Nvidia announces a new lineup of Pascal-based Quadro GPUs

[WYP]

Nvidia has announced a new lineup of Pascal-based Quadro GPUs, including their new P100 GPU which features 16GB of HBM2 memory.



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[g0ggles1994]

I can gaurantee that Nvidia fans who ridiculed AMD for using HBM are going to come out the woodwork praising Nvidia for using it themselves

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I can gaurantee that Nvidia fans who ridiculed AMD for using HBM are going to come out the woodwork praising Nvidia for using it themselves

While I know very little about what makes Quadro cards so necessary, I suspect that HBM is very much a in-demand upgrade over GDDR5X in their use cases. In gaming it might be different, which explains why some have criticised AMD for adopting a technology that was, in essence, unnecessary.

 

[Dawelio]

While I know very little about what makes Quadro cards so necessary, I suspect that HBM is very much a in-demand upgrade over GDDR5X in their use cases. In gaming it might be different, which explains why some have criticised AMD for adopting a technology that was, in essence, unnecessary.

Well said dude

 

[NeverBackDown]

While I know very little about what makes Quadro cards so necessary, I suspect that HBM is very much a in-demand upgrade over GDDR5X in their use cases. In gaming it might be different, which explains why some have criticised AMD for adopting a technology that was, in essence, unnecessary.

It was more of a sign of things to come for AMD. Just them using new technology to early but planning for the future. Hbm was totally fine. It just was limited in memory

 

[AngryGoldfish]

It was more of a sign of things to come for AMD. Just them using new technology to early but planning for the future. Hbm was totally fine. It just was limited in memory

Yeah, that's it.

 

[AlienALX]

While I know very little about what makes Quadro cards so necessary, I suspect that HBM is very much a in-demand upgrade over GDDR5X in their use cases. In gaming it might be different, which explains why some have criticised AMD for adopting a technology that was, in essence, unnecessary.

Quadro cards are mostly used for rendering. like 7 cards or more. People buy them for the software (the drivers, they are updated daily etc) and the support which is 24/7.

That is basically why they are so expensive.

For example Nvidia recently stopped double precision on desktop cards so if you were a business and needed it you would have to buy Quadro again. I would imagine because loads of people bought Titans instead

But yeah this card is pretty much just a Titan XP with HBM on it. Wouldn't make much difference to any one unless they were pulling 4k at least, or even beyond.

They look nice though

 

[g0ggles1994]

While I know very little about what makes Quadro cards so necessary, I suspect that HBM is very much a in-demand upgrade over GDDR5X in their use cases. In gaming it might be different, which explains why some have criticised AMD for adopting a technology that was, in essence, unnecessary.

I know that the Quadros are used for rendering and such hence the customer requirements are different compared to gaming GPUs. I was mainly talking about how people criticized AMD for using HBM over GDDR5/GDDR5X at all, even when they announced it in their FirePro S9300 x2.

I ain't no AMD fanboy or anything, I flip flop every time a I build a new PC I just hate it when I see a company being blasted for doing something new, then another praised for doing the same later on

 

[AngryGoldfish]

I know what they're used for. What I don't know is the specifics of why they are so good at doing those tasks over desktop GPU's.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I know what they're used for. What I don't know is the specifics of why they are so good at doing those tasks over desktop GPU's.

Well usually they have better FP32/64 support. So they have more performance in tasks that require some very very heavy mathematical computations.

 

[The_Governour]

Could you game on it better than a Titan XP?

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Could you game on it better than a Titan XP?

I think there is something to do with drivers being an issue, but it's theoretically possible if the GPU is the same as the GPU in the desktop models. I can't remember whether Maxwell Quadro was a separate GPU to the Titan XM, but obviously Pascal Quadro is just a fully unlocked Titan XP. They do make water blocks for Quadro cards.

 

[gruffie]

More confirmation that a 1080 ti will release in march