Wednesday, October 31st 2007
NVIDIA Announces New Quadro FX 5600 SDI and FX 4600 SDI
Broadcast, video and film professionals engaged in editing, compositing, and color grading can now benefit from the advanced features of new NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 SDI and Quadro FX 4600 SDI graphics cards. These next-generation graphics-to-video-out solutions from NVIDIA, which allow real-time rendering to become an integral part of the production work flow, feature 8-, 10- and 12-bit uncompressed SDI output in SD, HD, or 2K formats, Genlock support, improved 2D video compositing capabilities, 3D graphics and graphics processing unit (GPU) programmability, and more.
The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 SDI and Quadro FX 4600 SDI graphics solutions now also offer:
The Quadro FX 4600 SDI GPU has a MSRP of $5999 and the Quadro FX 5600 SDI GPU is being offered at a MSRP of $6999. NVIDIA Quadro technology solutions are widely available through leading system manufacturers, workstation system integrators, and NVIDIA channel partners such as PNY Technologies (US and EMEA), Leadtek (APAC) and Elsa (Japan). For more information about the complete lineup of NVIDIA Quadro GPU professional solutions, please visit www.nvidia.com/quadro.
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NVIDIA
- 2D Video Pass-Through Compositing - enables incoming video to be passed through and alpha composited, luma keyed or chromakeyed with the Quadro rendered graphics image on the outgoing SDI video
- Large Frame Buffers - 768 MB to 1.5 GB ultra-fast graphics frame buffer memory delivers high throughput for interactive visualization of large models and high-performance for real-time processing of textures and frames while enabling high-quality, full-scene antialiasing (FSAA)
- 8K Texture and Render Processing - offers the ability to texture from and render to 8K x 8K surfaces
- Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability - provides a higher level of performance and ultra-realistic effects using the Shader Model 4.0 standard, supporting OpenGL and DirectX 10 applications
- Ancillary Data Support - allows an ancillary data channel for audio, timecodes, and more
The Quadro FX 4600 SDI GPU has a MSRP of $5999 and the Quadro FX 5600 SDI GPU is being offered at a MSRP of $6999. NVIDIA Quadro technology solutions are widely available through leading system manufacturers, workstation system integrators, and NVIDIA channel partners such as PNY Technologies (US and EMEA), Leadtek (APAC) and Elsa (Japan). For more information about the complete lineup of NVIDIA Quadro GPU professional solutions, please visit www.nvidia.com/quadro.
24 Comments on NVIDIA Announces New Quadro FX 5600 SDI and FX 4600 SDI
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That being said, I have had more failures with Quadro based boards than any other component on the networks I manage.
I do not know if they still have issues, but that does tend to leave a rather unpleasant taste in ones mouth when you are paying over $1000 a board.
Plus, I simply cannot see how they can justify a street price of $7K for ANY board.
They are in essence a reworked version of a normal card but with larger frame buffers (such as 1.5GB for this card) added features (video output, workstation dimentions, warrenty), and special drivers.
(find benches on exact systems is rare)
The place where I freelance doesn't do jobs at this level, so a Quadro FX4600 (non SDI, $1500) would be nice... though with so many other upgrades that'll yield a bigger benefit, I'll stick with a standard GeForce (no beta drivers though, most of the time you'll lose accelerated previews).
They also have released "Quadro Plexes" which house the video cards externally.
...Seriously.
If I did more 3D work I'd love an FX4600. Certainly faster than my 8600GTS in games and is in a whole different league when it comes to modeling, etc.
Dam it does look nice huh..
Not to mention seeing how this is a hella expensive workstation card I would care less about looks as long as it worked day in and day out.