NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 1.5GB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Ultra-High-End Workstation Video Card

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 provides an ultra-high-end graphics solution that delivers unprecedented professional graphics performance and features for extreme CAD, DCC, scientific, and visualization applications.

The ground-breaking NVIDIA unified architecture dynamically allocates compute, geometry, and shader processing power to efficiently deliver optimized performance. Featuring the industry’s first 1.5GB frame buffer with massive memory bandwidth up to 76.8GB/sec., Quadro FX 5600 enables interactive visualization of the largest, 64-bit datasets. 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. With two dual-link DVI connectors, Quadro FX 5600 offers the industry’s best image quality at resolutions up to 3840 x 2400.

Key Features and Benefits

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

NVIDIA CUDA GPU Computing Technology
An innovative combination of GPU computing features that is accessible through a standard C language interface unleashes entirely new capabilities to solve complex, data intensive problems.

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.

1.5GB GDDR3 Ultra-Fast Frame Buffer
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).

Fast 3D Textures
Fast transfer and manipulation of 3D textures results in more interactive visualization of large volumetric datasets.

Jumbo 8K Textures Processing
Faster processing of very large textures resulting in higher performance when zooming and panning through high resolution images.

NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
Provides the ultimate high-definition movie experience on your PC combining high-definition movie decode acceleration and post-processing, HDCP circuitry, and integration with HD movie players. PureVideo HD delivers superb picture quality for all video formats, as well as stunning HD DVD and Blu-ray playback – with low CPU utilization and power consumption.

Dual Dual-Link Digital Display Connectors
Dual dual-link TMDS transmitters support ultra-high resolution panels (up to 3840 x 2400 at 24Hz on each panel) – which result in amazing image quality producing detailed photorealistic images.

NVIDIA SLI™ Technology
NVIDIA SLI technology enables professional users to benefit from dynamically scalable graphics performance, enhanced image quality, and expanded display real estate.

Quad Buffered Stereo
Provides outstanding display quality for professional applications that demand stereo viewing capability.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 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

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
HD SDI: Optional
NVIDIA SLI™ technology: Yes

Package Contains

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 graphics board
Two DVI-I to VGA adapters
Two auxiliary power connector cables
Drivers for Windows XP and 2000 (Vista and Linux available on web)

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
750W power supply (higher capacity may be required for SLI)