NVIDIA shines a light on lower spec Quadro cards

Back in the day (almost 12+ years ago) I was really, REALLY, excited about Quadro video cards.  The prospect that such a powerful and specially designed video card made me wonder if it could really enhance the work I was doing.

Back then I was doing a lot of Autocad and 3DStudio and felt that a Quadro card could do much to speed things up.  Sadly the cost of such a shining piece of hardware prevented me from trying out the technological marvel.  (In retrospect maybe I should have started a review site dedicated high-end workstation hardware.)

These days I spend my free time playing FPS video games and coding ASP.Net and jQuery, neither of which require specialized video hardware beyond a slightly overclocked GTX 670.

Despite all the energy it's been putting into mobile and gaming, NVIDIA hasn't fallen out of love with its professional graphics customers. In fact, it's in the process of trying to rekindle those sparks of romance through the clever use of chocolates, shoulder rubs and fresh additions to its Kepler-based Quadro lineup. We've already seen (and played with) the $2,249 K5000 flagship, but those of us on lower budgets will now be able to snag the K4000, K2000 or K600 as they begin to enter the retail channel.

I do like how they are bringing out a K600 priced at $199, that is until you realize the 192 CUDA cores equal something like a GTX 550Ti in the real world?

Related Web URL: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/05/nvidia-quadro-2...