Nvidia QUADRO FX 4500 Specifications

NVIDIA Quadro® FX 4500 sets

a new bar for workstation
graphics, shattering the limits of
programmability, performance,
precision, and quality for
professional CAD, DCC, and
scientific applications.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 features a
revolutionary new architecture with
2x the geometry and fill rate and 4x
the hardware pixel read-back
performance of previous generation
graphics, and supports 512MB
ultra-fast GDDR3 memory. Whether
used for designing a new car,
investigating where to place an oil
well, or delivering photorealistic
effects for the latest Hollywood
movies, NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
delivers on industry leading
performance and features. The
flagship product of the NVIDIA

Quadro product family, NVIDIA
Quadro FX 4500 also features
support for NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable
Link Interface) technology.

The NVIDIA Quadro family delivers
on the promise of the industry's
fastest PCI Express workstation
graphics solutions. Featuring NVIDIA
Quadro FX 4500 at the ultra-high
end, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 and FX
3400 at the high end, NVIDIA Quadro
FX 1400 in the mid range, and
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 at the entry
level, NVIDIA Quadro provides the

The Definition of Performance.
The Standard for Quality.

ultimate in quality, precision,
performance, and programmability.
CAD and DCC applications acquire a
new level of interactivity by enabling
unprecedented capabilities in
programmability and precision.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Product Name

Form Factor

Framebuffer Memory

Memory Interface

Memory Bandwidth

Max Power Consumption

Graphics Bus

Display Connectors

Dual Link DVI

Auxiliary Power Connectors

Number of Slots

Thermal Solution

Genlock/Framelock

SLI Support

For the first time, styling and
production rendering become
integral functions of the design
workflow, shortening the production
process and enabling faster time to
market.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

ATX, 4.38” x 9.0”

512MB GDDR3

256-bit

33.6 GB/sec.

108W

PCI Express x16

DVI-I, DVI-I, Stereo

Yes (2)

Yes (1)

2

Active Fansink

Yes

Yes

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NVIDIA QUADRO FX 4500

FEATURES BENEFITS

Highest Workstation Application
Performance

Unmatched Color Precision

Next-generation Vertex and Pixel
Programmability

Unparalleled Subpixel Precision

Hardware-Accelerated Pixel ReadBack

Rotated-Grid FSAA (Full Scene
Antialiasing)

High-Precision Dynamic-Range (HPDR)
Imaging Technology

SLI Support

Dual Dual-Link Digital Display Connector

Next-generation architecture enables over 2x improvement in geometry and fill rates with the industry’s
highest performance for professional CAD, DCC, and scientific applications

Full 128-bit precision graphics pipeline enables sophisticated mathematical computations to maintain
high accuracy, resulting in unmatched visual quality. Full IEEE 32-bit floating point precision per color
component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with the broadest dynamic range

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics boards introduce infinite length vertex programs and dynamic flow
control, removing the previous limits on complexity and structure of shader programs. With full support
for Shader Model 3.0, NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 delivers sophisticated effects never before imagined for
real-time graphics systems

12-bit subpixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy, eliminating sparkles, cracks, and other
rasterization anomalies

Greater than 2.4GB/sec., pixel read-back performance delivers massive host throughput, more than 4x
the performance of previous generation graphics systems

RG FSAA sampling algorithm introduces far greater sophistication in the sampling pattern, significantly
increasing color accuracy and visual quality for edges and lines, and reducing “jaggies” while maintaining
performance

Sets new standards for image clarity and quality through 32-bit per component floating point capabilities
in shading, filtering, and texturing. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects
processing

Designed for PCI Express, the NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface technology enables intelligent and
transparent scaling of professional application performance

Dual-link TMDS transmitters support ultra-high-resolution panels (up to 3840x2400 @ 24Hz)—which
result in amazing image quality producing detailed photorealistic images

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Supported Operating Systems

• Microsoft® Windows® XP

• Microsoft Windows 2000

• Linux

• AMD64, Intel EM64T

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
Architecture

• 128-bit color precision

• 65,536 fragment instruction

• 65,536 vertex instruction

• 3D volumetric textures

• Single-system powerwall

• 12 pixels per clock rendering engine

• Hardware accelerated antialiased

• Hardware OpenGL overlay planes

• Hardware accelerated two-sided

• Hardware accelerated clipping planes

®

– Full OpenGL®
implementation, complete with
NVIDIA and ARB extensions

points and lines

lighting

Memory Size Memory Interface Relative Perf* SLI Support Dual-Link DVI

512MB 256 bit 3.5 Yes Yes (2)

256MB 256 bit 2.5 Yes Yes (1)

128MB 256 bit 1.9 Yes -

128MB 128 bit 1.0 No -

*based on US SPECviewperf

• 3rd-generation occlusion culling

• 16 textures per pixel in fragment
programs

• Window ID clipping functionality

• Hardware accelerated line stippling

Shading Architecture

• Fully programmable GPU (OpenGL

2.0/DirectX 9.0c class)

• Long fragment programs (up to
65,536 instructions)

• Long vertex programs (up to 65,536
instructions)

• Looping and subroutines (up to 256
loops per vertex program)

• Dynamic flow control

• Conditional execution

High Level Shader Languages

• Optimized compiler for Cg and
Microsoft

• OpenGL 2.0 and DirectX 9.0c support

• Open source compiler

®

HLSL

High-Resolution Antialiasing

• 12-bit subpixel sampling precision
enhances AA quality

• Rotated-grid full-scene antialiasing
(RG FSAA)

• 16x FSAA dramatically reduces
visual aliasing artifacts or “jaggies”
at resolution up to 1920x1200

• 32x SLI FSAA mode*

Display Resolution Support

• Dual dual-link DVI-I output drives
digital displays at resolutions up to
3840x2400 @ 41Hz

• Internal 400MHz DACs – Two analog
displays up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz
each

nView Architecture

• Advanced multi-display desktop and
application management seamlessly
integrated into Microsoft Windows

* Available with future driver release

Where to buy NVIDIA Quadro

NVIDIA Corporation | 2701 San Tomas Expressway | Santa Clara, CA 95050 | T 408.486.2000 | F 408.486.2200 | www.nvidia.com

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