Unfortunately, CAD software is notoriously bad at doing so. This is great if your application can take advantage of the plentiful GPU power on offer. The Quadro P2000, for example, boasts 66% more peak single precision compute performance and 32% more peak memory bandwidth than the Quadro M2000, which only came to market nine months ago. Nvidia continues to make huge strides in GPU performance. Furthermore, with two Quadro Sync II cards, and a motherboard capable of taking ten PCIe add-in boards, eight Quadro P4000s can also be used to drive a single system powerwall with up to 32 screens. The card features four DisplayPort 1.4 connectors and can support up to four 4K (4,096 x 2,160) displays at 120Hz or up to four 5K (5,120 x 2,880) displays at 60Hz. However, it still needs a 6-pin auxiliary PCIe power connector to draw additional power direct from your workstation’s Power Supply Unit (PSU). Rated at up to 5.3 TFLOPs of single precision performance and with a maximum power consumption of 105W, the Quadro P4000 is extremely energy efficient. And while it’s by no means powerful enough for all professional VR workflows, it looks to be a great choice for entry-level to mid-range VR applications – not forgetting very high-end CAD, real time design viz and GPU rendering.
#P2000 QUADRO PRO#
With a list price of £950, and boasting superior performance to the dual slot ‘Maxwell’ Quadro M5000 (and single slot AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100) the Quadro P4000 looks set to change the landscape for professional VR. This meant you not only needed a workstation capable of powering a 150W+ GPU but, with prices starting at just under £2,000, a substantial budget. Prior to this, if you wanted a Quadro for VR, even for entry-level VR, you had to buy a dual slot card. The Quadro P4000 (8GB) takes centre stage in this product launch because it is Nvidia’s first single slot ‘VR Ready’ professional GPU. Our test machine was a Scan 3XS Ultimate 2D Plus workstation with a brand new ‘Kaby Lake’ Intel Core i7-7700K CPU, overclocked to 4.8GHz, 32GB of RAM, NVMe SSD and Windows 7 Professional. As part of the testing we also got hands-on with several new generation pro VR tools using the HTC Vive Business Edition, a special enterprise version of the impressive Head Mounted Display (HMD). As always, we tested these GPUs with real world professional design, engineering, and visualisation applications. In the lead up to today’s launch Nvidia provided us with a sample Quadro P2000 and Quadro P4000 for review.
#P2000 QUADRO FULL#
(see chart above for full specifications and prices – US prices have not yet been set). All five models will be available in March and will replace the current ‘Maxwell’ Quadro GPUs.
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