NVIDIA Launches Quadro FX 3700 Graphics Board

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NVIDIA, the world leader in visual computing technologies, once again takes the lead in improving productivity for computer-aided design (CAD) and digital content creators with the announcement of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700, a high-end graphics board capable of delivering a performance increase of up to 2X as compared to the previous generation of product.




"Dassault Systèmes' PLM solutions customers have always demanded the optimal combination of large-model performance and feature set from their graphic solutions. Now with the tight integration of GPU-based vertex scaling and CgFX-based realistic material shaders within CATIA, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 comes at the ideal time and with the ideal combination of performance and features," said Christophe Delattre, Dassault Systemes, R&D manager, Visualization. "We certainly feel the Quadro FX 3700 will address our users' demanding expectations."

The Quadro FX 3700 graphics board offers high throughput for interactive visualization, and with 112 parallel processors, 512 MB of onboard graphics memory, and a 256-bit memory interface, the card easily manages the large models and complex, real-time shaders that dominate the CAD and digital content creation (DCC) markets. To greatly streamline the user experience, the Quadro FX 3700 graphics board incorporates the NVIDIA Application Configuration Engine (ACE), which automatically configures the graphics hardware and software to deliver maximum application performance. The board also offers award-winning SLI technology to dynamically scale graphics performance, enhance image quality, and expand display real estate.

The advanced NVIDIA Unifed Architecture, introduced last year, enables sophisticated shaders to simulate a virtually unlimited range of physical characteristics, such as lighting effects (dispersion, reflection, refraction, BRDF models) and physical surface properties (casting effects, porosity, molded surfaces). Real-time shaders allow these effects to be combined and modified interactively, something that is impossible with simple 2D static texture maps.

The Quadro FX 3700 graphics board also offers PCI-Express Gen 2 support, essentially doubling the data transfer rate between the GPU and the Gen 2 chipsets to a blazing fast 16 Gbps. Also, being Energy Star 4.0 compliant, the Quadro FX 3700 graphics board consumes less than 80 watts of power for improved energy management.

"The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 graphics board is proof positive that NVIDIA continues to invest heavily in leading-edge solutions for professional users," said Dan Vivoli, executive vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. "It combines rich features with outstanding performance to successfully complete a top-to-bottom series of professional visualization solutions that are unmatched in the industry."

The Quadro FX 3700 graphics board supports the NVIDIA CUDA technology, a C-language development environment for NVIDIA GPUs that allows application developers to utilize the massively parallel computation power of the Quadro FX 3700 graphics board to greatly reduce the time it takes to solve complex visualization problems.

NVIDIA Quadro solutions are widely available through leading PC manufacturers like HP, Dell, IBM, and Sun; leading workstation system integrators; and NVIDIA channel partners PNY Technologies (US and EMEA), Leadtek (APAC), and Elsa (Japan). For more information about the full lineup of NVIDIA professional solutions please visit www.nvidia.com/quadro. The Quadro FX 3700 graphics board has an MSRP of $1599 (US).

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[snuif09]

want that one for my 3d modeling pc

after i moved to the USA and thats when im done with the game design school

 

[hugz]

so sexy

 

[Morgoth]

hmmm i think this is overkill for hammer

 

[regan1985]

sounds like a rebranded 8800gt

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

sounds like a rebranded 8800gt

isnt what they all are all those "specialist" cards?

 

[Disparia]

More or less...

Do you know the difference between GeForce and Quadro cards? People often ask about differences between Quadro and GeForce adapters since they have similar functions but greatly different prices. You might have heard that hackers can modify a GeForce to a Quadro card, and that these cards have very similar performances but with some exceptions: Quadro is the only card meeting all workstation applications while GeForce card is only 95% similar to the Quadro. Therefore Quadro consumers prefer Quadro FX because they need the extra 5% the Quadro platform offers over GeForce.

Continues on: http://www.leadtek.com.tw/eng/support/faq.asp?faqlineid=44

 

[hrvoje]

nvidia did bought metal ray, so they could cook something good

 

[phanbuey]

that link seems like alot of leadtek garbage-ola... I thought those cards are identical from a hardware perspective and that the only thing different is the firmware/driver and the amount of testing that they go through...

the problem with leadtech is that they have a vested interest in selling Quadro - so im suspecting their site is chock-full of grammatically weak, pro-quadro propaganda. We need W1zzard's expertise (or a viable substitute) to decide the true value of this card.

 

[Disparia]

Yeah, they do make the cards after all

It's true in the way they put it - the Quadro "package" supports all those things while the GeForce "package" does not.

Mod a GeForce into a Quadro to unlock most, if not all features.

It's been awhile since I've done it. Back then you could just softmod, but I hear it's takes a BIOS mod to do later generations of GeForces as nVidia has implemented more robust protection against modding.