Re: Why would one want to use Nvidia?
Because for a lot of parallel processing in academic situations the software is written with CUDA in mind. A lot of researchers use the resultant software for their processing (think that photographers don't write Photoshop in order to use it).
Until the same processes can use openCL and non Nvidia cards the researchers are stuck over a barrel and have 3 choices:-
1) pay a FORTUNE for the server grade Teslas
2) pay the similar or a little more for reduced capacity Quadro cards
3) use the GeForce risk getting sued
Biting the hand that feeds IT
