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 .
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QuickSpecs
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 Graphics Controller
Technical Specifications
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