Looking for advice about selecting hardware for graphics and data visualization

[Micha Feigin]

Michael Tewner wrote:
> ...Or maybe Nvidia Quadro Pro? http://www.nvidia.com/page/workstation.html
> 
> 

I don't think that either quadro or tesla will do what the OP wants.

Tesla is for gpgpu computations only, no video output at all and it doesn't work in sli 
mode to empower faster graphics. It's mostly of use for people programing cuda for hpc work.

quadro is not meant for standard run of the line visualization either. It's designed for 
cad and high dynamic range rendering. It contains hardware for anti aliasing and high 
dynamic range, something designed for design studios working on designes with a very large 
amount of detail and and rendering farms.

They are also good for people running two cards and doing cuda both on the main video card 
(quadro) and an additional card. Their main advantage as a graphic card over the geforce 
is that you can put 4 of them in one box for rendering, something geforce doesn't do (I 
think sli goes up to 2) but for hpc work you're better of with tesla which can also do 4 
cards but at a much lower price (since there is no graphics output hardware). They are 
ridiculously expensive for the standard user (can run up to the 20K something NIS range).

By the way, there was a deal on the tesla, I think until today (us time so there are still 
a few hours) for 900$ a piece instead of 1400$.


> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Michael Tewner <tewner at gmail.com 
> <mailto:tewner at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Have you looked into Nvidia Tesla? I think the grid.org.il
>     <http://grid.org.il> people can get you more info - I think I
>     remember someone selling these in Israel. They also have Linux drivers.
> 
> 
>     On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Omer Zak <w1 at zak.co.il
>     <mailto:w1 at zak.co.il>> wrote:
> 
>         I am looking for advice about selecting motherboard and graphic
>         card/s
>         for a new PC which I plan to acquire; and about suppliers
>         available to
>         Israelis (whereas in Israel or abroad).
> 
>         My requirement for the new PC is that it is to render quickly
>         graphics
>         and data visualizations of large data sets, and to run under
>         Linux with
>         as little non-Free software as possible.  Ability to
>         number-crunch would
>         be nice, as well.
> 
>         The budget allows me to afford an high-end system (but not a
>         supercomputer).
> 
>         If you have experience in the above, please write to the mailing
>         list or
>         contact me in private.
> 
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