HP NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 Overview

Models

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 PCI-Express graphics controller kit.
Includes: PCA with ATX bracket, DVI to VGA converters, CD and manual.

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Introduction

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 professional 3D graphics card is a mid-to-high-end workstation graphics for CAD, DCC and
Scientific applications, offering 256 MB high bandwidth video memory and ultra-high resolution graphics.

Featuring the performance, programmability, precision and quality of Quadro FX products, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
delivers 256MB frame buffer memory, 42.2 GB/s memory bandwidth, 256-bit memory interface and support for ultra high­resolution panels up to 3840x2400. The Quadro FX 3500 offers a new level of interactivity for engineers and designers
enabling exceptional performance, features and photo-realistic image quality leading to shorter production cycles and faster
time-to-market.

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 + 3-pin Mini DIN stereo output
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
PCIe x16 bus

Compatibility

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 is supported on HP xw4400, xw6400, xw8400 xw9400 Workstations.

Service and Support

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 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 3500 Graphics Controller

Overview

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Form Factor

ATX

Graphics Controller

NVIDIA NV71GL-U

Bus Type

PCI Express x16

Memory

256MB 700MHz GDDR3 SDRAM unified frame buffer, Z-buffer and Texture storage

Connectors

2 dual-link DVI-I + 3-pin Mini DIN stereo 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 (dual­link).
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)
SLI Link

Shading architecture

Fully programmable GPU (OpenGL 2.0/DirectX 9.0c class)
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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Maximum Resolution

Dual DVI-I output - drives dual digital displays at resolutions up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz (single-link)
and 3840x2400 @ 24Hz (dual-link).

Internal 400MHz RAMDACs - drives dual analog displays up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz each

QuickSpecs

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 Graphics Controller

Technical Specifications

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