlds. Having said that, I would like to hear some opinions of tech savvy, 3d folks on running this set up.

Thanks All.
*note: Would like to leave money/affordability out of this discussion.

if You need Quadro capabilities (ECC, 10BIT output etc.) then Yeah why not.. I would say AMD PROs might offer good value & those PRO features.. otherwise.. if You don't need those..runing 8bit screens, sRGB, no ECC needed..so why to bother.. - there's no good or bad card, jsut one that fits Your needs or don't.

Yep that's about the best configuration you can have. If you need more speed for Octane there is no reason you need to spend more for quadros when you are not going to use their advantages (what glimpse said). It's just smarter to use faster gaming cards for a third of the price. We are just rendering here, not calculating a finite element analysis for a bridge span or something.

if you want high end military component go for Teslas, they can be stressed more than GeForce cards.
For my experience in 5 years I burnt 4 GTX 580s using them 24/7. The latest GeForce cards are built better.
It depends on how many hours you will use and how much you will stress them.

..& how good You cool them =) on a side note You get more speed.. so it's prety good value if have at least 4GPUs to watercool (& will not get any burnouts).