Nvidia Quadro FX 4600 & FX 5600
Sledgehammer70
California Icrontian
Nvidia today launched the new <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_40513.html">Quadro FX</a> line that will include the new Quadro FX 4600, Quadro FX 5600, and Nvidia Quadro Plex VCS Model IV. With this release Nvidia has also given the new architecture kudos for being the best leap they have ever made in the high performance segment.
The new architecture from Nvidia will be the first to support Shader Model 4.0 and will allow next-generation vertex and pixel programmability. Along with Shader Model 4.0 Nvidia has tacked on 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory "FX 5600 model" for real-time processing & enabling full-scene antialiasing (FSAA). The new line of Quadro CPU's will also allow access to Nvidia's CUDA technology which will allow developers the chance to tap into the high-performance computing power to solve complex, visualization problems.
Nvidia’s new Quadro line price point will kick off with the FX 4600 at $1995.00 and will feature 768MB of GDDR3 memory and a 384-bit memory interface with a massive bandwidth of 57.6 GB/s. The FX 5600 will be the king of the hill sporting 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory and will also come with a 384-bit memory interface with an even more beefy 76.8 GB/s bandwidth priced at $2995.00. Specifications for the Quadro Plex VCS Model have yet to surface, but we can assume it will pack more power than the current Model III which is in turn a dual Quadro FX 5500 with 2GB of memory.
Power consumption in the new Quadro line will not have to be a factor for prospective buyers as the FX 4600 will draw 96 watts of electricity while the FX 5600 will suck up almost double that at 171 watts. But on a brighter side the FX 4600 will push 250 million triangles per sec & 300 million from the FX 5600. To break it down ever further that is .000000364 watts per triangle for the FX 4600, and .00000057 watts per triangle for the FX 5600.
While Nvidia is already the king of the workstation market, they have proven once again why they are the king and just how hard it will be for the FireGL series to catch them. AMD's current FireGL series is far from being a competitive chip in this market segment, but with R600 & R7xx on the horizon AMD may just jump into the high performance workstation arena once again.
The new architecture from Nvidia will be the first to support Shader Model 4.0 and will allow next-generation vertex and pixel programmability. Along with Shader Model 4.0 Nvidia has tacked on 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory "FX 5600 model" for real-time processing & enabling full-scene antialiasing (FSAA). The new line of Quadro CPU's will also allow access to Nvidia's CUDA technology which will allow developers the chance to tap into the high-performance computing power to solve complex, visualization problems.
Nvidia’s new Quadro line price point will kick off with the FX 4600 at $1995.00 and will feature 768MB of GDDR3 memory and a 384-bit memory interface with a massive bandwidth of 57.6 GB/s. The FX 5600 will be the king of the hill sporting 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory and will also come with a 384-bit memory interface with an even more beefy 76.8 GB/s bandwidth priced at $2995.00. Specifications for the Quadro Plex VCS Model have yet to surface, but we can assume it will pack more power than the current Model III which is in turn a dual Quadro FX 5500 with 2GB of memory.
Power consumption in the new Quadro line will not have to be a factor for prospective buyers as the FX 4600 will draw 96 watts of electricity while the FX 5600 will suck up almost double that at 171 watts. But on a brighter side the FX 4600 will push 250 million triangles per sec & 300 million from the FX 5600. To break it down ever further that is .000000364 watts per triangle for the FX 4600, and .00000057 watts per triangle for the FX 5600.
While Nvidia is already the king of the workstation market, they have proven once again why they are the king and just how hard it will be for the FireGL series to catch them. AMD's current FireGL series is far from being a competitive chip in this market segment, but with R600 & R7xx on the horizon AMD may just jump into the high performance workstation arena once again.
0
Comments
I don't think they'll sell very well at 2000-3000$
Whoever is going to spend more than 1000$ for a videocard is someone that love to lose money.
But yeah , 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory with 76.8 GB/s bandwidth is crazy
Also to note Nvidia will make the biggest profit overall in this high-end segment.