The Revolutionary Visual Computing Solution

The NVIDIA Quadro® family of professional solutions takes the leading professional applications to a new level of interactivity by enabling unprecedented capabilities.

The industry’s leading workstation The Quadro professional products applications leverage this architecture include a set of industry specialty to enable hardware-accelerated solutions that have been architected to features not found in any other enable advanced imaging visualization professional graphics solution. and broadcast applications - from multi-system scalability and synchronization to uncompressed 12-bit HD-SDI video output.

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Ground-breaking Unified These elements combine to achieve Shader Model 4.0 and next generation Architecture Delivers unprecedented 3D performance: blazing operating systems enabling breakthrough Unprecedented Performance geometry performance, lightening-fast ultra-realistic, real-time visualization line performance, and massive fill rates applications. Styling and production The latest NVIDIA Quadro architecture powered by a dynamically configurable rendering are integral functions of the takes application performance to array of thread processors. With a pixel design workflow and NVIDIA Quadro new levels by featuring the industry’s read-back performance of up to 2.4GB/ FX provides professionals the tools first unified architecture. Designed to sec., massive host throughput gains can to shorten the production process dynamically allocate geometry, shading, be achieved for professional applications. and enable faster time to market. pixel, and compute processing power, the However, the true measure of power is latest NVIDIA Quadro graphics boards The major CAD and DCC application application performance and the new deliver optimized Graphics Processing vendors can take full advantage of the NVIDIA Quadro architecture doubles the Unit (GPU) performance. The GPU programmable NVIDIA Quadro architecture performance of the previous generation. pipeline efficiency is further multiplied by enabling sophisticated shaders to by fast 3D and large texture transfers, Advanced Programmability simulate a virtually unlimited range of physical characteristics, such as lighting NVIDIA’s crossbar memory architecture, Empowers A New Class enabling occlusion culling, lossless effects (dispersion, reflection, refraction, Of Applications depth Z-buffer, and color compression. BRDF2 models) and even physical surface The latest NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics properties (casting effects, porosity, solutions are the reference standard for molded surfaces). Real-time shaders allow

scalable graphics performance uncompromised integrated graphics to video solution NVIDIA Quadro graphics solutions feature professional graphics to go The NVIDIA Quadro SDI solutions are ideal for NVIDIA® SLI™ multi-GPU technology1. The NVIDIA Quadro FX professional on-air broadcast professionals across many A revolutionary platform innovation, solutions for mobile workstations deliver applications, including virtual-set, sports, and SLI technology enables professional the fastest application performance and weather news systems. The NVIDIA Quadro SDI users to dynamically scale graphics the highest quality graphics. The NVIDIA solution is the industry’s only fully integrated performance, enhance image quality, Quadro FX mobile solutions take the leading graphics to video out product, and will composite and expand display real estate by CAD, DCC, and visualization applications live video footage onto virtual backgrounds and combining multiple NVIDIA Quadro to a new level of interactivity on a notebook send the result to live video for TV broadcast. The graphics solutions in a single system. by enabling unprecedented capabilities solution also allows film production and post- in programmability and precision. production professionals to preview the results of 3D compositing, editing, and color grading in real time on HD broadcast monitors.

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Available NVIDIA Quadro Solutions

Ultra-High-End NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 High-End NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 Mid-Range NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 Entry-Level NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 Specialty NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 these effects to be combined and modified All images have a smoother, more NVIDIA Quadro SDI interactively, something that is impossible appealing variation in color density, which NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync with simple 2D static texture maps. increases visual realism and generates Mobile NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M photorealistic rendered images. NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M Full 128-bit Floating Point NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M Certified For The Highest NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M Precision Delivers The Industry’s NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M Highest Workstation Quality Quality Experience With NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M Sophisticated real-time effects typically The Most Demanding involve multiple mathematical operations that Workstation Applications demand high precision to maintain image The performance and power of the quality. The NVIDIA Quadro architecture NVIDIA Quadro architecture are features true 128-bit IEEE floating point built on a solid foundation of quality precision (32-bit fp per component), engineering. This engineering excellence resulting in the highest level of accuracy is exemplified by the NVIDIA Unified and the ultimate in visual quality. Driver Architecture (UDA), which is The NVIDIA Quadro family delivers true certified for quality by the entire spectrum 16-bit and 32-bit floating point formats of CAD and DCC applications. for accurately matching visual images.

a quantum leap in visual computing c programming environment revolutionizing The NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 is a dedicated for the gpu advanced visualization visual computing system (VCS) enabling The NVIDIA CUDA™ software development The NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync delivers breakthrough levels of capability and kit provides a C language environment and frame and genlock functionality to productivity for professionals ranging from tools suite that unleashes new capabilities to unprecedented levels of industrial manufacturing designers and stylists to solve complex, visualization challenges such realism, visualization, and collaborative earth scientists to digital content creators. as real-time ray tracing and interactive volume capabilities. The NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync NVIDIA Quadro Plex provides the flexibility to rendering. option can be combined with the NVIDIA be deployed with any certified PCI Express® Quadro FX 5600, 5500, or 4600 to provide x16 platform. NVIDIA Quadro Plex achieves advanced multi-system visualization unmatched compute density, can be and external signal synchronization. deployed in a wide range of environments, and scales to meet the most demanding professional applications requirements.

Full 128-Bit Precision Graphics Pipeline C Programming Environment Dual Dual-Link Digital Display Connectors Enables mathematical computations A C language environment and tool suite that Dual dual-link TMDS transmitters support to maintain high accuracy, resulting unleashes new capabilities to solve complex, ultra-high-resolution panels (up to 2560 in unmatched visual quality. visualization challenges such as real-time ray x 1600 @ 60Hz on each panel) − which tracing and interactive volume rendering.2 result in amazing image quality producing High-Quality Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA) detailed photorealistic images.3 Up to 32x FSAA dramatically reduces NVIDIA PureVideo Technology visual aliasing artifacts or “jaggies” at NVIDIA PureVideo™ technology is the Essential for Microsoft Windows Vista resolutions up to 2560 x 1600, resulting combination of high-definition video Offering an enriched 3D user interface, in highly realistic scenes. New rotated- processors and software that delivers increased application performance, and the grid FSAA algorithm (RG FSAA) delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, highest image quality, NVIDIA Quadro graphics unprecedented quality and performance. accurate color, and precise image scaling boards and NVIDIA® OpenGL ICD drivers are for SD and HD video content. Features optimized for 32- and 64-bit architectures to High Precision, High Dynamic include, high-quality scaling, spatial temporal enable the best Windows® Vista™ experience. Range Imaging (HDR) de-interlacing, inverse telecine, and high Sets new standards for image clarity and quality HD video playback from DVD. quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. NVIDIA Unified Architecture Enables unprecedented quality of rendered Industry’s first unified architecture designed images for visual effects processing. to dynamically allocate geometry, shading, pixel, and compute processing power to deliver optimized GPU performance.2

Technical Specifications NVIDIA CUDA Software Development Tools PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS > C language compiler, profiler and Computer-aided design (CAD) Applications emulation mode for debugging > Ansys NVIDIA QUADRO WORKSTATION GPU > Standard numerical libraries for FFT > Autodesk > 12-bit subpixel precision (Fast Fourier Transform) and BLAS > AVEVA > Up to 128 textures per pass (Basic Linear Algegra Subroutines) > Bentley > Eight (8) multiple render targets > Co|Create > Fast 3D texture support > Dassault > Jumbo (8K) texture support HIGH-LEVEL SHADER LANGUAGES > ESRI > Hardware-accelerated antialiased > Optimized compilers for Cg, > ICEM points and lines OpenGLSL, and Microsoft HLSL > MSC Software > Hardware OpenGL overlay planes > OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 10 support > PTC > Hardware-accelerated two-sided lighting > Open source compiler > UGS > Hardware-accelerated clipping planes HIGH-RESOLUTION ANTIALIASING > and many more… > Third-generation occlusion culling > Up to 32x full-scene antialiasing Digital Content Creation (DCC) and Broadcast > OpenGL quad-buffered stereo (FSAA), up to 2560 x 1600 > Adobe (3-pin sync connector) > 12-bit subpixel sampling precision > Apple Shake > Hardware-accelerated pixel read-back enhances AA quality > Autodesk NEXT-GENERATION SHADING > Rotated-grid FSAA significantly increases > Avid Technology ARCHITECTURE color accuracy and visual quality for > NewTek edges, while maintaining performance > > Full Shader Model 4.0 (OpenGL and DirectX 10) Side Effects Software > Softimage o Vertex Shader 4.0 UNIFIED DRIVER ARCHITECTURE > and many more… o Geometry Shader 4.0 > Single driver supports all products o Pixel Shader 4.0 Energy SUPPORTED PLATFORMS > Unlimited Shader Lengths > Schlumberger > Microsoft Windows® Vista, XP, 2000 > Landmark > FP32 texture filtering and blending > Linux—Full OpenGL implementation, > Non-power-of-two texture support complete with NVIDIA and ARB > Paradigm GEO extensions (complete XFree 86 drivers) > AMD64, Intel EM64T

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1 Available on NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, 5500, 4500 X2, 4600, 4500, 3500, and 3450 2 Available on NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, 4600 3 Available on NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, 5500, 4600, 4500 X2, 4500, 3500, and 1500