The NVIDIA Quadro FX. The definition of performance. Advanced Programmability Empowers a New Class The standard for quality. of Applications

The NVIDIA Quadro FX family delivers the fastest application The design cycle is a long, iterative process from concept, to performance and the highest quality workstation graphics. modeling, and final production. This final production can Raw performance and quality are only the beginning-NVIDIA require hours of offline CPU rendering.The programmability Quadro FX takes the leading Computer Aided Design (CAD) of the NVIDIA Quadro FX architecture empowers the indus- and Digital Content Creation (DCC) applications to a new try’s leading OpenGL® and DirectX® workstation applica- level of interactivity by enabling unprecedented capabilities in tions to now make the production rendering process programmability and precision. an integral part of real-time design. This reduces design cycles, increases producti- For the first time, styling and production rendering beco- vity and accelerates time-to-market. me integral functions of the design workflow, shorte- ning the production process and enabling faster Leading this change in workstation time to market. application functionality are the major CAD and DCC applica- NVIDIA Quadro FX Architecture tion vendors, including: Achieves Unprecedented Dassault, SolidWorks, Performance Alias|Wavefront, Discreet, Softimage,Digital Immersion and The NVIDIA Quadro® more.These ISVs have designed their FX architecture takes applications to take full advantage of application per- the programmable NVIDIA Quadro formance to new FX architecture by enabling sophistica- levels by featu- ted real-time shaders to simulate a virtually ring three parallel unlimited range of physical characteristics, vertex engines, a radically such as lighting effects (fresnel effects, chromatic new line engine, the indus- dispersion, reflection, refraction, BRDF models*, etc.) try’s first on-chip vertex cache, and even physical surface properties (such as knurling, and eight fully programmable threads, casting effects, etc.) pixel pipelines coupled to a high- speed DDR2 graphics DRAM bus. For example, car models can be modified on-the-fly to change Graphics pipeline efficiency is magnified their clear coat and metallic reflective paint properties; the by NVIDIA’s next-generation crossbar memory sheen of a character’s skin can be adjusted through a dynamic architecture, enabling occlusionculling, lossless range from oily to dry by interactively adjusting a few sliders; depth Z-buffer and color compression. or objects can be programmed to dynamically self shadow. Real-time shaders allow these effects to be combined and These elements combine to achieve unprecedented 3D primi- modified interactively - an impossibility with simple 2D static tive performance: 80 million lit, textured triangles/second, five texture maps. times faster line performance than the NVIDIA Quadro 4 gra- * Bi-directional reflectance distribution function phics solution, and massive fill rate powered by eight pixel pipelines. But, the true measure of power is application per- Full 128-bit Floating-Point formance - and the NVIDIA Quadro FX architecture delivers Precision Delivers the more than double the performance vs. the previous genera- Industry’s Highest tion. Workstation Quality

In addition, all NVIDIA products utilize the NVIDIA Unified Sophisticated real-time effects Driver Architecture (UDA), which is continuously optimized typically involve multiple mathe- for performance, quality, and support throughout the life of matical operations that demand every NVIDIA Quadro product.This continuous improvement high precision to maintain image has delivered performance enhancements of up to 100% quality. The NVIDIA Quadro FX within nine months after product launch. features 128-bit IEEE floating- point precision, making available millions of colors in a broad The Definition of dynamic range.This results in the highest level of accuracy and Performance. the ultimate in visual quality. The Standard for Quality

High sub-pixel precision is another major contributor to Productivity improvements image quality,addressing visual anomalies that cause models to can be achieved in “sparkle” or “crack”.The NVIDIA Quadro FX virtually elimi- two ways- nates this problem by providing 12 bits of sub-pixel pre- through cision-four times higher precision than the nearest speed, or competitor. through effi- ciency. The right graphics hard- Precision continues to be a critical factor ware can enable both. Based when rendering high quality antialia- on a foundation of quality sed images-for both line (AA line) engineering, NVIDIA Quadro and full-scene (FSAA) antialia- FX delivers blistering applica- sing. The NVIDIA Quadro tion performance, unmatched fea- FX architecture acce- tures, and the industry’s highest image lerates antialiased quality. Coupled with professional CAD points and and DCC applications that exploit the lines in 128-bit precision programmable graphics hardware, pipeline, the NVIDIA Quadro FX makes real- and sup- time rendering an integral part of the design work- ports up flow,shortening the production process and enabling to 16X FSAA. faster time to market. And unlike other competitive hardware, FEATURES BENEFITS NVIDIA Quadro FX pro- ducts drive FSAA up to a Fifth-Generation Workstation Graphics Parallel vertex engines, fully programmable Architecture pixel pipelines and other workstation specific phenomenal 3840x2400 resolu- features (see Architectural Specs) result in tion. the industry’s highest professional OpenGL and DirectX application performance and Certified for the Highest Quality quality. Experience with the Most Demanding Workstation Third-Generation Vertex and Pixel Enables real-time shaders to simulate a wide Applications Programmability range of physical effects (such as fresnel effects, chromatic dispersion, reflection, refraction, etc.), and surface properties The performance and power of the NVIDIA Quadro FX are (such as knurling, threads, casting effects, built on a solid foundation of quality engineering. This engi- etc.). neering excellence is exemplified by the NVIDIA Unified Full 128-bit precision graphics pipeline Enables sophisticated mathematical Driver Architecture (UDA),which is certified for quality by the computations to maintain high accuracy, entire spectrum of CAD and DCC applications. resulting in unmatched visual quality. Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color The true power of UDA lies not just in the breadth of suppor- variations with the broadest dynamic range. ted products, but also in its long-term delivery of quality and 12-bit sub-pixel precision 12-bit sub-pixel precision delivers high geo- performance.All NVIDIA Quadro products, including previous metric accuracy, eliminating sparkles, generations, are continually tested and certified.This rigorous cracks, and other rasterization anomalies. testing process results in the industry’s highest quality hard- 16X Full Screen Antialiasing (FSAA) 16X FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing ware and drivers, even with applications released long after a artifacts or “jaggies” at resolutions up to NVIDIA Quadro product may have shipped. 3840x2400, resulting in highly realistic scenes.

NVIDIA continues to develop enhanced application utilities High-Performance Display Outputs 400MHz RAMDACs and dual DVI digital and multi-display software for the NVIDIA Quadro family of connectors drive the highest resolution digi- 3D products. These popular NVIDIA Quadro Application tal displays available on the market. Dual- Link DVI Connector* drives QXGA displays Utilities (POWERdraft,MAXtreme,QuadroView) are capable of via a single connector. increasing application performance by up to 200%,and can be downloaded directly from the NVIDIA web site.This produc- Genlock/Framelock Option* Synchronizes frame refresh with an external signal or across multiple systems to eliminate tivity gain is compounded by the awardwinning NVIDIA image tearing across multiple continuous nView multi-display solution, the perfect complement to the displays. industry’s highest quality workstation graphics product line. * GENLOCK/FRAMELOCK and Dual-Link Digital Display available only on NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000