BARGAIN - NVIDIA QUADRO FX 1700 (High end 3d rendering workstation card)

NVIDIA Quadro® FX 1700 graphics board delivers exceptional price/performance and quality for professional applications. Featuring a revolutionary unified architecture, Quadro FX 1700 dynamically allocates geometry, shading, and compute processing power to deliver optimized GPU performance while enabling Energy Star power savings. The reference standard for Shader Model 4.0, Quadro FX 1700 solution enables next generation ultra-realistic, real-time OpenGL and Direct X 10 visualization applications. With two dual-link DVI-I connectors, NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 offers superb image quality at resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 is the mid-range solution from the latest generation of unified architecture based product offerings. The entire NVIDIA Quadro family takes computer-aided-design (CAD), digital content creation (DCC), and visualization applications to a new level of interactivity by enabling unprecedented capabilities in programmability and precision. The industry’s leading workstation applications leverage this architecture to enable hardware-accelerated features, performance, and quality not found in any other professional graphics solutions. From Quadro FX 5600 at the ultra-high-end, and Quadro FX 4600 at the high-end, through Quadro FX 1700 at the mid-range, to Quadro FX 570 and 370 at the entry-level, Quadro delivers the productivity you need at every price point.

Features and Benefits

NVIDIA Unified Architecture
Industry’s first unified architecture designed to dynamically allocate compute, geometry, shading and pixel processing power to deliver optimized GPU performance.

Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability Shader Model 4.0
Reference standard for shader model 4.0 enabling a higher level of performance and ultra-realistic effects for next generation OpenGL and DirectX 10 industry-leading professional applications.

Gen 2 Compatible
Doubles the data transfer rate up to 5 GB/sec per lane for an aggregate bandwidth of 16 GT/sec bi-directional (8 GB/sec in each direction).

Quad Buffered Stereo
Offers enhanced visual experience for professional applications that demand stereo viewing capability.

Graphics API Extensions
NVIDIA provides a set of API extensions for Linux and Windows, enabling applications to take maximum advantage of the hardware's capabilities.

nView Multi-Display Technology
The NVIDIA® nView® hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience.

Rotated-Grid Full-Scene Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
The rotated grid FSAA sampling algorithm introduces far greater sophistication in the sampling pattern, significantly increasing color accuracy and visual quality for edges and lines, reducing “jaggies” while maintaining performance.

C Programming Environment
A widely accepted, high-level, open-standard programming language that unlocks the power of programmable GPUs to enable entirely new categories of visualization applications.