Quadro???

[Urbanfreestyle]

Hi all,

I have been looking at getting a graphics card to go with my photo editing rig and have had someone tell me to look at Quadro series from Nvidia.... has anyone heard of these and are they any good for photo editing?
I will be using Adobe Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC as well as Penetration Testing within Kali Linux.

This is my Kit so far:

Processor: Intel i5 4690K (Devils Canyon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 3
Ram: 2x 2gb OCZ OZ3 DDR3 Platinum
2x 2gb OCZ OZ3 DDR3 Gold
HDD1: 2TB Western Digital Green
HDD2: 2TB Western Digital Green
HDD3: 2TB Seagate Barracuda LP

SSD1: 128gb Toshiba THNSNH
SSD2: Not sure yet
Graphics card:VTX3D Radion HD7700 1gb
Power supply:EVGA NEX650G
Case: NZXT Source 340 with custom Vinyl.
Wifi NIC: Edimax N300

 

[Urbanfreestyle]

No problems, thanks for trying!
I'm just thinking of the GPU acceleration for these programs. I would love to get a mega expensive card but i'm really looking more toward a sub £100 card that will do the job. The VTX3D Radion HD7700 1gb i am getting is from a friend of mine for £20.

 

[Urbanfreestyle]

I'm on CC and see it does support GPU acelleration but didn't know if the Quadro was overkill, I know the K5000 cards are silly money.
Thanks for the advice, i think i'll stick with the standard card for now then

 

[Urbanfreestyle]

not bought the 4690k yet... been keeping my eyes on one on here. what would the xeon give over the i5? sadly i can't afford the i7 but i don;t think i need that much just yet.

 

[Urbanfreestyle]

ah ok, so if gaming and overclocking the intel k series are good but if photos and crunching the xeons are better?

 

[Urbanfreestyle]

so for starting off i should be fine with the 7700

 

[Urbanfreestyle]

Sadly at this point i'm not making enough to warrant it... I'm struggling to warrant buying what i have so far!
I can't afford any processor this month at least as i'm all out of spare money but hopefully next month i'll have a bit spare. I may even get a G series just to get it booting and loading.

 

[Urbanfreestyle]

i have no processor yet due to no money left haha!