In a press release yesterday, Nvidia unveiled the Quadro K6000, which it pegs as its new industry flagship technology. The GPU boasts performance and graphics processing a significant level higher than its predecessors, but Nvidia also explains it is geared for general purpose use, and not necessarily optimized for gaming.
Still, no gamer would be able to resist the power boasted by the new board. In comparison to the Quadro 6000, the Quadro K6000 computes five times faster and has almost twice as much capability to render graphics. As of the announcement date, the Quadro K6000 has the fastest and largest memory of any GPU.
Nvidia names several clients and their applications for the GPU's improved graphics processing; Pixar, who see particular improvements in real-time lighting and geometry in its animation, car manufacturer Nissan, who will be able to make more iterations of its models digitally thanks to its amazing photorealistic modeling of car components, and oil company Apache, who will use the board for InsightEarth software, allowing them to more accurately peg where to drill for oil. Notably, and rather conspicuously, they did not name any clients from the video game industry.
Based on Kepler architecture, the Quadro K6000 will have 12GB GDDR5 memory, 2,880 streaming multiprocessor cores, will support four simultaneous displays, 4K, and Displayport 2, as well as large scale visualizations and ultra low latency video I/O.
Obviously, the Quadro K6000's 12GB GDDR5 blows PS4's 8GB GDDR5 and Xbox One's 8GB DDR3 RAM out of the water, and is capable of applications not even the latest video games are making use of, at least at the moment. The GPU will be available on its own from select retailers like PNY Technologies, as well as bespoke computer builders like BOXX Technologies and workstartions from Dell, HP and Lenovo. Just having this board be available out there means PC gaming will be free to develop at a significant technological level above consoles, if the game makers want to.
Source: Nvidia
