NVIDIA Releases "G80" Derived Quadros

maroon1 · 03-06-2007, 09:33 AM

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NVIDIA today released three new Quadro products – the Quadro FX 4600, Quadro FX 5600 and Quadro Plex VCS Model IV. The new Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 feature NVIDIA G80-derived graphics processors tweaked for CAD/CAM and visualization applications.

With the G80-derived graphics processor, the new Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 have 128-unified shader units. The new Quadros are also compatible with CUDA technology too, NVIDIA’s answer to AMD’s Stream Computing technology. DirectX 10 compliance and support for shader model 4.0 are also feats of the new Quadros.

Differentiating the Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 is the amount of memory. The lower Quadro FX 4600 features 768MB of video memory – similar to NVIDIA’s GeForce 8800GTX. A whopping 1.5 GB of video memory is available on the Quadro FX 5600; besting ATI’s 1GB of graphics memory endowed FireGL V7350. Both Quadros have 384-bit memory interfaces though.

Although NVIDIA announced the Quadro Plex VCS Model IV at the same time as the Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600, there are no details of the Quadro Plex VCS Model IV in the press release or Quadro Plex VCS product pages. However, expect the Quadro Plex VCS Model IV to feature the new Quadro FX 4600 or Quadro FX 5600 graphics processors.

NVIDIA prices the new Quadro FX 4600 at $1995 and the Quadro FX 5600 at $2999.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6336

Quadro FX 5600 has 1.5GB of memory. That's crazy !!!

PohTayToez · 03-06-2007, 12:39 PM

Meh... Quadros are for like movie making, heavy photo work, CAD, etc right? Not the kind of card most people here would look for... not good for gaming.

Dropkickmurphys · 03-06-2007, 01:32 PM

that looks like one Mahusive card. you would struggle to fit that into a pc without getting in the way of something else lol!

elitehacker · 03-06-2007, 02:13 PM

That card will not fit at ALL in my system, please as mentioned before, its not good for gaming, so I don't see the point in considering one.

PohTayToez · 03-06-2007, 02:38 PM

More memory often does not mean a better card.

Ben · 03-06-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by PohTayToez

More memory often does not mean a better card.

Just means faster.

PohTayToez · 03-06-2007, 03:32 PM

...?
More memory definitely does not mean a faster card... memory and core clock speeds do.

calpolyarc · 03-26-2007, 04:40 PM

thank you for posting this maroon1, as I am a heavy CAD user and have been wondering when the new quadro gpu was going to come out. Just because most people here only care about gaming hardware doesn't mean workstation equipment doesn't deserve a thread.

PohTayToez · 03-26-2007, 04:56 PM

I wasn't saying anything against workstation equipment, it's just that most people would be like "ZOMG 1.5GB!!!1111 I WILL B TEH PWN N D00M!!!111", thinking that more memory means better gaming, when it often does not.

Styrak · 03-26-2007, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by PohTayToez

...?
More memory definitely does not mean a faster card... memory and core clock speeds do.

Indeed. And architecture/family/generation, etc.

03-06-2007, 12:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,542	Meh... Quadros are for like movie making, heavy photo work, CAD, etc right? Not the kind of card most people here would look for... not good for gaming. __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

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03-06-2007, 02:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,542	More memory often does not mean a better card. __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

03-06-2007, 03:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,542	...? More memory definitely does not mean a faster card... memory and core clock speeds do. __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

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calpolyarc Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Age: 28 Posts: 84	thank you for posting this maroon1, as I am a heavy CAD user and have been wondering when the new quadro gpu was going to come out. Just because most people here only care about gaming hardware doesn't mean workstation equipment doesn't deserve a thread. __________________ Modeling Workhorse: P4 3.0, 800 Mhz / ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe / 4 x 512 PC3200 DDR / ATI FireGL Z1 AGP Pro w/ Dual Screens Rendering Workhorse: Duo Core T2400 1.83 GHz / 2x1 GB DDR2 SDRAM / ATI Mobility Radeon X1400

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elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,403	That card will not fit at ALL in my system, please as mentioned before, its not good for gaming, so I don't see the point in considering one.

03-26-2007, 04:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,542	I wasn't saying anything against workstation equipment, it's just that most people would be like "ZOMG 1.5GB!!!1111 I WILL B TEH PWN N D00M!!!111", thinking that more memory means better gaming, when it often does not. __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

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