Graphics card for 4x 4k screens?

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squirrel

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Hi everyone,

I have a client who has requested a beast PC for stock trading. He already has 4x 40" 4k UHD screens. He's looking at an i7-6700k, 32gb ram, 512gb ssd, skylake z170 motherboard. Right now I'm just looking at graphic card solutions. He's requested a GTX 980 TI Hybrid 6GB GDDR5 to run all screens at 4k, but he's not playing any games, I think he could get away with a Quadro K1200 or something similar?

Anyone have advice? TIA :)
 
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squirrel said:
Hi everyone,

I have a client who has requested a beast PC for stock trading. He already has 4x 40" 4k UHD screens. He's looking at an i7-6700k, 32gb ram, 512gb ssd, skylake z170 motherboard. Right now I'm just looking at graphic card solutions. He's requested a GTX 980 TI Hybrid 6GB GDDR5 to run all screens at 4k, but he's not playing any games, I think he could get away with a Quadro K1200 or something similar?

Anyone have advice? TIA :)
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If he's paying, and he wants that graphics card, why recommend something cheaper? The moment he has graphics issues, guess who he'll blame...
 
Quadro K1200 has 4 DP ports, surely this will do?
 
The Quadro K1200 is a substantially weaker card than the GeForce 980Ti. Much, much fewer processors.

Given that Quadro cards tend to be expensive for what they are, because they are intended for professional rendering, I don't see the reason in purchasing one. Purchase an Nvidia card that has the number of outputs he needs. If a 980Ti happens to be the one, then go for it.

The advantage of a 980Ti is that should he ever want to try a game, it has at least a small chance of running.

Also I'd be worried that a Quadro K1200 is actually too weak for the amount of pixels he is pushing. Bear in mind that while the programs he is using are not visually intensive, there are a lot of pixels being pushed around. 16 thousand of them, per frame. Given that Windows now does use the GPU for a bit, I'd worry that the K1200 is actually too weak.

Not saying you need the horsepower of a 980Ti, but at least something like a 950.

Also bear in mind that new Nvidia cards are 1-2 months away.
 
Ancalagon said:
The Quadro K1200 is a substantially weaker card than the GeForce 980Ti. Much, much fewer processors.

Given that Quadro cards tend to be expensive for what they are, because they are intended for professional rendering, I don't see the reason in purchasing one. Purchase an Nvidia card that has the number of outputs he needs. If a 980Ti happens to be the one, then go for it.

The advantage of a 980Ti is that should he ever want to try a game, it has at least a small chance of running.

Also I'd be worried that a Quadro K1200 is actually too weak for the amount of pixels he is pushing. Bear in mind that while the programs he is using are not visually intensive, there are a lot of pixels being pushed around. 16 thousand of them, per frame. Given that Windows now does use the GPU for a bit, I'd worry that the K1200 is actually too weak.

Not saying you need the horsepower of a 980Ti, but at least something like a 950.

Also bear in mind that new Nvidia cards are 1-2 months away.
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Thank you for your suggestions. His only requirement is to view on 'four 4k displays'. I'll look at the 950 maybe, but spending around 14k on a card (980ti) to view graphics is insane. Some articles on stock trading PCs have mentioned the K1200, but very few articles about 4x 4k. GL to his eyes too!
 
Ancalagon said:
...the amount of pixels he is pushing. Bear in mind that while the programs he is using are not visually intensive, there are a lot of pixels being pushed around. 16 thousand of them, per frame....
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Hehe, there's a few more than 16000 pixels being rendered every frame :)
 
Does the apps he is using even support 4 k, isn't 4 k total overkill, won't 1080p do just fine?
 
Wait for the GTX1080 to come out? I saw at the reveal it had a stock clock over 2.15GHz for the dev version. Water-cool that baby and I wouldn't be surprised at a 2.3Ghz clock
 
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