Is Quadro Dead?

[bnemec]

I was cutting thru the bs.
I’ve worked on enuf systems, software and projects to know the graphic card hype is/was real.
I care deeply how well my clients do overall. It’s my job and I take it seriously.
but, I can’t do anything about them buying a system which is hyped as being X times better or more stable when in fact it is not.

I think I understand now.

[m2shell]

That’s kind of where I’m at with Boxxx. They are significantly more expensive when compared to other similar systems with similar hardware and in my experience they offer little to no additional benefits. The additional amount they squeeze out amounts to little to nothing in the day to day usage. I also had a Boxxx laptop that was…well…not good. It seemed to have all sorts of glitches with SW that many of our Desktops just didn’t have.

The idea of custom laptops - Nay! - Custom Mobile Workstations - gives me much pause.

[KennyG]

The new “professional” NVIDIA GPU’s are labeled “NVIDIA RTX”. For a short time the prior ones were labeled “Quadro RTX”, and before that “Quadro”.

All of the “non-professional” NVIDIA GPU’s (gaming/business/home) are preceded with “GeForce”, so “GeForce RTX nnnn”.

[zxys001]

The new “professional” NVIDIA GPU’s are labeled “NVIDIA RTX”. For a short time the prior ones were labeled “Quadro RTX”, and before that “Quadro”.

All of the “non-professional” NVIDIA GPU’s (gaming/business/home) are preceded with “GeForce”, so “GeForce RTX nnnn”.

RTXpletive,… <()>

[mattpeneguy]

RTXpletive,… <()>

Better than RTXPERIENCE…

[MJuric]

The new “professional” NVIDIA GPU’s are labeled “NVIDIA RTX”. For a short time the prior ones were labeled “Quadro RTX”, and before that “Quadro”.

All of the “non-professional” NVIDIA GPU’s (gaming/business/home) are preceded with “GeForce”, so “GeForce RTX nnnn”.

This shouldn’t cause any confusion at all because people and sights are very good at making sure they enter all the information into descriptions.

So now anytime someone forgets to add “GeForce” in some description you won’t know whether it’s a professional card or a gaming card. Is Nvidia taking notes form DSS?

[jcapriotti]

Better than RTXPERIENCE…

Well there is this:
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[zxys001]

Well there is this:

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yep… Xperience X-Force!
..nvidia marketing so much wants to do “X-Force” but… sorry, it’s be taken.

[mattpeneguy]

Well there is this:

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Jeez that’s awful…

[jcapriotti]

Jeez that’s awful…

I think we can blame Jimmy Hendrix for this “Experience” fad.

[Tom_G]

I wouldn’t mind an “Experience” app name so much if I actually gained experience points towards levelling up on a exponential scale. Gamify!

Is my graphics card updated? (checks) Ooh, I gained a level!

[jcapriotti]

I wouldn’t mind an “Experience” app name so much if I actually gained experience points towards levelling up on a exponential scale. Gamify!

Is my graphics card updated? (checks) Ooh, I gained a level!

What do you think this is, Dungeons & Dragons?
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[the_h4mmer]

@Uncle_Hairball

The new “professional” NVIDIA GPU’s are labeled “NVIDIA RTX”. For a short time the prior ones were labeled “Quadro RTX”, and before that “Quadro”.

All of the “non-professional” NVIDIA GPU’s (gaming/business/home) are preceded with “GeForce”, so “GeForce RTX nnnn”.

Presently the latest “pro” cards from NVidia are named RTX Axxx which, for anyone who wasn’t aware is based on their architecture code name “Ampere” which you can also see in their older Quadro cards like the P2200 (based on Pascal), the M4000 (based on Maxwell), or the K5000 (based on Kepler). The next generation, will likely start with “L” as I believe the next code name is going to be “Lovelace”

[jcapriotti]

Yeah, but they dropped the Quadro name completely which makes it more confusing IMO. New cards are just RTX A4000, not to be confused with the gaming Geforce RTX 3080.

[the_h4mmer]

Yeah, but they dropped the Quadro name completely which makes it more confusing IMO. New cards are just RTX A4000, not to be confused with the gaming Geforce RTX 3080.

That’s fair, since I follow the PC tech/products fairly closely, it’s probably less of a confounding factor. Figured I would share what I knew in case it was helpful to others (especially the architecture naming scheme).

[jcapriotti]

That’s fair, since I follow the PC tech/products fairly closely, it’s probably less of a confounding factor. Figured I would share what I knew in case it was helpful to others (especially the architecture naming scheme).

I did learn something…always wondered why the P or A prefix