Form Factor
ATX
Graphics Controller
NVIDIA NV71GL
Bus Type
PCI Express x16
Memory
256MB GDDR3 SDRAM unified frame buffer, Z-buffer and Texture storage
Connectors
2 dual-link DVI-I + 9-pin HDTV 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 (dual-
link).
HD-Out component Mode: YPrPB - SMPTE 1080i, 720p, 480p, 576p or composite Mode:
NTSC/PAL 480i, 576i
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)
Shading architecture
Fully programmable GPU
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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QuickSpecs
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 Graphics Controller
Technical Specifications
DA - 12499 Canada — Version 2 — June 6, 2007
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