Leadtek NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 (NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500, 1024MB, 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16)

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 ultra high-end graphics solution is engineered to address the most demanding challenges facing professionals, shattering the limits of performance, features, and capabilities for professional applications. Armed with a radically new graphics architecture engineered to address the most demanding challenges, Quadro FX 5500 by Leadtek delivers up to 33.6GB/s memory bandwidth, 1024MB GDDR2 frame buffer memory, 256-bit memory interface and support for two ultra-high resolution (3840 x 2400) digital panels. It is targeted as a high-performance graphics solution for PCI Express workstation systems that delivers unprecedented power and performance capabilities with unmatched features and capabilities for workstation professionals.

The FX 5500 product features a revolutionary new architecture with 2x the geometry and fill rate, 5x the hardware pixel read-back performance and 1.25x the memory bandwidth of previous generation workstation graphics. Implementation of rotated-grid FSAA function introduces far greater sophistication in the multi-sampling pattern, significantly increasing color accuracy and the visual quality of edges and lines.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 model supports NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) -- an innovative new technology that intelligently scales graphics performance through multiple NVIDIA GPUs in a single PCI Express system. SLI scales both geometry and fill rate/pixel shader performance for two GPUs using various methods, including inter and intra-frame scalability algorithms. And depending on the application, NVIDIA SLI can deliver as much as 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleled working experiences.

Quadro FX 5500 introduces a new era of graphics image quality at unprecedented performance levels. The Rotated Grid Full-Scene Anti-aliasing (RG FSAA) increases color accuracy and visual quality for edges and lines, reducing “jaggies” while maintaining performance, and sets new standards for image clarity and quality through 32-bit per component floating point. This algorithm solves what has traditionally been a compromise between performance and quality.

eadtek Quadro FX 5500 features dual 400 MHz integrated RAMDACs and dual-link DVI part. Some high resolution panels such as Apple’s 30-inch Cinema HD Display require dual link DVI to drive its massive amount of pixels. The 30-inch Cinema Display has a native resolution of 2560 x 1600, which exceeds the bandwidth a single TMDS link can deliver. To support two 30-inch Cinema Displays, you need a special ultra-high end card with two dual-link DVI ports such as FX 5500. It supports a maximum 2048 × 1536 × 32bpp at 85Hz resolution over VGA port and a 3840 × 2400 × 32bpp resolution over digital port. The Dual-link TMDS transmitters support ultra-high-resolution panels which result in amazing image quality producing detailed photorealistic images.

Features:

Next Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability
Enables real-time shaders to simulate a wide range of physical effects (such as fresnel effects, chromatic dispersion, reflection, refraction, etc.), and surface properties (such as casting effects, porosity, molded surfaces, etc.).

256-Bit 1024MB GDDR2 Memory Interface
Delivers the industry’s highest memory bandwidth for blistering data transfer. Support for the world’s fastest 1024MB GDDR2 memory with lower power consumption than previous generation systems.

Full Support for Vertex and Shader Model 3.0
Delivers sophisticated effects never before imagined for real-time graphics systems.

OpenGL 2.0 and DirectX 9.0c Support
Fully compliant with OpenGL 2.0 and DirectX 9.0c applications.

Full 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.

Unparalleled 12-bit sub-pixel precision
3x that of the nearest competitive workstation graphics, 12-bit sub pixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy, eliminating speckles, 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.

Hardware-Accelerated Pixel Read-Back
Greater than 2.0GB/sec, 10x pixel read-back performance delivers massive host throughput, more that 5x the performance of previous generation graphics systems.

High Precision Dynamic Range Imaging (HPDR) technology
HDR imaging allows extremely bright objects and rich dark objects to appear dark in the same image with increased visible detail. HPDR sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending.

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

Dual Dual-Link Digital Display Connectors
Dual-link TMDS transmitters support ultra-high-resolution panels--which result in amazing image quality producing detailed photorealistic images.

NVIDIA SLI Support
Designed for PCI Express, the NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface technology enables intelligent and transparent scaling of professional application performance.

SLI Mode	MultiView	Frame Rendering
Description	2 Quadros / 4 displays in one system	2 Quadros / 1 display
	No SLI bridge	Need SLI bridge
Performance	Max performance = 1 Quadro / display	Up to 60-90%
	Support for Span across 4 displays

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.

Unified Driver Architecture/nView Multi-Display Architecture
Provides easy installation and manageability through a single unified driver and software.