For a minimal desktop setup to run 4, maybe 6 24" screens, are the Nvidia Quadro NVS line products still the deal in passive cooled cards? Is the 295 preferred over 300? Thanks
the answer depends more on what screens you will be using and the connectors on those screens... but keep in mind that NVS295 and NVS300 are not "the same"... NVS300 uses a DMS59 adapter to DP/DVD, etc... NVS295 provides a pair of DP ports... a better comparison would be NVS295 vs NVS310 ... they both provide DP... and 256MB vs 512MB respectively... there are other differences, but most people dont use the CUDA cores to their max anyhow... if you are going to be 4-6 screens, you want to look at the NVS450 or AMD FirePro 2460
Hi I want to setup workstation with 8 screens: Acer V223HQVb 21`5 Just thinking which cards to use: 2 x NVS 510(http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvs-510-graphics-card.html) or 2 x ATI FirePro 2460 or 2 x GV-R5876P-2GD-B ( this option give me extra 4 screens, total: 12 screens) or other option. Any recommendation ? thx David
They are equivalent cards, and either is OK. If you use DVI-DP adapter on the 295, the screen resolution limit will be 1920x1200.
Oops, checked the passmark score. It's the 290 and 295 which are equivalent. The 300 is rated about 100% faster... though all 3 of these are on the low end of the performance scale. I've used both and can tell zero difference in trading environment... currently using 295s. Though the 300s claim to consume a few watts less power, they actually run hotter in my machine. Perhaps due to heatsink differences??
with those monitors, I would pick the Gigabyte card... regardless, make sure you have two x16 slots that support PCI2 or PCI3...
Penalty for using PCI-E x1 vs PCI-E x16 slots running charts to 3 NVS 295 cards to 6 screens? Power supply issues?
Nope. I've done that. Display performance on the x1 card and x16 cards exactly same. Each card draws only about 21W, max, so no PSU issue... unless your PSU really is too small for your rig.
Is the fan on the 310 card a factor for noise? I currently have two 295 cards and looking to add a 3rd...just wondering about the 310
My take on fan cards is that the fan is a difficult to replace component that can fail rendering a USD300+ card useless. I stick with non fan. Also if you buy 2nd hand you could well be buying a almost never used card if it is a standard workstation card like NVS 295 as many upgrade spec from factory supplied. NVS 300 is last model with no fan it seems. Also 450 for quad.