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PCI Express
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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.