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The Revolutionary Visual Computing Solution

The industrys leading workstationapplications leverage these solutionsto enable hardware-accelerated

eatures not ound in any otherpro essional graphics solution.

The Quadro pro essional productsinclude a set o industry specialtysolutions that have been architected toenable advanced imaging visualizationand broadcast applications - rommulti-system scalability andsynchronization to uncompressed12-bit HD-SDI video output.

The NVIDIA Quadro family of professional solutionstakes the leading professional applications to a new levelof interactivity by enabling unprecedented capabilities.

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Available NVIDIAQuadro SolutionsUltra-High-EndNVIDIA Quadro FX 5600NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

High-EndNVIDIA Quadro FX 4600NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Mid-RangeNVIDIA Quadro FX 3450NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

Entry-LevelNVIDIA Quadro FX 570NVIDIA Quadro FX 560NVIDIA Quadro FX 550NVIDIA Quadro FX 370NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

SpecialtyNVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 VCSNVIDIA Quadro SDINVIDIA Quadro G-Sync

MobileNVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1600MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 570MNVIDIA Quadro FX 360MNVIDIA Quadro FX 350M

NVIDIA Quadro Family |

Ground-breaking UnifedArchitecture DeliversUnprecedented Per ormanceThe latest NVIDIA Quadro architectureakes application per ormance to new

evels by eaturing the industrys rstuni ed architecture 1. Designed todynamically allocate geometry, shading,ixel, and compute processing power, theatest NVIDIA Quadro graphics boards

deliver optimized Graphics ProcessingUnit (GPU) per ormance. The GPU

ipeline e ciency is urther multipliedy ast 3D and large texture trans ers,

NVIDIAs crossbar memory architecture,nabling occlusion culling, lossless

depth Z-bu er, and color compression.

These elements combine to achieveunprecedented 3D per ormance: blazinggeometry per ormance, li ghtening- astline per ormance and massive ll ratespowered by a dynamically con gurablearray o thread processors. With ultra-

ast pixel read-back per ormance,massive host throughput gains can beachieved or pro essional applicationsHowever, the true measure o power isapplication per ormance and the newNVIDIA Quadro architecture doubles theper ormance o the previous generation.

Advanced ProgrammabilityEmpowers A New ClassO ApplicationsThe latest NVIDIA Quadro FX graphicssolutions are the re erence standard or

Shader Model 4.0 and next generationoperating systems enabling breakthroughultra-realistic, real-time visualizationapplications. Styling and productionrendering are integral unctions o thedesign workfow and NVIDIA QuadroFX provides pro essionals the toolsto shorten the production processand enable aster time to market.

The major CAD and DCC applicationvendors can take ull advantage o theprogrammable NVIDIA Quadro architectureby enabling sophisticated shaders tosimulate a virtually unlimited range ophysical characteristics, such as lightinge ects (dispersion, refection, re raction,BRDF2 models) and even physical sur aceproperties (casting e ects, porosity,molded sur aces). Real-time shaders allow

All images have a smoother, moreappealing variation in color density, whichincreases visual realism and generatesphotorealistic rendered images.

Certifed For The HighestQuality Experience WithThe Most DemandingWorkstation ApplicationsThe per ormance and power o theNVIDIA Quadro architecture arebuilt on a solid oundation o qualityengineering. This engineering excellenceis exempli ed by the NVIDIA Uni edDriver Architecture (UDA), which iscerti ed or quality by the entire spectrumo CAD and DCC applications.

these e ects to be combined and modi edinteractively, something that is impossiblewith simple 2D static texture maps.

Full 128-bit Floating PointPrecision Delivers The IndustrysHighest Workstation QualitySophisticated real-time e ects typicallyinvolve multiple mathematical operations thatdemand high precision to maintain imagequality. The NVIDIA Quadro architecture

eatures true 128-bit IEEE foating pointprecision (32-bit p per component),resulting in the highest level o accuracyand the ultimate in visual quality.

The NVIDIA Quadro amily delivers true16-bit and 32-bit foating point ormats

or accurately matching visual images.

The De inition o Per ormance. The Standard or Quality.

uncompromised professional graphics to go

The NVIDIA Quadro FX pro essionalsolutions or mobile workstations deliverthe astest application per ormance andthe highest quality graphics. The NVIDIAQuadro FX mobile solutions take the leadingCAD, DCC, and visualization applicationsto a new level o interactivity on a notebookby enabling unprecedented capabilitiesin programmability and precision.

integrated graphics to video solution

The NVIDIA Quadro SDI solutions are ideal oron-air broadcast pro essionals across manyapplications, including virtual-set, sports, andweather news systems. The NVIDIA Quadro SDIsolution is the industrys only ully integratedgraphics to video out product, and will compositelive video ootage onto virtual backgrounds andsend the result to live video or TV broadcast. Thesolution also allows lm production and post-production pro essionals to preview the results o3D compositing, editing, and color grading in realtime on HD broadcast monitors.

c programming environment for the gpu

The NVIDIA CUDA so tware development kit provides a C language environment and toolssuite that unleashes new capabilities to solvecomplex, visualization challenges such asreal-time ray tracing and interactive volumerendering. 1

revolutionizing advanced visualization

The NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync deliversrame and genlock unctionality to

unprecedented levels o industrialrealism, visualization, and collaborativecapabilities. The NVIDIA Quadro G-Synoption can be combined with the QuadroFX 5600 or 4600, and G- Sync I can becombined with the FX 5500 to provideadvanced multi-system visualizationand external signal synchronization.

a quantum leap in visual computing

The NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 is a dedicatedvisual computing system (VCS) enablingbreakthrough levels o capability andproductivity or pro essionals ranging rommanu acturing designers and stylists toearth scientists to digital content creators.NVIDIA Quadro Plex provides the fexibility tobe deployed with any certi ed PCI Express x16 plat orm. NVIDIA Quadro Plex achievesunmatched compute density, can bedeployed in a wide range o environments,and scales to meet the most demandingpro essional applications requirements.

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calable graphics performance

NVIDIA Quadro graphics solutionseature NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU

echnology 1. A revolutionary plat ormnnovation, SLI technology enables

pro essional users to dynamically scalegraphics per ormance, enhance imagequality, and expand display real estateby combining multiple NVIDIA Quadrographics solutions in a single system.

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Hardware-Accelerated Pixel Read-BackUltra- ast pixel read-back per ormancedelivers massive host throughput, morethan 10x the per ormance o previousgenerations o graphics systems.

GPU ComputingNVIDIA CUDA provides a C languageenvironment and tool suite that unleashes newcapabilities to solve complex, visualizationchallenges such as real-time ray tracingand interactive volume rendering. 2

NVIDIA PureVideo TechnologyNVIDIA PureVideo technology is thecombination o high-de nition videoprocessors and so tware that deliversunprecedented picture clarity, smooth video,accurate color, and precise image scaling

or SD and HD video content. Featuresinclude, high-quality scaling, spatial temporalde-interlacing, inverse telecine, and highquality HD video playback rom DVD.

Features and Bene its

Full 128-Bit Precision Graphics PipelineEnables mathematical computationsto maintain high accuracy, resultingin unmatched visual quality.

High-Quality Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA)Up to 32x FSAA dramatically reducesvisual aliasing arti acts or jaggies atresolutions up to 2560 x 1600, resultingin highly realistic scenes. New rotated-grid FSAA algorithm (RG FSAA) deliversunprecedented quality and per ormance.

High Precision, High DynamicRange Imaging (HDR)Sets new standards or image clarity andquality through foating point capabilities inshading, ltering, texturing, and blending.Enables unprecedented quality o renderedimages or visual e ects processing.

NVIDIA Unifed ArchitectureIndustrys rst uni ed architecture designedto dynamically allocate geometry, shading,pixel, and compute processing power todeliver optimized GPU per ormance. 2

Dual Dual-Link Digital Display ConnectorsDual dual-link TMDS transmitters supportultra-high-resolution panels (up to 2560x 1600 @ 60Hz on each panel) whichresult in amazing image quality producingdetailed photorealistic images. 3

Essential or Microso t Windows VistaO ering an enriched 3D user inter ace,increased application per ormance, and thehighest image quality, NVIDIA Quadro graphicsboards and NVIDIA OpenGL ICD drivers areoptimized or 32- and 64-bit architectures toenable the best Windows Vista experience.

Technical Speci ications

NVIDIA QUADRO WORKSTATION GPU> 12-bit subpixel precision> Up to 128 textures per pass> Eight (8) multiple render targets> Fast 3D texture support> Jumbo (8K) texture support> Hardware-accelerated antialiased

points and lines> Hardware OpenGL overlay planes> Hardware-accelerated two-sided lighting> Hardware-accelerated clipping planes> Third-generation occlusion culling> OpenGL quad-bu ered stereo

(3-pin sync connector)> Hardware-accelerated pixel read-back

NEXT-GENERATION SHADING ARCHITECTURE

> Full Shader Model 4.0 (OpenGL and DirectX 10)o Vertex Shader 4.0o Geometry Shader 4.0o Pixel Shader 4.0

>Unlimited Shader Lengths> FP32 texture fltering and blending

> Non-power-o -two texture support

NVIDIA CUDA So tware Development Tools> C language compiler, profler and

emulation mode or debugging> Standard numerical libraries or FFT

(Fast Fourier Trans orm) and BLAS(Basic Linear Algegra Subroutines)

HIGH-LEVEL SHADER LANGUAGES> Optimized compilers or Cg,

OpenGLSL, and Microso t HLSL> OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 10 support> Open source compiler

HIGH-RESOLUTION ANTIALIASING> Up to 32x ull-scene antialiasing

(FSAA), up to 2560 x 1600> Rotated-grid FSAA signifcantly increases

color accuracy and visual quality oredges, while maintaining per ormance

UNIFIED DRIVER ARCHITECTURE> Single driver supports all products

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS> Microso t Windows Vista, XP, 2000> LinuxFull OpenGL implementation,

complete with NVIDIA and ARB

extensions (complete XFree 86 drivers)> AMD64, Intel EM64T

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONSComputer-aided design (CAD) Applications

> Ansys> Autodesk> AVEVA> Bentley> Co|Create> Dassault> ESRI> ICEM> MSC So tware> PTC> UGS> and many more

Digital Content Creation (DCC) and Broadcast> Adobe> Apple Shake> Autodesk> Avid Technology> NewTek> Side E ects So tware> So timage> and many more

Energy> Schlumberger> Landmark> Paradigm GEO

1 Available on NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, 5500, 4500 X2, 4600, 4500, 3500, 3450, 1600M, 570M and 360M.2 Available on NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, 4600 3 Available on NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, 5500, 4600, 4500 X2, 4500, 3500, 1700, and 1500

For more information about NVIDIA Quadro, visit www.nvidia.com

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