In addition to sharing the same core unified architecture and drivers, all NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics solutions are now Shader Model 4.0 compliant and come with the increased frame buffer capacity needed to make them fully Microsoft Vista ready.

These latest boards also support the new NVIDIA CUDA™ GPU-computing software architecture. Computing with NVIDIA CUDA technology extends the functionality of the GPU to address a wide range of mathematically intensive problems. This breakthrough computing architecture in NVIDIA’s latest generation of GPUs is complemented by the CUDA C language programming environment and tool suite.

"With a complete line-up of new graphics technology, HP and NVIDIA can now provide engineers and artists with a choice of solutions to meet their needs," said Will Wade, global product manager for HP workstations. "This complete line-up provides the latest technologies of NVIDIA’s unified architecture and Shader Model 4.0 to every user, from the entry-level review of assembly drawings all the way up to the most extreme designer."

"NVIDIA continues to elevate graphics performance for professional SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® artists in the 3D animation community, and the company’s certification programs and ongoing commitment to driver development ensures stability in the production pipeline," said Marc Stevens, General Manager and Vice President of Softimage, Co, a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc. "By unifying its Quadro series of graphics with its high-performance unified architecture, NVIDIA solutions combined with SOFTIMAGE animation tools offer outstanding graphics performance, reliability, and price points to the most demanding 3D artists."

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