News: Nvidia unveils Quadro 400 professional GPU

Nvidia has announced the Quadro 400 graphics processing unit (GPU), its latest professional graphics solution targeted at designers and engineers.

This GPU has been constructed to tackle professional applications, the likes of Autodesk AutoCAD, and according to Nvidia provides up to five times “faster performance over high-end consumer gaming cards.” It also enables up to ten times better performance whilst running industry leading CAD/CAM applications.

Priced at $169 (around R1137) in the States, the Quadro 400 GPU also allows for greater power efficiency, consuming fewer than 35 watts of power, meaning it can be utilised within small form-factor PC systems.

It sports 512 MB of DDR3 memory, also featuring a 30-bit (10-bits per colour) colour engine allowing for more than one billion colour variations.

Nvidia’s Quadro 400 graphics card also boasts support for Nvidia 3D Vision and 3D Vision Pro active shutter glasses 3D technology, which provides users with stereoscopic 3D visualization.

“Designers and engineers, whether designing the largest assemblies or smallest components, rely on Quadro,” said Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions Group, Nvidia.

“The Quadro 400 is the right tool to help ensure that job gets done the right way, especially when it comes to running professional apps like Autodesk AutoCAD.”

No local release- and pricing info is available yet.

Additional features include:

Unified Driver Architecture - Guarantees forward and backward compatibility with professional application software drivers, and simplifies upgrading to a new solution.
Hardware 3D Window Clipping - Accelerated clip regions enable faster data transfer between a window and the frame buffer to improve overall graphics performance.
High-Quality display connectivity - Drives ultra-high-resolution panels, producing phenomenal image quality, supporting two active connectors, including dual-link DVI with up to 3840 x 2400 resolution @ 24 Hz on each panel, as well as DisplayPort (DP) with up to 2560 x 1600 resolution.
Nvidia Mosaic Technology - Enhances workspace across up to eight displays (using one card per two displays), enabling seamless taskbar spanning, and transparent scaling of any application. Works over multiple displays or a single high-resolution display, and with Nvidia nView desktop management software.

Nvidia unveils Quadro 400 professional GPU

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