PNY NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 - The World’S First Ray Tracing GPU

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Multi-GPU Mosaic][Quadro Sync]: Application corruption and possible blue-screen crash occurs when enabling WARP while Mosaic and Quadro Sync are enabled. Producing a single ray traced quality photoreal image used to take seconds or even minutes, but this was now being done in a fraction of a second on a desktop workstation, albeit one with two very powerful GPUs. Nvidia had shown it could make photorealistic visualisation completely interactive and while there was almost certainly some smoke and mirrors, it was a massive advancement.

NVIDIA GPU Boost (Automatically improves GPU engine throughput to maximize application performance) Pro driver feature dramatically increases 3D performance by dynamically reducing viewport resolution higher performance for both deep learning inference and High-Performance Computing (HPC) applications. NVIDIA ® CUDA ® Parallel Computing Platform Production Branch drivers are designed and tested to provide long-term stability and availability, making these drivers ideal for enterprise customers and other users who require application and hardware certification from ISVs and OEMs respectively.As we wait for AMD to deliver a Pro version of its ‘Big Navi’ Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs with hardware ray tracing, Nvidia’s biggest competitor in pro graphics is currently itself. But the Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 isn’t flawless. It doesn’t maintain such a commanding lead when AI denoising is enabled, especially when rendering with few passes. And in some cases it’s even slower. Considering the RTX 4000 is all about deep learning, we found this very surprising. As far as AI denoising is concerned we can only presume the GPU will come into its own when the Tensor cores are put to full use in RTX optimised software. It’s certainly too early to judge it on this. Nvidia RTX is being used to massively accelerate classic viz focused ray trace renderers like V-Ray, KeyShot and Solidworks Visualize, which we test below. However, some of the more exciting developments are coming from the AEC sector in tools like Enscape, Chaos Vantage and Unreal Engine, which really make ray tracing ‘real-time’. Vantage, for example, is built from the ground up for real-time ray tracing so can maximise the usage of RT cores within the new GPUs. Enscape provided two real world datasets for our tests – a large residential building and a colossal commercial development. The GPU memory requirements for these models are quite substantial. The residential building uses 2.8GB @ FHD and 4.5GB @ 4K, while the commercial development uses 5.5GB @ FHD and 6.9GB @ 4K. This was fine for our tests, as all five GPUs feature 8GB or more.

Solidworks also features more realistic display styles for viewing models in real time. SolidWorks RealView, which is only supported by pro GPUs, adds realistic materials and supports environment reflections and floor shadows. Meanwhile, ambient occlusion adds more realistic shadows and helps bring out details. Turing Tensor Cores for 57 teraflops of deep learning performance — accelerate neural network training and inference, which are critical to powering AI-enhanced rendering, products and services. Both cards offer more memory than their consumer GeForce counterparts, are standard issue in workstations from Dell, HP and Lenovo, and come with pro drivers with ISV certification for a wide range of CAD/BIM applications.Its lead in SolidWorks Visualize was quite outstanding, delivering rendering output nearly twice as a fast as the Quadro P5000. And things only look set to get faster. With our estimated additional 35% performance boost when its RT cores are put to work in SolidWorks Visualize 2020, this represent more than a significant boost to rendering workflows. For real time visualisation, the Quadro RTX 4000’s 8GB is probably plenty for most mainstream workflows. However, when it comes to GPU rendering, it can be restrictive. Memory requirements increase with the size the model, the HDR images and the textures, as well as with output resolution. The ability for real-time ray tracing is driving the greatest advancement in computer graphics in almost two decades. The amazing horsepower of Z by HP Workstations combined with the new capabilities of one or more Quadro RTX 4000 GPUs means millions of creatives, engineers and other professionals can create their best work ever.” Rob Herman, general manager of the Lenovo Workstation & Client AI Group at Lenovo. Availability and Pricing While most CAD applications won’t benefit from any GPU more powerful that the Nvidia Quadro P1000 or P2200, Solidworks 2021 is an exception. By using OpenGL 4.5, a more modern version of the popular graphics API, more algorithms can be pushed onto the GPU so there is a benefit to higher performance GPUs.

Even so, the application is still CPU limited to some extent, so the performance benefit the new cards give you isn’t as big as you’d get from a dedicated real-time viz tool. Nvidia has launched four Quadro RTX GPUs, from the mid-range to the high-end. We imagine Nvidia will launch lower-end Quadro RTX GPUs later this year but we don’t know this for sure. The Nvidia RTX A5000 supports all the same features as the Nvidia RTX A4000 but differs in two main areas.Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself. Display Connectors New external memory and semaphore sharing extensions provide a generic framework that enables OpenCL to import external memory and semaphore handles to synchronize with the external runtime, coordinating the use of shared memory. Furthermore, as the Nvidia RTX A4000 is a single slot GPU with a max power consumption of 140W delivered through a single 6-pin PCIe connector, it’s available in a wide range of desktop workstation form factors. This includes compact towers like the HP Z2 Tower G8 and Dell Precision 3650. The compact HP Z2 Tower can host the Nvidia RTX A4000 or Nvidia RTX A5000 GPU Quadro P5200, Quadro P5000, Quadro P4200, Quadro P3200, Quadro P4000, Quadro P3000, Quadro P2000, Quadro P1000, Quadro P600, Quadro P500, Quadro M2200, Quadro M1200, Quadro M620, Quadro M520, Quadro M5500, Quadro M5000M, Quadro M4000M, Quadro M3000M, Quadro M2000M, Quadro M1000M, Quadro M600M, Quadro M500M, Quadro K5100M, Quadro K5000M, Quadro K4100M, Quadro K4000M, Quadro K3100M, Quadro K2200M, Quadro K2100M, Quadro K3000M, Quadro K2000M, Quadro K1100M, Quadro K1000M, Quadro K620M, Quadro K610M, Quadro K510M, Quadro K500M