NVIDIA FX-4800 Quadro FX 4800 1.5GB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Workstation Video Card

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 by PNY – New Realms of Visual Computing
Whether designing and bringing the next luxury vehicle to market, creating the next blockbuster film or providing a diagnosis of a patient's condition, professionals push the boundaries of realism, performance and quality everyday. To get ahead of this trend, a new visual computing model is emerging based on the latest generation NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 by PNY ultra high-end graphics board. Professional applications take advantage of the FX 4800's advanced feature set, including 1.5GB of graphics memory and high color fidelity, providing the right set of tools to deliver results that push the realms of visual computing.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 by PNY delivers a second-generation NVIDIA unified architecture GPU delivering up to 50% increased performance over first generation products through 192 processor cores. The entire Quadro family takes professional visualization applications to a new level of interactivity by enabling unprecedented programmability and precision. The industry's leading workstation applications leverage these capabilities to deliver hardware-accelerated features, performance, and quality not found in other professional graphics solutions.

Memory Size	1.5GB GDDR3
Memory Interface	384-bit
Memory Bandwidth	76.8GB/sec
Max Power Consumption	146W
Energy Star Compliant	Yes
Number of Slots	2
Display Connectors	DVI-I + DP + DP + ST
Dual-Link DVI	1

Product Specifications

• Physical dimensions: ATX form factor, 4.36 inches x 10.5 inches, dual slot
• Frame buffer memory: 1.5GB GDDR3
• Memory interface: 384-bit
• Memory bandwidth: 76.8GB/sec
• Maximum power consumption: 146W
• Graphics bus: PCI Express Gen 2 x16
• Display connectors: DVI-I + DP + DP + ST
• Dual-link DVI: Yes (1)
• DisplayPort: Yes (2)
• Auxiliary power connectors: Yes (1), 6-pin
• Number of slots: 2
• Thermal solution: Active fansink
• Genlock/Framelock: Optional (standard with PNY PN VCQFX4800G-PCIE-PB)
• SDI: Optional (standard with PNY PN VCQFX4800SDI-PCIE-PB)
• NVIDIA SLI™ technology: Yes

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 by PNY Architecture

• 128-bit color precision
• Unlimited fragment instruction
• Unlimited vertex instruction
• 3D volumetric texture support
• Hardware accelerated antialiased points and lines
• Hardware OpenGL overlay planes
• Hardware accelerated two-sided lighting
• Hardware accelerated clipping planes
• 3rd generation occlusion culling
• 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

• Rotated Grid Full-Scene Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
• 32x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" at resolutions up to 1920 x 1200
• 64x FSAA SLI mode

Display Resolution Support

• Single DisplayPort support – ultra high-resolution panels (up to 2560 x 1600)
• Dual dual-link DVI-I outputs drives a digital display at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz
• Internal 400 MHz DAC drives one analog display at resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 at 85Hz

NVIEW Architecture

• Advanced multi-display desktop and application management seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Windows

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows^® 7, Vista, XP SP3, Linux^®, or Solaris^®
  
• PCIe x16 expansion slot
  
• 1GB or more of system memory, 2GB recommended
  
• 200MB of available disk space for full driver installation
  
• Blu-ray, DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive
  
• DisplayPort, DVI or VGA compatible display(s)

1.5GB GDDR3 GPU memory with ultra fast memory bandwidth
Massive 1.5GB frame buffer and 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).

NVIDIA CUDA™ parallel computing processor
A parallel computing processor architecture exposed through a C language environment and tool suite in combination with high performance visualization, CUDA unleashes new capabilities to solve highly complex challenges such as real-time ray tracing, video encoding, and interactive volume rendering.

Highest color fidelity
10-bit per component color fidelity enables billions rather than millions of color variations for rich, vivid image quality with the broadest dynamic range.

Dual DisplayPort digital display connectors
DisplayPort supports ultra high-resolution panels (up to 2560 x 1600) which results in amazing image quality and detailed photorealistic images.

Single dual-link DVI-I display connector
Dual-link TDMS transmitter supports ultra high-resolution panels (up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz) resulting in amazing image quality and detailed photorealistic images.

Quad buffered stereo
Offers enhanced visual experience for professional applications that demand stereo viewing capability.

NVIDIA SLI technology
A revolutionary platform innovation that enables professional users to dynamically scale graphics performance, enhances image quality, and expands display real estate.