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	Entry				Mid-Range		High-End		Ultra High-End
Board Features	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
Memory Size	256MB DDR2	128MB GDDR3	128MB GDDR3	256MB DDR2	256MB GDDR3	512MB DDR2	256MB GDDR3	512MB GDDR3	512MB GDDR3 per GPU	1GB GDDR3 per GPU	768MB GDDR3	1GB GDDR2	1.5GB GDDR3
Memory Interface	64-bit	128-bit	128-bit	128-bit	256-bit	128-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	384-bit	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Bandwidth	6.4 GB/sec.	12.8 GB/sec.	19.2 GB/sec.	12.8 GB/sec.	40 GB/sec.	12.8 GB/sec.	42.2 GB/sec.	51.2 GB/sec.	33.6 GB/sec.	51.2 GB/s	67.2 GB/sec.	33.6 GB/sec.	76.8 GB/sec.
Max Power Consumption	35W	25W	30W	38W	65W	42W	80W	78W	145W	226W	134W	96W	171W
Number of Slots	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Display Connectors	DVI-I DVI-I	DVI-I DVI-I	DVI-I DVI-I HD-OUT	DVI-I DVI-I	DVI-I DVI-I HD-OUT	DVI-I DVI-I HD-OUT	DVI-I DVI-I Stereo	DVI-I DVI-I Stereo	4 X DVI-I Stereo	4 X DVI-I STEREO	DVI-I DVI-I Stereo	DVI-I DVI-I Stereo	DVI-I DVI-I Stereo
Dual-Link DVI	1	-	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
OpenGL	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
Shader Model	4.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	4.0
DirectX	10.0	9.0c	9.0c	10.0	9.0c	10.0	9.0c	10.0	9.0c	10.0	10.0	9.0c	10.0
SLI Frame Rendering Support	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Genlock/Framelock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes¹	Yes¹	Yes¹	Yes¹	Yes¹
3D Primitive Perf
Triangles per Second	66 Million	66 Million	126 Million	137 Million	144 Million	191 Million	174 Million	250 Million	208 Million	250 Million	250 Million	225 Million	300 Million
Texels per Second/Fill Rate	2.88 Billion	1.4 Billion	2.8 Billion	3.68 Billion	6.0 Billion	7.36 Billion	9.4 Billion	28.0 Billion	12.0 Billion	32.0 Billion	24.0 Billion	15.6 Billion	38.4 Billion
3D Application Performance²
3dsmax-04	32.69	20.75	29.40	37.07	33.46	42.73	38.23	44.13	34.22	42.99³	44.19	42.91	44.15
catia-02	37.80	24.41	43.10	47.36	45.38	50.13	50.28	54.35	42.65	55.39³	54.40	54.13	46.79
ensight-03	18.52	9.05	16.12	27.98	21.65	31.08	25.33	45.44	24.97	71.53³	41.64	27.43	50.54
maya-02	64.13	44.06	67.51	97.22	85.59	135.19	111.44	198.05	112.20	238.02³	197.21	144.15	227.06
proe-04	32.75	20.34	30.02	38.81	32.95	47.66	39.23	52.76	38.80	44.65³	52.73	45.55	54.37
sw-01	39.52	24.89	38.06	52.14	43.24	67.32	52.20	92.26	54.34	75.42³	94.14	65.44	99.17
tcvis-01	9.52	4.40	6.82	12.76	7.92	18.24	10.53	25.99	11.78	37.38³	24.66	16.37	28.89
ugnx-01	10.25	5.39	9.45	13.14	10.69	19.84	15.10	28.23	17.24	55.44³	27.05	21.86	32.06

¹NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync is available as a separate option card for NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, FX 5500, 4700 X2, 4500 X2, 4600, and 4500. Additional information available here.
²SPECviewperf® 10: for more information visit www.spec.org. Tested on 3 GHz Quad Core Xeon®, Driver Release rel 160+
³NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700 X2 and FX 4500 X2 SLI AFR turned on.

	NVIDIA Quadro FX Mobile Workstation Products
Board Features	NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M
Memory Size	Up to 256MB	Up to 256MB	Up to 512MB	Up to 512MB
Memory Type	GDDR3	GDDR3	GDDR3	GDDR3
Memory Interface	64-bit	128-bit	128-bit	256-bit
Memory Bandwidth	9.6GB/sec.	22.4GB/sec.	25.6GB/sec.	51.2GB/sec.
Display Connectors	LVDS DVI VGA HDTV HDCP HDMI	LVDS DVI VGA HDTV HDCP HDMI	LVDS DVI VGA HDTV HDCP HDMI	LVDS DVI VGA HDTV HDCP HDMI
Max Power Consumption	17W	35W	50W	70W
OpenGL	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
Shader Model	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
DirectX	10	10	10	10
PowerMizer Power Management	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0

Mobile Workstation performance and display support will vary by OEM; please see www.spec.org for details.