The nVIDIA Quadro 5000 SDI PCIE 2.5GB GDDR5 Display Card from PNY is a professional graphics card with motherboard, compatible with Windows and Linux workstation computers. The card installs in an available PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot. It features a Dual-Link DVI output and 2 DisplayPort outputs, each of which can drive a high-resolution digital display. The nVIDIA SDI Output card can be installed into any available type of expansion slot.
The Quadro is designed to accelerate professional applications that are used to produce 3D graphics. Its CUDA Parallel Computing Architecture can be leveraged by many popular programming languages -- including C/C++ and Fortran. This allows you to create custom applications that are tightly integrated with the GPU. This card is a great solution for digital broadcast professionals who composite live video footage onto virtual backgrounds and send the results to live video for television broadcast. It also enables professionals working in film production, post-production, and finishing to preview 3D compositing, editing, and color grading results in real time on high definition (HD) broadcast monitors.
GPU Features
Uncompressed 8-, 10-, or 12-Bit SDI Output
Allows on-air broadcast, video production and post production professionals to composite and output live video and graphics to true, uncompressed 12-bit SDI in 2K, SD, or HD resolutions; also enables direct connection to a broadcast monitor, switcher, tape deck, or SDI projector.
2D Video Pass Through Compositing
Allows incoming video to be passed through and alpha composited, luma keyed, or chroma keyed with the Quadro rendered graphics image on the outgoing SDI video.
Genlock (House Synchronization)
One genlock (Standard BNC) connector (digital or analog) provides connectivity to a video sync source for SMPTE standard (digital, black burst, tri-level) synchronization. Expanded cross sync functionality allows an incoming house signal to synchronize a far greater number of video output signal formats.
Next-Generation nVIDIA CUDA Architecture
Breakthrough nVIDIA Fermi architecture incorporates CUDA parallel computing capabilities and advanced visualization to deliver performance that greatly accelerates professional workflows.
2.5GB of GDDR5 Memory with Ultra-Fast Bandwidth
Large 2.5GB GPU memory with memory bandwidth of 120GB/s enables display of complex models and scenes, as well as computation of large datasets.
nVIDIA Scalable Geometry Engine
Scalable engines dramatically improve geometry performance across a broad range of CAD, DCC and medical applications, enabling you to work interactively with models and scenes that are an order of magnitude more complex than ever before.
nVIDIA Parallel DataCache
Parallel DataCache supports a true cache hierarchy combined with on-chip shared memory. L1 and L2 caches drive exceptional throughput, accelerating features such as real-time ray tracing, physics and texture filtering.
Error Correcting Code (ECC) Memory
Complies with strict requirements for mission critical applications, with uncompromised computing accuracy and reliability for workstations. Protects data in memory to improve application data integrity.
nVIDIA GigaThread Engine with Dual Copy Engines
The GigaThread Engine provides up to 10x faster context switching compared to previous generation architectures, concurrent kernel execution, and improved thread block scheduling; dual copy engines enable the highest rates of parallel data processing and concurrent throughput between GPU and host, speeding up techniques like ray tracing, color grading and physical simulation.
Fast 3D Texture Transfer
Fast transfer and manipulation of 3D textures results in more interactive visualization of large volumetric datasets.
Hardware 3D Window Clipping
Hardware accelerated clip regions (data transfer mechanism between a window and the frame buffer) enhance overall graphics performance by boosting transfer speed between color buffer and frame buffer.
Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
The nVIDIA UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. It simplifies upgrading to a new solution, as all Quadro products work with the same driver software.
Image Quality
Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA)
Up to 64x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies," resulting in unparalleled image quality and highly realistic scenes.
GPU Tessellation with Shader Model 5.0
Quadro Tessellation Engine automatically generates finely detailed geometry, for cinematic quality environments and scenes, without sacrificing performance.
16K Texture and Render Processing
The card boasts the ability to texture from and render to 16K x 16K surfaces -- beneficial for applications that demand the highest resolution and quality image processing.
nVIDIA High Precision High Dynamic Range (HDR) Technology
The Quadro sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. It enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.
Fast 64-Bit Floating Point Precision
The industry's fastest double precision floating point performance produces accurate results on mission-critical applications, including computer-aided-design, finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics.
Display Features
High-Quality Display Connectors
Use the card to drive ultra-high-resolution panels, producing phenomenal photorealistic image quality from a range of display connectors. The GPU supports 2 active connectors including dual-link DVI-I with up to 3840 x 2400 at 24Hz on each panel, DisplayPort with up to up to 2560 x 1600, or HDMI from a cable for integrated audio and video. The included DVI to VGA adapter supports resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 at 85Hz. HDMI 1.3a compliant displays can be driven with a 3rd party adapter (must be purchased separately) at resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 at 60Hz.
30-bit Color Fidelity
30-bit color fidelity (10-bits per color) enables billions rather than millions of color variations for rich, vivid image quality with the broadest dynamic range.
nVIDIA 3D Vision Pro Stereoscopic Solution Option
Advanced active shutter glasses provide crystal-clear stereoscopic 3D visualization for the most immersive experience. RF technology gives you access to a range of environments, from collaborative work spaces to theaters. 3D Vision Pro solution sold separately.
OpenGL Quad Buffered Stereo Support
OpenGL Quad Buffered Stereo offers professional applications the capability of smooth and immersive 3D Stereo experience.
3D Stereo Synchronization
Allows robust control of stereo effect through a dedicated 3-pin mini-din connection between the graphics card and 3D stereo hardware. Support is provided via the optional 3-pin mini din connector.
Software Support
Programming the CUDA Parallel Computing Architecture
CUDA allows for general purpose GPU computing using standard programming languages like C/C++ and Fortran, and emerging APIs such as OpenCL and Direct Compute. This broad adoption of CUDA is accelerating techniques like ray tracing, video and image processing, and computation fluid dynamics.
Cg and Microsoft HLSL Programming
The programmable GPU leverages Cg high-level, open-standard shading language to enable the creation and integration of real-time photorealistic effects into 3D models, scenes and designs; it also leverages Microsoft's HLSL / High Level Shading Language for DirectX, which enables you to make C like programmable shaders for the Direct3D pipeline.
Microsoft Windows 7 Support
Take advantage of all the compelling features included with Windows 7, delivering unprecedented application performance, advanced visual realism, and premium reliability with superior application compatibility on mobile and desktop workstations.
Shader Model 5.0 Programmability
Infinite length vertex programs and dynamic flow control remove the previous limits on OpenGL and DirectX shader programs, delivering sophisticated effects never before imagined.
Ancillary Data Support
Support for ancillary data channel (for audio, time code, etc) and introduction of ancillary data into the outgoing SDI video is provided through an nVIDIA API. Ancillary data can include up to 16 channels of embedded 24-bit digital audio, as defined by SMPTE 272M and SMPTE 299M, as well as timecode.
nVIDIA Graphics API Extensions
nVIDIA provides a set of extensions to standard graphics APIs for Linux and Windows, enabling applications to take maximum advantage of state-of-the-art GPU capabilities.
nVIDIA Application Acceleration Engines Support
Supercharge application performance and capabilities with highly optimized software modules, including SceniX, OptiX and CompleX, for cutting-edge creative and investigative possibilities.
nVIDIA Mosaic Mode Technology
Allows transparent scaling of any application across up to 8 display channels, with full performance.
nView Multi-Display Technology
The nVIDIA nView advanced Display Software delivers maximum flexibility for single-large display or multi-display options, providing unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience for increased productivity.
Industry Standard
Compatible with Industry Standard Architectures
Compatible with Microsoft and Linux operating systems.
PCI Express 2.0 Compliant
PCI Express 2.0 doubles the data transfer rate up to 5GT/s per lane for an aggregate bandwidth of 16GB/s bi-directional (8GB/s in each direction).
Ultra-Quiet Design
Acoustics lower than 40db for an ultra-quiet desktop environment.