Dell Precision Workstation - PCI Express x16 Graphics Cards

The Dell Precision^TM  Workstation graphics program is designed to provide professional customers with lifecycle and image stability from entry-level Professional 2D thru the Mid-Range 3D graphics cards. In addition, Dell provides the latest, high-performance graphics technologies from the price/performance mid range 3D thru high-end 3D graphics card segments. Dell continually evaluates the newest graphics technologies to ensure the most relevant graphics cards are selected for qualification, certification and factory installation in Dell Precision Workstations.

The following Graphics Cards are offered factory installed on Dell Precision Workstations

NVIDIA®  Quadro®  FX 4500 NVIDIA®  Quadro®  FX 3500 ATITM  FireGLTM  V7200 NVIDIA®  Quadro®  FX 3450 NVIDIA®  Quadro®  FX 1400 NVIDIA®  Quadro®  FX 550 NVIDIA®  Quadro®  FX 540D ATITM  FireGLTM  V3400 ATITM  FireGLTM  V3100 NVIDIA®  Quadro®  NVS 285 (128MB NVIDIA®  Quadro®  NVS 285 (64MB) NVIDIA®  Quadro®  NVS 280 (64MB)

NVIDIA^®  Quadro^®  FX 4500 - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 380,* 470, 670, 490, 690 High end 3D performance with 512MB of dedicated high performance Graphics Double Data Rate-3 SDRAM memory (GDDR3) delivers the latest in high-performance graphics memory Workstation graphics architecture designed to take application performance and realism to new levels by featuring next generation pixel and vertex programmability, lossless color and z-buffer compression, High- Dynamic-Range floating-point technology, advanced Rotated-Grid Full-Scene Anti-aliasing, and GDDR3 memory - the latest in high-performance graphics memory Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 GPUs introduce infinite length vertex programs and dynamic flow control, removing the previous limits on complexity and structure of shader programs. With full support for Vertex and Shader Model 3.0, NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 can deliver sophisticated effects High-Precision Dynamic-Range (HPDR) helps enhance image clarity and quality through 32-bit per component floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Full 16-bit and 32-bit per pixel color component support within a 128-bit precision graphics pipeline, support for non-power of two textures, and fast pixel read-back can dramatically improve the performance of processing visual images and effects on the graphics card Rotated Grid Full-Scene Anti-aliasing (FSAA) utilizes a sophisticated multi-sampling pattern. Designed to significantly improve visual quality for edges and lines, and reduce visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" 256-bit memory interface helps increase memory bandwidth and performance" 12-bit subpixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy that helps eliminate sparkles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies Optimized OpenGL and DirectX®  drivers for CAD and DCC applications, with user-customizable settings Dual-monitor support under Genuine®  Windows®  XP Pro and Windows 2000 Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors and analog flat panels using DVI-VGA adapters Single or dual digital DVI support for digital flat panels Dual - Dual Link Output support for 30" Flat Panels

NVIDIA^®  Quadro^®  FX 3500 - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 380, 490, 690 Great 3D performance at a mid-range price 256MB of dedicated high performance Graphics Double Data Rate-3 SDRAM memory (GDDR3) delivers the latest in high-performance graphics memory 256-bit memory interface helps increase memory bandwidth and performance 32-bit floating point capabilities improve image clarity and quality in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending Up to 8x Full Screen Anti-Aliasing dramatically reduce visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" at resolutions up to 1920x1200, resulting in highly realistic scenes Full 128-Bit Precision Graphics Pipeline enables sophisticated mathematical computations to maintain high accuracy. Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with a broad dynamic range Rotated Grid Full-Scene Anti-aliasing (FSAA) utilizes a sophisticated multi-sampling pattern. Designed to significantly improve visual quality for edges and lines, and reduce visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" 12-bit subpixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy that helps eliminate sparkles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies Dual dual-link TMDS transmitters support ultra-high-resolution panels (up to 3840 x 2400 @ 24Hz on each panel) --which result in amazing image quality producing detailed photorealistic images Optimized OpenGL and DirectX® drivers for CAD and DCC applications, with user-customizable settings Dual-monitor support under Genuine®  Windows®  XP Pro and Windows 2000 Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors and analog flat panels using DVI-VGA adapters Single or dual digital DVI support for digital flat panels Dual - Dual Link Output support for 30" Flat Panels

ATI^TM  FireGL^TM  V7200 - PCI Express x16

Dell Precision 380, 490, 690. Great 3D performance at a mid-range price 256MB of dedicated GDDR3 high-performance graphics memory with 512 bit ring-bus memory controller Scalable ultra threaded architecture with fast dynamic branching and high performance parallel processing 8 parallel geometry engines and 16 pixel shader processors with full Shader Model 3.0 support 128 bit full floating point precision True 64-bit per pixel floating point High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering support capable of over 1 trillion colors Full 10-bit precision display pipeline Advanced support for 8-bit, 10-bit, and 16-bit per RGB color component Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors and analog flat panels using DVI-VGA adapters Single or dual digital DVI support for digital flat panels Dual - Dual Link Output support for 30" Flat Panels

NVIDIA^®  Quadro^®  FX 3450 - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 380, 470, 670, 490, 690 Great 3D performance at a mid-range price 256MB of dedicated high performance Graphics Double Data Rate-3 SDRAM memory (GDDR3) delivers the latest in high-performance graphics memory 256-bit memory bus interface helps increase memory bandwidth and performance Workstation graphics architecture designed to take application performance and realism to new levels by featuring next generation pixel and vertex programmability, lossless color and z-buffer compression, High- Dynamic-Range floating-point technology, advanced Rotated-Grid Full-Scene Anti-aliasing, and GDDR3 memory - the latest in high-performance graphics memory Next generation vertex and pixel programmability brings great freedom to vertex programs - including dynamic program flow control - helps remove previous limits on complexity and structure of shader programs and enable excellent sophisticated visual and physical effects High Dynamic-Range technology enables manipulation of images having high-dynamic range (broad spectrum of light and dark colors). Full 16-bit and 32-bit per pixel color component support within a 128-bit precision graphics pipeline, support for non-power of two textures, and fast pixel read-back can dramatically improve the performance of processing visual images and effects on the graphics card Rotated Grid Full-Scene Anti-aliasing (FSAA) utilizes a sophisticated multi-sampling pattern. Designed to significantly improve visual quality for edges and lines, and reduce visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" 12-bit subpixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy that helps eliminate sparkles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies Optimized OpenGL and DirectX® drivers for CAD and DCC applications, with user-customizable settings Dual-monitor support under Genuine®  Windows®  XP Pro and Windows 2000 Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors and analog flat panels using DVI-VGA adapters Single or dual digital DVI support for digital flat panels Single Dual Link Output support for 30" Flat Panel

NVIDIA^®  Quadro^®  FX 1400 - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 380, 470, 670 High performance workstation graphics architecture that is designed to enhance application performance by featuring three parallel vertex engines, a line engine, fully programmable pixel pipelines, and lossless color and z-buffer compression Third-generation vertex and pixel programmability enables shaders to simulate a wide range of physical effects (such as fresnel effects, chromatic dispersion, reflection, refraction, etc.) and surface properties (such as casting effects, porosity, molded surfaces, etc.) 128MB of dedicated DDR graphics memory 256-bit memory interface helps increase memory bandwidth and performance 128-bit precision graphics pipeline enables sophisticated mathematical computations to maintain high accuracy, resulting in excellent visual quality. Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with a broad dynamic range 12-bit subpixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy that helps eliminate sparkles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies Full-scene Anti-aliasing (FSAA) helps reduce visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" Optimized OpenGL and DirectX® drivers for CAD and DCC applications, with user-customizable settings Dual-monitor support under Genuine®  Windows®  XP Pro and Windows 2000 Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors and analog flat panels using DVI-VGA adapters Single or dual digital DVI support

NVIDIA^®  Quadro^®  FX 550 - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 490, 690 Enhanced entry-level 3D graphics solution 128MB of dedicated DDR graphics memory 12-bit sub-pixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy, helping to greatly reduce sparkles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies. 32-bit floating point capabilities improve image clarity and quality in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending Enables sophisticated mathematical computations to maintain high accuracy. Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with the broad dynamic range. Up to 4x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" at resolutions up to 1600x1200, resulting in highly realistic scenes Greater than 1GB/sec pixel read-back performance delivers large host throughput The NVIDIA Quadro FX architecture features parallel vertex engines, a new line engine, on-chip vertex cache, and fully programmable pixel pipelines coupled to a high-speed graphics DDR DRAM bus. Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors and analog flat panels using DVI-VGA adapters Single or dual digital DVI support for digital flat panels

NVIDIA^®  Quadro^®  FX 540 (D) - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 380, 470, 670 Enhanced entry-level 3D graphics solution* 128MB of dedicated DDR graphics memory Full-scene Anti-aliasing (FSAA) helps reduce visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations Optimized OpenGL and DirectX® drivers for CAD and DCC applications, with user-customizable settings 12-bit subpixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy that helps eliminate sparkles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors and analog flat panels using DVI-VGA adapters Single DVI-I support for digital flat panels

ATI^TM  FireGL^TM  V3400 - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 490, 690 Enhanced entry-level 3D graphics solution 128MB GDDR3 graphics memory with 256 bit ring-bus memory controller Scalable ultra threaded architecture with fast dynamic branching and high performance parallel processing 5 parallel geometry engines and 12 pixel shader processors with full Shader Model 3.0 support 128 bit full floating point precision True 64-bit per pixel floating point High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering support capable of over 1 trillion colors Full 10-bit precision display pipeline Advanced support for 8-bit, 10-bit, and 16-bit per RGB color component Optimized OpenGL and DirectX® drivers for CAD and DCC applications, with user-customizable settings Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors and analog flat panels using DVI-VGA adapters Single or dual digital DVI support for digital flat panels Single Dual Link Output support for 30” Flat Panel

ATI^TM  FireGL^TM  V3100 - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 380, 470, 670 Enhanced entry-level 3D graphics solution 128MB GDDR3 Memory Full-scene Anti-aliasing (FSAA) helps reduce visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations Optimized OpenGL and DirectX® drivers for CAD and DCC applications, with user-customizable settings Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors and analog flat panels using DVI-VGA adapters Single DVI-I support for digital flat panels

NVIDIA^®  Quadro^®  NVS 285 (128MB) - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 490, 690 2D solution for general office applications and workstations that are not used in a 3D visualization environment 128MB DDR2 Memory nVidia nView multi-display technology can extend your desktop over two displays and allows you to take control of your applications Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors or analog flat panels Optional Dual DVI cable available to support digital flat panels

NVIDIA^®  Quadro^®  NVS 285 (64MB) - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 380 2D solution for general office applications and workstations that are not used in a 3D visualization environment 64MB DDR2 Memory nVidia nView multi-display technology can extend your desktop over two displays and allows you to take control of your applications Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors or analog flat panels Optional Dual DVI cable available to support digital flat panels

NVIDIA^®  Quadro^®  NVS 280 (64MB) - PCI Express x16

Available on Dell Precision 470, 670 2D solution for general office applications and workstations that are not used in a 3D visualization environment 64MB DDR Memory nVidia nView multi-display technology can extend your desktop over two displays and allows you to take control of your applications Single or dual analog VGA support for monitors or analog flat panels Optional Dual DVI cable available to support digital flat panels