Quadro drivers tend to come with optimizations for commercial applications like AutoCAD. VTK/ParaView just make standard GL calls so you won't gain anything by using a similarly configured Quadro over a GeForce card. On the other hand, Quadro's tend to have faster GPUs and more memory. If you don't need lots of GPU memory, GeForce cards in general offer a pretty good cost/performance tradeoff.
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:06 AM, Paul Edwards <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the replies. > > Can anyone comment on whether there is a performance difference between the > GeForce or Quadro? Some sites say the Quadro is better for CAD applications > but is this true for ParaView? > > Thanks, > Paul > > > On 1 September 2010 07:23, Kumar, Shree <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Yes, there are ways to "spoof" monitors on nvidia cards. I have used two >> of them, >> >> a. Get an EDID file of a display device and use that in the config file >> (see attached file xorg-forced-monitor-EDID.conf for an example). >> >> b. Use a modeline (see attached file xorg-forced-monitor-modeline.conf for >> an example). >> >> The config files use more options than necessary - but that's because they >> are auto-generated. >> >> For documentation on the options, refer to >> /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt >> >> HTH >> -- Shree >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul McIntosh >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:16 AM >> *To:* 'Paul Edwards'; 'paraview' >> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] Advice on graphics cards >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> I think you are stuck with eitther a Tesla or Quadro on a cluster. This is >> due to the ability to configure those cards to work without a display (see >> the release notes for the latest drivers though). >> >> I'd be interested to hear otherwise as we have a few GTX280 nodes that are >> currently just used for CUDA. Maybe there is a way to "spoof" a monitor >> another way? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Paul >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Paul Edwards >> *Sent:* Wednesday, 1 September 2010 12:43 AM >> *To:* paraview >> *Subject:* [Paraview] Advice on graphics cards >> >> Hi, >> >> Can anyone recommend a graphics cards to use for a linux cluster running >> ParaView? And, does anyone know how a GeForce card compares to a Quadro of >> a similar spec? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Paul >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >
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