PNY Quadro FX 380 256MB GDDR3 128bit (VCQFX380-PCIE-PB)

PNY QUADRO FX 380 - Quadro FX 380 , 256MB DDR3 PCI ex 16x
Get a 50% pure performance boost over previous generations with the NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 380, the professional graphics solution offered at an affordable price. Digital artists and designers can now create stunning 3D designs from a professional platform. Enabling EnergyStar compliance, Quadro FX 380 provides extreme power efficiency to save you money.

The 256MB GDDR3 frame buffer makes the FX 380 Microsoft® Vista ready and capable of displaying the full Windows Aero user interface. The reference standard for Shader Model 4.0, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 enables next generation ultra-realistic, realtime OpenGL and DirectX 10 applications. With two dual-link DVI-I connectors the FX 380 offers superb image quality at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz.

Certified on all industry-leading applications and featuring automatic configuration of display settings, Quadro FX 380 provides both power efficiency and performance.

Memory Size 256MB
Memory Interface 128-bit
Graphic Memory Bandwidth 22.4GB/sec.
Graphics Bus PCI Express x16

Key Features and Benefits:

128-Bit Precision Graphics Pipeline
Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with the broadest dynamic range. Sets new standards for image clarity and quality in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.

256 MB GDDR3 GPU Memory with ultra fast memory bandwidth
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).

Advanced Color Compression, Early Z-Cull
Improved pipeline color compression and early z-culling to increase effective bandwidth and improve rendering efficiency and performance.

Compatible with Industry Standard Architectures
Compatible with x86 32 and 64-bit microprocessor architectures and operating systems from Intel/AMD and Microsoft/Linux.

Cg High-Level Graphics Shader Language
Cg—C for graphics—is a high-level, open-standard programming language 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 key enabler for the creation of real-time, photo-realistic visuals within CAD, 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 Windows Vista experience.

Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA)
Up to 16x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or jaggies, 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.

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 dual-link DVI digital connectors drive the highest resolution digital displays available on the market.

8K Texture and Render Processing
The ability to texture from and render to 8K x 8K surfaces. Beneficial for applications that demand the highest resolution and quality image processing.

Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability Shader Model 4.0
Reference standard for Shader Model 4.0 enabling a higher level of performance and realistic effects for OpenGL and next generation DirectX 10 industry-leading professional applications.

Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability
NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs introduce infinite length vertex programs and dynamic flow control, removing the previous limits on complexity, and structure of shader programs. NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs deliver sophisticated effects never before imagined for real-time graphics systems.

NVIDIA® CUDA Architecture
NVIDIA® CUDA is a revolutionary parallel computing architecture for NVIDIA Quadro professional GPUs enabling breakthrough performance in areas such as video encoding, image processing, and accurate physics.

NVIDIA Graphics API Extensions
NVIDIA provides a set of extensions to standard graphics APIs for Linux and Windows, enabling applications to take maximum advantage of state-of-the-art GPU capabilities.

NVIDIA High Precision High Dynamic Range (HDR) 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 HD Technology
The ultimate high-definition movie experience on your PC by combining high-definition movie decode, acceleration and post-processing on HDCP enabled platforms. PureVideo HD delivers superb picture quality for all video formats, as well as stunning Blu-ray playback—with low CPU utilization and power consumption.

NVIDIA GPU Unified Architecture
Industry’s first unified architecture designed to dynamically allocate compute, geometry, shading and pixel processing power to deliver optimized GPU performance.

NVIDIA® nView Multi-Display Technology
The nView advanced Display Software delivers maximum flexibility for single-large display or multi-display options, providing unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience for increased productivity.

PCI Express Gen 2 Compliant
Doubles the data transfer rate up to 5 GT/sec per lane for an aggregate bandwidth of 16 GB/sec bi-directional (8 GB/sec in each direction).

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

Dual DVI 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.

Ultra quiet design
Acoustics lower than most desktops at sub 40db for a quiet desktop environment.

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

* 256MB GDDR3 frame buffer
* 128-bit memory interface
* 22.4GB/sec memory bandwidth
* Twin DVI-I dual link
* PCI Express x16 Gen 2 bus interface (compatible with Gen 1)
* 34W maximum power consumption
* No auxiliary power required
* Active fansink thermal management
* ATX form factor, 4.376 (H) x 6.60 (L)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 by PNY Architecture

* 128-bit color precision
* Unlimited fragment instruction
* Unlimited vertex instruction
* 3D volumetric texture support
* Hardware-accelerated, antialiased points & 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 3.0/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)
* 16x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or jaggies at resolution up to 1920x1200

Display Resolution Support

* Dual dual-link DVI-I outputs drive two digital displays at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz
* Internal 400 MHz DAC—one analog display up to 2048 x 1536 @ 85Hz

nView Multi-Display Technology

* Advanced multi-display desktop a application management, seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Windows.

Package Contains

* NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 by PNY graphics board
* Two DVI-I to VGA adapters
* Drivers for Windows Vista and XP
* Detailed Installation Guide
* Quickstart Installation Guide
* Quadro Application Utilities on CD-ROM (MAXtreme, POWERdraft)

Supported Operating Systems

* 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
* Solaris®
* 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
* Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or Linux
* 512MB system memory
* 50MB of available disk space for full installation
* CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
* VGA or DVI-I compatible display
* PCI Express Gen 2 support