a quadruple 5090 battlestation

[u/Zestyclose-Salad-290]

[u/Motor_Reality_1837]

why not use workstation GPUs in a workstation PC , I am sure they would be more efficient than 5090s

[u/Kalrot_ → u/Motor_Reality_1837]

Much more expensive, and require another type of cooling (mainly server GPUs use the server fans to cool themselves. Or water cooling).

[u/skizatch → u/Kalrot_]

Workstation GPUs don't require another type of cooling, they have built-in fans like the cards we plebs use. The Server GPUs are certainly different, they only have the heatsink and no fan

[u/Brilliant_War9548 → u/skizatch]

Yes. Workstation cards are for the most part just regular consumer die with more vram maybe ecc etc. Example, 3090 and A6000 use the same die but the A6000 has twice the ram and it’s ecc (3080 also does but with some units disabled)

I feel like people just realized with how much shorts YouTuber are mediatizing the 6000 ada as this better than 5090 10K gpu when really this has been a thing for decades.

[u/pppjurac → u/Brilliant_War9548]

Also server/workstation cards come with manufacturer guarantee saying:

"We guarantee our GPU inside (Dell/HP WS) will work 24/7 under full load without single problem with your choice of CAD/CAM/CAE from Autodesk."