NVIDIA Quadro® FX 5500 by PNY Technologies graphics boards are the industry's highest performance professional graphics solution for extreme CAD, DCC, and visualization applications.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 by PNY shatters performance limits facing CAD, DCC, and visualization applications. Armed with a radically new graphics architecture engineered to address the most demanding challenges, NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 by PNY delivers 33.6GB/sec. memory bandwidth and a 256-bit memory interface with support for 1024MB of ultra-fast GDDR2 memory. Featuring two dual-link DVI connectors, NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 by PNY offers the industry's best image quality at resolutions up to 3840 x 2400.

Key Features and Benefits

Highest Workstation Application Performance
Next-generation architecture enables over 2x improvement in geometry and fill rates with the industry's highest performance for professional CAD, DCC, and visualization applications.

1024MB Ultra-Fast GDDR2
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).

Unmatched Color Precision
Full 128-bit precision graphics pipeline enables sophisticated mathematical computations to maintain high accuracy, resulting in unmatched visual quality. Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with the broadest dynamic range.

Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability
NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs introduce infinite length vertex programs and dynamic flow control, removing the previous limits on complexity and structure of shader programs. With full support for Vertex and Shader Model 3.0, NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs deliver sophisticated effects never before imagined for real-time graphics systems.

Unparalleled Subpixel Precision
12-bit subpixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy, eliminating spreckles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies.

Hardware-Accelerated Pixel Read-Back
Greater than 2.4GB/Sec., pixel read-back performance delivers massive host throughout, more than 10x the performance of previous generation graphics systems.

Rotated Grid Full Screen Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
RG FSAA sampling algorithm introduces far greater sophistication in the sampling pattern, significantly increasing color accuracy and visual quality for edges and lines, reducing "jaggies" while maintaining performance.

High Precision Dynamic Range Imaging (HPDR) Technology
Sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.

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.

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

NVIDIA SLI Technology
NVIDIA SLI technology enables dynamically scalable graphics performance, enhanced image quality, and expanded display real estate.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 by PNY 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
	Fully programmable GPU (OpenGL 2.0/DirectX 9.0C 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 2.0 and DirectX 9.0C support
	Open source compiler

High-Resolution Antialiasing
	12-bit subpixel sampling precision enhances antialiasing quality
	Rotated Grid Full-Scene Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
	16x 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

NVIDIA nView Architecture
	Advanced multi-display desktop and application management seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Windows

Physical Dimensions, Power, and Cooling
	Physical dimensions: ATX form factor, 4.38 inches x 9.0 inches
	Power: 96W
	Thermal management: Active fan sink

Package Contains
	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5550 by PNY graphics board
	Two DVI-I to VGA adapters
	Auxiliary power connector cable
	Drivers for Windows XP and 2000
	Detailed Installation Guide
	Quickstart Installation Guide
	Quadro Application Utilities on CD-ROM (MAXtreme™, POWERdraft™)

Supported Operating Systems
	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
	Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, or Linux
	256MB system memory
	50MB of available disk space for full installation
	CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
	VGA or DVI-I compatible display
	350W power supply (450W required for SLI)