However, the change in workflow can yield thousands of dollars in savings in terms of reducing the time needed to complete the task at hand.ĭuring the Limelight LA party, which NVIDIA organized in cooperation with Dell and LucasFilm we spoke with a lot of industry insiders and learned their perspectives on the Kepler-powered Quadro cards. As you can see on the slides, pairing a K5000 with a K20 will set you back for at least $5,548. Still, there is no doubt that the company is earning a lot of money on this card, especially if you decide to pair it with a Tesla C2075 or the upcoming K20.
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Naturally, there is an offset cost in terms of driver development and certification, which is astoundingly expensive when compared to the regular consumer drivers. This enabled company to reduce the costs to an absolute minimum, with the BoM ending probably in the lower $200 range ($180-280 is our guesstimate based on $399 retail price plus additional 2GB of memory), for a card which retails at $2249. In order to create the K5000, NVIDIA utilized the GK104 chip and surprisingly, the GTX 670 PCB design. The board is pictured inside the latest Dell workstation. NVIDIA Quadro K5000 4GB uses a very short PCB which made its debut with the GeForce GTX 670.
Second Generation Maximus Platform brings two Kepler cards together, but only as of December 2012. The Quadro K5000 will be available in October, while the Tesla K20 will only come in December 2012. The new Quadro K5000 appears to be highly optimized for maximum income.Ĭan the New Nvidia Quadro K5000 Become the Most Profitable Graphics Card?įew weeks ago, NVIDIA unveiled the Kepler-powered Quadro graphics cards for the mobile workstation, while the first day of Siggraph was used to unveil the second generation Maximus platform a combination between GK104-powered Quadro K5000 (the same chip powering the GTX 660/670/680/690 and Tesla K10) and the GK110-powered Tesla K20.
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