Nvidia FX 1500 User instructions

Models

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 PCI-Express graphics controller kit.

Includes: PCA with ATX bracket, DVI to VGA converters, HDTV dongle, CD and manual.

ES355AA

Introduction

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 graphics card is a leading mid-range professional 3D graphics option with 256 MB of fast

GDDR-3 memory, giving excellent price/performance suitable for CAD, DCC, and visualization applications.

The revolutionary new architecture increases raw geometry and fill rate performance over previous generation products and

delivers 40GB/sec. memory bandwidth with support for 256 MB ultra-fast GDDR3 memory. NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500

provides the optimal blend of quality, precision, performance, programmability, and price for professional CAD, DCC, and

visualization applications. Featuring HD out and two dual-link DVI connectors, NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 offers the industry's

best image quality at resolutions up to 3840 x 2400.

Performance & Features

Features include an array of parallel vertex engines, fully programmable pixel pipelines, a high-speed graphics memory bus,

and next-generation crossbar memory architecture:

256MB G-DDR3 graphics memory

Two Dual Link DVI-I + 9-pin HDTV Out (HD output cable included)

OpenGL quad-buffered stereo

Rotated-Grid FSAA

High Precision Dynamic Range Technology

Unlimited Vertex & Pixel programmability

128-bit IEEE floating-point precision graphics pipeline

32-bit floating point color precision per component

Hardware overlays

Hardware accelerated anti-aliased points and lines

Two-sided lighting

Occlusion culling

Advanced full-scene anti-aliasing

Optimized and certified for OpenGL® 2.0 and DirectX® 9.0 applications

Multi-display productivity

PCI-Express x16 bus

Compatibility

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 is supported on HP xw4400, xw6400, xw8400, xw9400 Workstations.

Service and Support

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 has a one-year limited warranty or the remainder of the warranty of the HP product in which it

is installed. Technical support is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day by phone, as well as online support forums.

Parts and labor are available on-site within the next business day. Telephone support is available for parts diagnosis and

installation. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply.

QuickSpecs

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 Graphics Controller

Overview

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Form Factor

ATX

Graphics Controller

NVIDIA NV71GL

Bus Type

PCI Express x16

Memory

256MB GDDR3 SDRAM unified frame buffer, Z-buffer and Texture storage

Connectors

2 dual-link DVI-I + 9-pin HDTV output

Display resolution

support

Dual integrated analog display controllers supporting up to two analog displays at 2048x1536 @

85Hz on both displays or dual digital displays at 1920x1200 (single-link) and 3840x2400 (dual-

link).

HD-Out component Mode: YPrPB - SMPTE 1080i, 720p, 480p, 576p or composite Mode:

NTSC/PAL 480i, 576i

NVIEW advanced multi-display desktop and application management seamlessly integrated into

Microsoft® Windows®

RAMDAC

Dual 400MHz integrated

Architecture features

256-bit memory interface

128-bit IEEE floating-point precision graphics pipeline

128-bit color precision

12-bit sub-pixel precision

8x FSAA at 1920x1200, 4x at 2048x1536, rotated grid FSAA sampling algorithm

Hardware accelerated anti-aliased points and lines

Hardware OpenGL overlay planes

Hardware accelerated two-sided lighting

Hardware accelerated clipping planes

3rd generation occlusion culling

3D volumetric texture support

Quad-buffered stereo

Dual Link DVI enabling driving digital displays up to 3840x2400 (24Hz)

Shading architecture

Fully programmable GPU

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

Supported graphics

APIs

OpenGL 2.0

DirectX 9.0

Available graphics

drivers

Microsoft Windows XP Professional qualified drivers may be preloaded or available from the HP

support Web site:

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/eng/software_drivers.html

Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. NVIDIA and Quadro are

trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective

companies.

HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information is provided as is without

warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice. The warranties for HP products are set forth in the express

limited warranty statements accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional

warranty.

QuickSpecs

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 Graphics Controller

Technical Specifications

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