The recently introduced AMD FirePro W4300 might be in this price range when it becomes available. AMD's FirePro W4100 (Cape Verde), about 180 Euros (~$196)Īs AMD's FirePro W5100 (350 Euros/~$380) and Nvidia's Quadro K1200 (300 Euros/~$326) are already about twice as expensive, we have not taken them into consideration here.Nvidia's Quadro K620 (Maxwell), about 180 Euros (~$196).Finally, we have stuck to the following graphics cards: In this article we will basically consider current graphics cards of the AMD FirePro and Nvidia Quadro series of the entry-level class up to 200 Euros (~$217). On the other hand, students, amateur technicians or casual users will appreciate the negligible effort and the low costs as long as a suitable PC is available. In addition, power consumption, system noise and space requirements of a desktop system are higher than those of laptops. Of course, you have to do without welcome features such as the mobility of a notebook or manufacturer's support of a complete system. As a side effect, you get one or more up-to-date DisplayPort 1.2 interfaces, in order to drive 4k displays at native resolution with 60 Hz. This way, reasonably up-to-date desktop PCs can be easily upgraded and made suitable for professional use. Apart from used and discontinued models, desktop graphics cards are an alternative. While the entry-level model of the ASUSPRO PU551JH has a relatively moderate price of under 1000 Euros (~$1087), more powerful competitors quickly exceed the 2000 Euros (~$2174) mark. Purchasing a mobile workstation usually implies above-average investment costs.
For the original German review, see here.
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