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NVIDIA^® Quadro^® 400 by PNY –Step up to Professional Graphics

NVIDIA Quadro 400 delivers superior professional application performance and capabilities compared to consumer graphics. Quadro 400 provides up to 5X performance gains over high-end consumer gaming cards and up to 10X* improvement over integrated graphics processors in industry leading CAD/CAM applications. Designed for efficiency, Quadro 400 consumes less than 35W and has a low-profile footprint flexible enough to fit into any workstation. Advanced capabilities such as Mosaic™ and nView^® technologies allows you to span and efficiently manage your entire Windows desktop across multiple displays. All of which means you can design, iterate and deliver higher quality results in less time.

The NVIDIA Quadro 400 supports OpenGL 3.3, DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 hardware acceleration, and drives a variety of displays including: CRTs, Digital Flat Panels, Projectors, and HDTVs.

GPU Memory Size	512MB DDR3
Memory Interface	64-bit
Memory Bandwidth	12.3 GB/s
CUDA Parallel Processing Cores	48
Display Connectors	Dual-Link DVI-I + DP
Warranty	3 Years
PNY Part #	VCQ400-PB

PNY provides unsurpassed service and commitment to its professional graphics customers offering: 3 year warranty, pre- and post-sales support, dedicated Quadro Field Application engineers and direct tech support hot lines. In addition, PNY delivers a complete solution including the appropriate adapters, cables, brackets, driver CD and documentation to ensure a quick and successful install.

Memory	512 MB DDR3
Memory Interface	64-bit
Memory Bandwidth	12.3 GB/s
CUDA Parallel Processing Cores	48
Maximum Power Consumption	32 W
Energy Star Compliant	Yes
Physical Dimensions	2.731" H x 5.58" L Single Slot
Display Connectors	Dual-Link DVI-I + DP
Number of Displays Supported	2
DisplayPort	Yes
DVI	Yes
VGA	Yes
Graphics Bus	PCI Express 2.0 x16
Thermal Solution	Active
3D Vision Pro	Support via USB
Maximum Display Resolution	2560 x 1600 at 60Hz
Graphics APIs	OpenGL 3.3, DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1
Compute APIs	NVIDIA CUDA, DirectCompute and OpenCL
Warranty	3 Year Warranty
PNY Part Number	VCQ400-PB

3D Graphics Architecture

NVIDIA^® GigaThread™ engine
Shader Model 4.1 (OpenGL 3.3 and DirectX 10.1)
Optimized complier for Cg and Microsoft HLSL
Up to 16K x 16K texture and render processing
Transparent multisampling and super sampling
16x angle independent anisotropic filtering
128-bit floating point performance
32-bit per-component floating point texture filtering and blending
16x full scene antialiasing (FSAA)
Decode acceleration for MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile, H.264, MVC, VC1
Blu-ray dual-stream hardware acceleration (supporting HD picture-in-picture playback)

NVIDIA CUDA Parallel Processing Architecture

API support includes CUDA™ C, CUDA C++, DirectCompute 5.0, OpenCL, Java, Python and Fortran

Advanced Display Features

30-bit color (10-bit per each red, green, blue channel)
Support for any combination of two connected displays
DisplayPort resolution up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz or 1920 x 1200 at 120Hz
DisplayPort 1.1a with HDCP support
DVI-DL output up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz or 1920 x 1200 at 120Hz
VGA output up to 2048 x 1536 at 85Hz
DisplayPort to VGA adapter sold separately, PNY PN 91007808-T
DisplayPort to DVI-DL adapter sold separately, PNY PN 91008126
DisplayPort to HDMI adapters available from 3rd parties
Full OpenGL quad buffered stereo support
NVIDIA^® 3D Vision™ Pro support via USB
Underscan/overscan compensation and hardware scaling
NVIDIA^® Mosaic™ multi-display technology
NVIDIA^® nView^® multi-display technology

DisplayPort and HDMI Digital Audio

Support for Dolby Digital (AC3), DTS 5.1, Multi-channel (7.1) LPCM, Dolby Digital Plus (DD+), and MPEG2/MPEG-4 AAC
Data rates of 44.1 KHz, 48 KHz, 88.2 KHz, 96 KHz, 176 KHz, and 192 KHz
Word sizes of 16-bit, 20-bit, and 24-bit
HDMI digital audio support requires purchase of 3rd party adapter

Minimum System Requirements

Windows^® 7, Vista, XP SP3, Linux^®, or Solaris^®
PCIe x16 expansion slot
1GB or more of system memory, 2GB recommended
200MB of available disk space for full driver installation
Blu-ray, DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive
DisplayPort, DVI or VGA compatible display(s)

GPU FEATURES

NVIDIA^® CUDA™ Parallel Computing Architecture
Breakthrough NVIDIA CUDA parallel computing architecture tightly integrates advanced visualization and compute features delivering performance that greatly accelerates professional workflows.

NVIDIA^® GigaThread™ Engine
Provides up to 10x faster context switching compared to previous generation architectures, concurrent kernel execution, and improved thread block scheduling.

Hardware 3D Window Clipping
Hardware accelerated clip regions enable faster data transfer between a window and the frame buffer to improve overall graphics performance.

Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
The NVIDIA UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new solution because all Quadro products work with the same driver software.

IMAGE QUALITY

Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA)
Up to 16X FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies," resulting in superb image quality and highly realistic scenes.

NVIDIA High Precision High Dynamic Range (HDR) Technology
Sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing.

DISPLAY FEATURES

High-Quality Display Connectors
Attaches to ultra-high-resolution digital panels producing phenomenal photorealistic image quality from a range of display connectors. The Quadro 600 GPU simultaneously supports two active display channels including dual-link DVI-I and DisplayPort at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz. 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 of color variations for rich, vivid image quality with the broadest dynamic range.

OpenGL Quad Buffered Stereo Support
OpenGL Quad Buffered Stereo offers professional applications the capability of smooth and immersive 3D Stereo experience.

SOFTWARE SUPPORT

Programming the CUDA Parallel Computing Architecture
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 Programming
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.

Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Support
Take advantage of all the new and compelling features included with Windows 7, delivering unprecedented application performance, advanced visual realism, and premium reliability with superior application compatibility on professional PCs and desktop workstations.

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 and OptiX for advanced creative and investigative possibilities.

NVIDIA Mosaic Technology
NVIDIA Mosaic Technology enables transparent scaling of any application across up to eight displays, using multiple graphics solutions.

NVIEW^® Advanced Desktop Software
The NVIEW Advanced Desktop 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, and Intel and AMD x86 32- and 64-bit microprocessor architectures.

PCI Express 2.0 Compliant
Doubles the data transfer rate up to 5 GT/sec per lane for an aggregate bandwidth of 16 GB/sec bi-directional (8 GB/sec in each direction).

Ultra-Quiet Design
Acoustics lower than 28db for an ultra-quiet desktop environment.

NVIDIA Quadro 400 by PNY professional graphics board
Attached low profile bracket
Full height bracket (unattached)
DVI to VGA adapter
DisplayPort to DVI-D SL adapter
Driver CD (Windows 7, Vista, XP) with PDF documentation
Printed Quick Install Guide

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