NVIDIA's QuadroTM2 is the company's family
of graphics solutions for the workstation
market. NVIDIA's technology leadership
combines the new Quadro2 workstation
GPU with the NVIDIA Unified Driver
Architecture (UDA), providing graphics and
design professionals a complete solution
for both development and deployment of
leading-edge content.
NVIDIA offers four distinct implementations
of Quadro2 workstation products. All
deliver balanced high-end workstation
performance and are optimized and
certified for all the leading professional
OpenGL and MicrosoftDirect3D
applications. In addition, Quadro2 family
products support OpenGL quad-buffered
stereo for professional stereo applications.
With a high-speed 256-bit memory bus,
and up to 64MB of Double Data Rate (DDR)
on-board memory, Quadro2 boosts the real-
time interactivity of even the largest
models and scenes.
QUADRO
2
PRO
Quadro2 Pro is a robust and full-featured
solution that delivers unprecedented 3D
and 2D performance for the engineering and
creative professional. With its unmatched
1.0G pixels/sec. rendering power and 31M
triangles/sec. geometry processing power,
the Quadro2 Pro is the professional's best
choice for any high-performance design
environment.
The Quadro2 Pro includes features such
as a hardware antialiased line engine,
6.4GB/sec. bandwidth enabling work in
fully textured mode while achieving real-
time frame rates, and a 64MB unified
frame buffer--providing ample room for
high-resolution, 32-bit per pixel, fully
textured visuals.
QUADRO
2
MXR
The Quadro2 MXR delivers advanced
workstation capabilities to the
mainstream professional who values
balanced features and performance to
optimize his design workflow. This
feature-packed solution includes NVIDIA's
revolutionary TwinViewTM display architecture,
which provides support for multiple
displays on a single GPU, Digital Vibrance
Control, and the NVIDIA Shading
RasterizerTM.
QUADRO
2
EX
The Quadro2 EX is a high-value, entry-level
workstation graphics solution that
combines professional-strength 3D and
2D performance, comprehensive application
support and industry-leading quality at an
unprecedented price point.
QUADRO
2
GO
The Quadro2 GO is a full-featured mobile
workstation GPU, unleashing the
productivity of traveling professionals.
This solution offers a full set of Quadro2
workstation features, hardware transform
and lighting (T&L), accelerated AA lines,
and OpenGL overlay support. In addition,
OpenGL and Direct3D performance tuning
ensures optimal performance and
compatibility with the broadest range of
professional applications.
UNIFIED DRIVER ARCHITECTURE
Through NVIDIA's unique Unified Driver
Architecture (UDA), all Quadro2 family
products share a backward and forward
binary driver that is compatible with past,
present, and future NVIDIA platforms, as
well as all currently manufactured versions
of NVIDIA's GPUs. Only NVIDIA offers this
level of compatibility and manageability.
The Quadro2 line is designed for use with
professional applications such as
Alias|WavefrontTM Maya and StudioTools
,
Autodesk AutoCAD, Dassault CATIA
,
Discreet 3ds maxTM, Newtek LightWave
3DTM
, PTC Pro/ENGINEERTM, SOFTIMAGE/XSI,
Solidworks, UGS Solid EdgeTM and
Unigraphics
. Quadro2 products are also
equipped with NVIDIA's suite of custom
application drivers that provide features
and performance enhancements to key
applications such as 3ds max (enhanced
with ELSA MAXtremeTM), and AutoCAD
(enhanced with ELSA POWERdraftTM). In
addition, NVIDIA's QuadroViewTM provides
3D visualization for standard CAD and DCC
model formats. Support for AGP 2X and
true AGP 4X with Fast Writes offers
unmatched Microsoft Windows NT,
Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Linux
performance. The Quadro2 family is the
professional's choice for any high-
performance design environment.
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SOLUTIONS
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PROFESSIONAL WORKSTATION
FEATURES
Optimized for professional OpenGL and
DirectX workstation applications
2nd generation 256-bit graphics
processing unit architecture
2nd generation hardware transform
& lighting (T&L)
- 8 lights per rendering pass
- Any combination of infinite,
local, directional or spot
- Colored lights
Hardware accelerated anti-aliased
points and lines
Accelerated OpenGL overlay support
Accelerated two-sided lighting
Advanced OpenGL window memory
management
Professional quad-buffered stereo
8 clip regions
32-bit Z/Stencil Buffer
Optimized for Intel and AMD
workstation configurations
Optimized for multi-processor
configurations
Enhanced customized application
drivers for 3ds max and AutoCAD
COMPATIBILITY
Rigorous compatibility testing for
professional applications
Unrestricted application support
Certified for all major professional
applications
NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture
(UDA)
Continuous support for the latest
applications for legacy hardware
Continuous performance tuning for
legacy hardware
Fully-compliant professional OpenGL
1.2 support for all Linux and Windows
operating systems
WHQL-certified for Windows 2000,
Windows NT, and Windows 98
Complete Linux driver
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
32-bit color
2048x1536 @ 75Hz maximum
resolution
350MHz DAC
8 texture-mapped, filtered, lit texels
per clock cycle
Single-pass multi-texturing
High Quality Texture Filtering,
including Anisotropic
NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer (NSR)
Real-time per-pixel effects
Per-pixel dot3 bump mapping
Per-pixel lighting and shading
BRDF (Bi-Directional Reflectance
Distribution Function)
Z-correct bump mapping
Emboss bump mapping
Multitexture and multipass
Procedural textures
Stencil
Stipple
Fog--radial or linear
Depth cueing
Cube environment mapping
Reflection maps
Accurate, real-time environment
reflections
Microsoft DirectX and S3TC, texture
compression
TwinView architecture
Digital flat panel interface with
scaling and filtering for flat panels
up to 1280x1024
Dual independent display controllers
support:
- Showing same material on both
displays for presentations
- Showing different material on
each display for an enlarged
Windows desktop
- LCD and CRT
- LCD and DVI digital flat panel or
projector
Digital Vibrance Control (DVC)
High-performance 2D rendering engine
Optimized for 32-, 24-, 16-, 15- and
8-bpp modes
True-color hardware cursor
Multi-buffering (double, triple, or
quad) for smooth animation and
video playback
High-quality HDTV/DVD playback
DVD-ready motion compensation for
MPEG-2
Supports VIP2.0 interface
High-definition video processor for
full-screen, full-frame video
playback of HDTV and DVD content
Independent hardware color controls
for video overlay
Hardware color-space conversion
(YUV 4:2:2 and 4:2:0)
Motion compensation
5-tap horizontal by 3-tap vertical
filtering
8:1 up/down scaling
Per-pixel color keying
Multiple video windows supported
for CSC and filtering
DVD sub-picture alpha-blended
compositing
SPECIFICATIONS/PERFORMANCE
QUADRO2 PRO
QUADRO2 MXR
QUADRO2 EX
QUADRO2 GO
GRAPHICS CORE
256-bit
256-bit
256-bit
256-bit
PIXELS/SEC.
1.0
BILLION
400
MILLION
350
MILLION
286
MILLION
MEMORY BANDWIDTH
6.4
GB/S
2.9
GB/S
2.7
GB/S
2.9
GB/S
TRIANGLES/SEC.
31
MILLION
25
MILLION
21
MILLION
17
MILLION
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