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PNY Technologies introduced a new generation of NVIDIA Quadro graphics boards. The FX 380, FX 580, FX 1800, and FX 3800 expanded its range of professional workstation graphics cards for CAD, DCC, and visualization applications. The models were immediately available.
The new PNY Quadro FX series supported NVIDIA SLI Multi-OS technology and the NVIDIA CUDA parallel-computing architecture, provided 30-bit color depth, and automatically configured application display settings.
PNY Quadro FX 380:
The FX 380 offered a 50-percent performance increase over earlier generations.
Technical specifications: 256 MB GDDR3, 16 CUDA processing cores, and two dual-link DVI-I outputs.
Recommended retail price: €139.
PNY Quadro FX 580:
The entry-level FX 580 was designed to provide professional performance at an accessible price.
Technical specifications: 512 MB GDDR3, 32 CUDA processing cores, two DisplayPort connections, and one dual-link DVI-I output.
Recommended retail price: €209.
PNY Quadro FX 1800:
The FX 1800 was positioned as an efficient design solution with a strong price-performance ratio.
Technical specifications: 768 MB GDDR3, 64 CUDA processing cores, two DisplayPort connections, and one dual-link DVI-I output.
Recommended retail price: €569.
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 by PNY:
The high-end FX 3800 used NVIDIA’s latest Quadro GPU for demanding professional applications.
Technical specifications: 1 GB GDDR3, 192 CUDA processing cores, two DisplayPort connections, and one dual-link DVI-I output.
Recommended retail price: €1,049.
PNY planned to exhibit at Digital Factory in Hanover from April 20 to 24, 2009. The new Quadro FX models were available through PNY partners, integrators, distributors, and resellers in EMEA.
Further information was available at http://www.pny.eu/quadro
