NVIDIA Announces Quadro Experience

[erek]

Quadro NOW released!

"Get Updates on the Latest Drivers
Regularly get increased performance, improved driver stability and new features for your system with Quadro Experience. The application automatically notifies users on new driver releases, so they can implement the latest capabilities as soon as they're available.

Driver highlights are delivered directly to Quadro Experience whenever new drivers are available to help users determine whether they're ready to make an immediate update.

With simple one-click downloads and installations directly from Quadro Experience, it's easier to ensure that your Quadro driver is updated and optimized, as well as certified by all your favorite applications.

Work by Day, Game by Night
With Quadro Experience, it doesn't have to be all work and no play. Users can switch their Quadro GPU to Game Mode to unleash optimal gaming performance.

The application delivers features similarly offered through GeForce Experience, such as Ansel, Freestyle and Highlights. Users can take advantage of Optimal Playable Settings—which are in-game settings that aim to enhance image quality and framerates—and stream gameplay to NVIDIA SHIELD devices.

Designers Switch Tracks Fast with Quadro Experience
NVIDIA Quadro Experience is already helping companies enhance their collaborative efforts. One of the beta users of the application is Alstom, builder of the TGV, the fastest train in the world.

Project review and customization are important parts of Alstom's workflows—they often use Autodesk VRED for design review and rendering and Dassault Systèmes CATIA for technical review. With Quadro RTX GPUs and Quadro Experience application, Alstom was able to accelerate its design workflow and use GPU power for its graphic needs.

"Sharing professional graphics created with Quadro GPUs requires video capture capabilities that maintain pristine visual fidelity," said Fabien Normand, virtual reality expert at Alstom. "NVIDIA Quadro Experience makes it simple to accurately capture professional graphics applications, allowing us to continually improve our customers' VR experiences as well as our internal design workflows."

Professional workflows are becoming more interactive and collaborative. With Quadro Experience, engineers, designers, artists, architects and other professionals can optimize the power of their Quadro GPUs.

Download NVIDIA Quadro Experience"

 

[Thunderdolt]

Damn. I was still holding out hope that they'd finally abandon the Quadro branding and instead just offer us high & low VRAM models of the same card.

A guy can dream, right?

 

[Red Falcon]

Damn. I was still holding out hope that they'd finally abandon the Quadro branding and instead just offer us high & low VRAM models of the same card.

A guy can dream, right?

As cool as that would be, rebranding can cost a lot, especially in lost revenue compared to a market with a known and well-established product.
They could do it, and eventually phase it out over a few years, but it may not be worth it to them at this point.

 

[Thunderdolt]

As cool as that would be, rebranding can cost a lot, especially in lost revenue compared to a market with a known and well-established product.
They could do it, and eventually phase it out over a few years, but it may not be worth it to them at this point.

It would also mean a major hit to margin % on cards that would have been Quadro branded but end up being the lower VRAM models instead. I'm sure if Nvidia thought that they'd make up for that % by increasing the number of cards sold, they would make the change.

From my anecdotal experience, almost zero Quadro users are better off with Quadro versus an unlocked Geforce of the same price. The users I encounter are almost always limited by slow compute rather than insufficient VRAM, especially now that the Titan has 24GB. Because of the artificial driver lock, however, many (albeit an ever decreasing number) end up requiring Quadro due to their legacy software packages relying on something the Quadro driver offers.