NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 by PNY Technologies, an ultra-high-end graphics solution, delivers unprecedented professional graphics performance and features for extreme CAD, DCC, scientific and visualization applications.
Armed with a radically new graphics architecture engineered to address the most demanding challenges facing professionals, NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 delivers 76.8GB/sec. memory bandwidth, 1.5GB GDDR3 frame buffer memory, 384-bit memory interface and support for two ultra-high resolution (3840 x 2400) digital panels.
Revolutionary NVIDIA CUDA™ technology provides a simplified computing platform for data-intensive applications using a standard C language interface to solve complex computational problems. The reference standard for Shader Model 4.0, Quadro FX 5600 enables next generation ultra-realistic, real-time visualization applications with unprecedented image quality.
Memory Size 1.5GB GDDR3
Memory Interface 384-bit
Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/sec.
Max Power Consumption 171W
Number of Slots 2
Display Connectors DVI-I DVI-I Stereo
Dual-Link DVI 2
Key Features and Benefits:
1.5GB GDDR3 Frame Buffer with ultra fast memory bandwidth
Industry's first 1.5GB frame buffer and massive memory bandwidth up to 76.8GB/sec. delivers high throughput for interactive visualization of large models and high-performance for real time processing of large textures and frames and enables the highest quality and resolution full-scene antialiasing (FSAA).
Dual Dual-Link Digital Display Connectors
Dual dual-link TMDS transmitters support ultra-high-resolution panels (up to 3840 x 2400 @ 24Hz on each panel) --which result in amazing image quality producing detailed photorealistic images.
Fast 3D Textures
Fast transfer and manipulation of 3D textures resulting in more interactive visualization of large volumetric dataset.
Jumbo 8K Textures Processing
Faster processing of very large textures resulting in higher performances when zooming and panning through high resolution images.
Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability with Shader Model 4.0
Reference standard for shader model 4.0 enabling a higher level of performance and ultra-realistic effects for OpenGL and next generation DirectX 10 industry-leading professional applications. Investment protection for future Microsoft Vista release.
C Programming Environment for the GPU
The NVIDIA® CUDA™ GPU computing software provides a C language environment and tool suite that unleashes new capabilities to solve complex, visualization challenges such as real-time ray tracing and interactive volume rendering.
12-Bit Subpixel Precision
3x that of the nearest competitive workstation graphics, 12-bit sub-pixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy, eliminating spreckles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies.
32-Bit Floating Point Precision
Sets new standards for image clarity and quality through 32-bit floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.
32-Bit Filtering and Blending
Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.
Advanced Color Compression, Early Z-Cull
Improved pipeline color compression and early z-culling to increase effective bandwidth and improve rendering efficiency and performance.
Cg High-Level Graphics Shader Language
Cg—"C" for graphics—is a high-level, open-standard programming language for OpenGL that takes advantage of the power of programmable GPUs. NVIDIA Quadro FX programmable graphics pipelines leverage high-level shading languages to enable the creation and integration of real-time photorealistic effects into 3D models, scenes, and designs. This represents a major leap forward in ease and speed for the creation of real-time, realistic graphics within MCAD, DCC, and scientific applications.
Essential for Microsoft Windows® Vista
Offering an enriched 3D user interface, increased application performance, and the highest image quality, NVIDIA Quadro graphics boards and NVIDIA® OpenGL ICD drivers are optimized for 32- and 64-bit architectures to enable the best Windows® Vista™ experience.
Full 128-Bit Precision Graphics Pipeline
Enables sophisticated mathematical computations to maintain high accuracy, resulting in unmatched visual quality. Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with the broadest dynamic range.
Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA)
Up to 32x SLIAA and 16x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" at resolutions up to 1920x1200, resulting in highly realistic scenes.
Hardware 3D Window Clipping
Hardware accelerated clip regions (data transfer mechanism between a window and the frame buffer) which improve overall graphics performance by increasing transfer speed between color buffer and frame buffer.
Hardware-Accelerated Pixel Read-Back
Up to 2.4GB/sec pixel read-back performance delivers massive host throughput, more than 10x the performance of previous generation graphic systems.
Highest Workstation Application Performance
Next-generation architecture enables over 2x improvement in geometry and fill rates with the industry's highest performance for professional CAD, DCC, and scientific applications.
High-Performance Display Outputs
400MHz RAMDACs and up to two DVI digital connectors drive the highest resolution digital displays available on the market.
NVIDIA High Precision, High Dynamic-Range Technology
Sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.
NVIDIA PureVideo Technology
NVIDIA PureVideo™ technology is the combination of high-definition video processors and software that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for SD and HD video content. Features include, high-quality scaling, spatial temporal de-interlacing, inverse telecine, and high quality HD video playback from DVD.
NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
The ultimate high-definition movie experience on your PC by combining high-definition movie decode acceleration and post-processing, HDCP circuitry, and integration with HD movie players. It delivers superb picture quality for all video formats, as well as stunning HD DVD and Blu-ray movies—with low CPU utilization and power consumption.
NVIDIA Quadro Unified Memory Architecture
Allows for superior memory management, which efficiently allocates and shares memory resources between concurrent graphics windows and applications.
NVIDIA SLI™ Technology
A revolutionary platform innovation that enables professional users to dynamically scale graphics performance, enhance image quality, and expand display real estate. Available on NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, 5500, 4600, 4500, 3500, and 3450 GPUs.
NVIDIA Unified Architecture
Industry's first unified architecture designed to dynamically allocate compute, geometry, shading and pixel processing power to deliver optimized GPU performance.
nView Multi-Display Technology
The NVIDIA® nView® hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience. NVIDIA GPUs are designed to support multi-displays, but graphics cards vary. Please verify multi-display support in the graphics card before purchasing.
PCI Express Certified
PCI Express is a new Intel bus architecture that doubles the bandwidth of the AGP 8X bus, delivering greater than 2GB/sec. in both upstream and downstream data transfers.
Quad Buffered Stereo
Offers enhanced visual experience for professional applications that demand stereo viewing capability.
Rotated-Grid Full-Scene Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
The rotated grid FSAA sampling algorithm introduces far greater sophistication in the sampling pattern, significantly increasing color accuracy and visual quality for edges and lines, reducing "jaggies" while maintaining performance.
Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
The NVIDIA UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software.
Product Specifications
Physical dimensions: ATX form factor, 4.38 inches x 12.28 inches
Frame buffer memory: 1.5GB GDDR3
Memory interface: 384-bit
Memory bandwidth: 76.8GB/sec.
Maximum power consumption: 171W
Graphics bus: PCI Express x16
Display connectors: DVI-I, DVI-I, stereo
Dual link DVI: Yes (2)
Auxiliary power connectors: Yes (2)
Number of slots: 2
Thermal solution: Active fansink
Genlock/Framelock: Optional (standard with PNY PN VCQFX5600G-PCIE-PB)
HD SDI: Optional (standard with PNY PN VCQFX5600SDI-PCIE-PB)
NVIDIA SLI™ technology: Yes
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 by PNY Architecture
128-bit color precision
Unlimited fragment instruction
Unlimited vertex instruction
3D volumetric texture support
Single-system powerwall
12 pixels per clock rendering engine
Hardware accelerated antialiased points and lines
Hardware OpenGL overlay planes
Hardware accelerated two-sided lighting
Hardware accelerated clipping planes
3rd generation occlusion culling
16 textures per pixel in fragment programs
Window ID clipping functionality
Hardware accelerated line stippling
Shading Architecture
Full Shader Model 4.0 (OpenGL 2.1/DirectX 10 class)
Long fragment programs (unlimited instructions)
Long vertex programs (unlimited instructions)
Looping and subroutines (up to 256 loops per vertex program)
Dynamic flow control
Conditional execution
High Level Shader Languages
Optimized complier for Cg and Microsoft HLSL
OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 10 support
Open source compiler
High-Resolution Antialiasing
12-bit subpixel sampling precision enhances antialiasing quality
Rotated Grid Full-Scent Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
32x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or “jaggies” at resolutions up to 1920 x 1200
Display Resolution Support
Twin dual link DVI outputs drive two digital displays at resolutions up to 3840 x 2400 at 24Hz
Internal 400MHz DACs drive two analog displays up to 2048 x 1536 at 75Hz
NVIEW Architecture
Advanced multi-display desktop and application management seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Windows
Supported Platforms
Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ (64-bit and 32-bit)
Microsoft® Windows® XP (64-bit and 32-bit)
Microsoft Windows 2000 (32-bit)
Linux® – full OpenGL implementation with NVIDIA and ARB extensions(64-bit and 32-bit)
AMD64, Intel EM64T
Minimum System Requirements
PC compatible with Intel Pentium® 4/Xeon® or AMD Opteron® class processor or higher
Open PCI Express x16 lane slot with open adjacent slot
Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Linux, or Solaris
1GB system memory
100MB of available disk space for full installation
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
VGA or DVI-I compatible display
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