3D Graphics Architecture- Scalable geometry architecture- Hardware tessellation engine- NVIDIA GigaThread engine with dual copy engines- Shader Model 5.0 (OpenGL 4.5 and DirectX 12)- Up to 16K x 16K texture and render processing- Transparent multisampling and super sampling- 16x angle independent anisotropic filtering- 128-bit floating point performance- 32-bit per component floating point texture filtering and blending- 64X full scene antialiasing- FXAA and TXAA full scene antialiasing- Decode acceleration for MPEG-2

MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile

H.264

MVC

VC1

DivX (version 3.11 and later)

and Flash (10.1 and later)- Dedicated H.264 encoder- Blu-ray dual-stream hardware accelerating (supporting HD picture-in-picture playback)- NVIDIA GPU Boost automatically adjusts the GPU engine throughput to maximize application performance.Parallel Computing Capabilities- SMX architecture (streaming multi-processor design that delivers greater processing and efficiency)- HyperQ (allows multiple CPU cores to simultaneously utilize a single M6000 GPU to execute independent compute kernels)- Dynamic Parallelism (GPU dynamically spans new threads without going back to the CPU)- API support including: CUDA C

CUDA C++

DirectCompute 5.0

OpenCL

Java

Python

and Fortran- NVIDIA Parallel Data Cache hierarchy (per SM L1 and unified L2 caches)- Error-Correction Code (ECC) memory on graphics memory- 96KB of RAM (dedicated shard memory per SM)Advanced Display Features- 30-bit color (10-bit per each red

green and blue channel)- Support for any combination of four connected displays- DisplayPort 1.2 (supporting resolutions such as 4096 x 2160 at 60 Hz)- DVI-I Dual-Link output (up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz and 1920 x 1200 at 120Hz)- DVI-D Dual-Link output (up to 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz and 1920 x 1200 at 120Hz)- Internal 400MHz DAC DVI-I output (analog display up to 2048 x 1536 at 85Hz)

Essential for Microsoft Windows Vista256MB DDR2 Frame Buffer memoryLow-Profile Form FactornView Multi-Display Technology (available spring

2008)NVIDIA PureVideo TechnologyHigh Performance Display OutputsUltimate Image Quality

NVIDIA Unified GPU ArchitectureIndustry’s first unified architecture designed to dynamically allocate GPU resources to deliver optimized performance. NVIDIA CUDA Parallel Computing Processor16 CUDA parallel processing cores compatible with all CUDA accelerated applications. NVIDIA CUDA provides a C language environment and tool suite that unleashes new capabilities to solve various visualization challenges. Quad DisplayPort or Quad DVI-D Single LinkFeaturing the user friendly DisplayPort connectors

Quadro NVS 450 is capable of supporting quad high-resolution displays at 2560 x 1600 resolution. Customers using DisplayPort compatible displays should order PN VCQ450NVS-X16-PB. If DVI displays will be utilized with the NVS 450 order PN VCQ450NVS-X16-DVI-PB which includes four DisplayPort to DVI-D Single Link adapters.Fanless DesignBuilt with a passive heatsink for a quieter desktop environment. NVIDIA PureVideo TechnologyNVIDIA PureVideo technology is the combination of high-definition video processors and software that delivers unprecedented picture clarity

smooth video

accurate color

and precise image scaling for SD and HD video content. Features include high-quality scaling

spatial temporal de-interlacing

inverse telecine

and high quality HF video playback from DVD. NVIDIA nView Advanced Display SoftwareThe nView advanced display software delivers maximum flexibility for single large display or multi-display configurations

providing unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience for increased productivity. Energy Star Enabled DesignEnables Energy Star compliance with low maximum and low idle power levels.