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Features & Benefits
nView Display Software
NVIDIA® nView® 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.
NVIDIA Unified GPU Architecture
Industry’s first unified GPU architecture designed to dynamically allocate GPU resources to deliver optimized performance.
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 (Quadro NVS 280 PCI is supported on a separate stable image branch driver).
Quad DisplayPort Digital Display Connectors
Compact and secure DisplayPort connectors support ultra-high-resolution panels (up to 2560 x 1600) -- which result in amazing image quality producing detailed photorealistic images.
Available only on Quadro NVS 450 and 420
Dual DisplayPort Digital Display Connectors
Compact and secure friendly DisplayPort connectors support ultra-high-resolution panels (up to 2560 x 1600) -- which result in amazing image quality producing detailed photorealistic images.
Available only on Quadro NVS 295
HDMI Support
Enables transport of video and audio to HDTV’s and other HDMI capable devices (via HDMI adaptor).
Available only on Quadro NVS 295
High Digital Display Resolution
Internal TMDS transmitters and 400MHz RAMDAC(s) deliver crystal-clear image quality for the high resolution digital displays.
Available only on Quadro NVS 290
High Digital Display Resolution
Internal TMDS transmitters deliver crystal-clear image quality for the high resolution digital displays.
Available only on Quadro NVS 450, 420, and 295
Low-Profile Form Factor
Support small form factor systems.
Available only on Quadro NVS 420, 295, and 290
EnergyStar Enabling Design
Enables EnergyStar compliance, with low maximum and low idle power levels. Energy efficient design yields low power consumption.
PCI Express Certified
PCI Express is an Intel bus architecture delivering up to 4GB/sec. in both upstream and downstream data transfers.
PCI Express 2.0 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).
Available only on Quadro NVS 450, 420, and 295
NVIDIA® CUDA™ Architecture
CUDA GPU parallel computing architecture compatible with all CUDA accelerated applications.
Fanless design
Built with a passive heatsink for a quieter desktop environment.
Available only on Quadro NVS 450, 295, and 290
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 platform, HDCP circuitry, and integration with HD movie players. It delivers superb picture quality for all video formats, as well as stunning HD DVD and Blu-ray movies—with low CPU utilization and power consumption.
