Best way to Softmod Quadro Drivers for Fermi-based GeForce

Hi Folks,

I'm looking to softmod my GTX 570m to use Quadro drivers. I am willing to trade a few FPS at home for CUDA/GPU rendering in CAD and Photoshop in the office (I use my own laptop for work). What is the best way to this, what are the pros/cons of each method and which can I do myself (I'd love to be able to rely on doing everything myself as and when a new driver comes out).

As far as I can see, the options are:

Use RivaTuner to spoof a Quadro on my GeForce and install the standard Quadro driver (poor gaming performance?)
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Modify the INI files on the Quadro driver and install it directly (poor gaming performance and are the modded INI files always up to date and freely available?)

Use pre-modded drivers based on Quadro drivers like the Xtreme-G drivers (is this project dying a death and are they always up to date?).

Which would people recommend? Any advice about any of the methods?

Cheers, Scott

 

CUDA should be utilized regardless if you have a professional or regular gpu.
The difference between the two are that 'pro' cards only give you extra FPS in viewports (in CAD based programs)... if the program supports GPU rendering, it will shift the workload over to the GPU whether it's professional or regular.

 

Thanks for the reply! I was under the impression that GPU acceleration in Photoshop, for example, requires a pro card. Also, does OpenGL rendering in general, not similarly suffer?

On a side note, the newest drivers seem to be Verde and Quadro in the same package. I assume it looks at what card you have and installs the features as appropriate. Does this mean that GPU spoofing with RivaTuner is the only way forward?