NVIDIA Quadro K4000 3GB GDDR5 GPU Memory Graphics Card VCQK4000-PB

This was part of a special build for a motorcycle wheel company. Their custom built Dell died when their roof leaked. I said I could build a PC that would work as well, for half the cost, and have it done in a few days. They were a little skeptical, but trusted me. This system does the CAD drawing for the rims, and sends the CAM results to the cutting machine. This video card was recommended by their software manufacturer. They said their Dell system took 20 minutes to render the result. My system was less than half the cost, looks much much nicer, and renders the results instantly! Needless to say, they said they'd never buy another computer that wasn't built by me. Virtually all of their other computers have had various problems. This one works, works unbelievably well, and has been doing so for about a year now. This card is a big part of that performance!

Installed this card June 2014 into a Dell Precision T1650 however I would not recommend a custom install as Dell has some proprietary components. The card itself has handled large Autodesk Revit models in 3D and CFD simulations without breaking a sweat. The next model up is nice however I don't think that one extra gig of VRAM for ~$800 is worth it. Our company has purchased several more workstations with K4000s after the success of the first installation and all of them handle everything that is thrown at them, this mainly consists of Autodesk products. Great card, great value.

It's ridiculous that you have to spend twice as much to get half the processing power of a modern graphics card just because Nvidia and Autodesk are in bed together. If you want any kind of tech support from Autodesk you have to have the Quadro cards installed. I won't get into that here since the review is for the card and not the intended use. The card works well, and is stable in the system. Decent power, but looses a star for paying twice as much for half the power of a normal GPU.

I was skeptical of the performance benefits of using an Adobe-certified NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics card vs. a consumer/games-oriented model. I used both NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards in the past, many of which appear faster on paper than their professional counterpart. I've been running the NVIDIA Quadro K4000 for a month now, and so far I'm stunned at the difference in performance. PhotoShop never crashes anymore. It's immediately more stable, fluid and renders complex effects much faster than before. You'll immediately see the difference when doing Liquify effects, but also Lens Blur, Smart Sharpen, Puppet Warp, etc. all render much better and with speed. As a professional photographer, anything that guarantees less time editing & more time shooting is a good thing. I'm so glad I finally invested in the NVIDIA Quadro K4000 graphics card. My only regret is that I didn't do this sooner!

The part didn’t fit my PC I specifically put in SFF and when I returned I was made to pay for the return which is very unethical

This video card is fanstastic so far- preview renders in AfterEffects and Premire Pro are pretty fast and encoding video is much more managable.

purchased this graphics card, hired two different engineers and the graphics card never worked. Would like a refund or a store credit.

I purchased this GPU and then returned it. There was nothing wrong, except that I installed it in a system with another GPU of a different type. I saw no problem with performance, but I was advised by PNY that they do not support the K4000 GPU to be installed in that configuration. So I returned it - end of story.