Sorry for asking, but you might have a better insight. I have two questions, which you might answer:
- Is it possible, officially supported way, to have both GTX and Quadro at the same time in the machine? I prefer GTX for rendering speed (Redshift renderer), but I need 10-bit output Quadro has which GTX doesn't have.
- Are there GTX (1080 TI in this case) cards out there which don't take double PCI space? I don't need multiple outputs and I can hook them up to the water block, if needed. I need as many cards in a single workstation case as possible for rendering. I've seen people saw/solder off stuff from cards in order to get at that, but not something I would do personally. Ideally I would prefer to have eight 1080 TIs in a single machine along with a single (modest) Quadro for 10-bit output to three monitors - are there even motherboards that could support that?
Note that I'm looking for workstation / deskside solution, not server 747-fan-sound-behemoths.
You can use PCI risers to give yourself some more flexibility as to how your cards are plugged in. However, please make sure you have enough PCI x16 or x8 slots. If you're not running a server motherboard, I highly doubt you have enough PCI lanes to fit more than two or three cards.
Is that a recent development? One of Quadro's feature over GTX was/is 10-bit output. No way around it if you're using a 10-bit monitor like EIZO ColorEdge or whatever.
My GTX on Windows also claims to output 10 bits. From some playing around in Photoshop, it seems like the monitor I have does not actually use the extra data. (It asks for it, but either doesn't receive it, or doesn't process it properly.)
- Is it possible, officially supported way, to have both GTX and Quadro at the same time in the machine? I prefer GTX for rendering speed (Redshift renderer), but I need 10-bit output Quadro has which GTX doesn't have.
- Are there GTX (1080 TI in this case) cards out there which don't take double PCI space? I don't need multiple outputs and I can hook them up to the water block, if needed. I need as many cards in a single workstation case as possible for rendering. I've seen people saw/solder off stuff from cards in order to get at that, but not something I would do personally. Ideally I would prefer to have eight 1080 TIs in a single machine along with a single (modest) Quadro for 10-bit output to three monitors - are there even motherboards that could support that?
Note that I'm looking for workstation / deskside solution, not server 747-fan-sound-behemoths.