PNY Quadro® NVS 400 VCQ4400NVS-PB* Leaflet

Product codes
VCQ4400NVS-PB*
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• D. A. Ch. and Scandinavia: PNY Technologies GmbH - Adenauer Straße 20 - 52146 Würselen - GERMANY - Tel: +49 (0)2405/4826-0 - Fax: +49 (0)2405/4826-199
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BOARDS FEATURES
Memory
• Supports up to 64MB 64-bit DDR memory 
nViewHardware Architecture
• 32-bit color
• 2048x1536 @ 75Hz maximum resolution
(analog)
• Maximum resolution over digital port:
1280 x 1024 at 75Hz (1600 x 1200 for
Quadro4 NVS 280)
• Dual 350MHz DACs
• Integrated TMDS
• Digital Vibrance Control (DVC)
• High-performance 2D rendering engine
• Optimized for 32-, 24-, 16-, 15- and
8-bpp modes
High-definition video processor (HDVP)
• Full-screen, full-frame video playback of
HDTV and DVD content
• DVD-ready motion compensation for MPEG-2
• Independent hardware color controls for
video overlay
• Hardware color-space conversion
(YUV 4:2:2 and 4:2:0)
• IDCT Motion compensation
• 5-tap horizontal by 3-tap vertical
filtering
• 8:1 up/down scaling
SKUs and EAN
• 
Quadro NVS 50 AGP8x:
Bulk (unit SKU, only sold by carton
of 10 cards): VCQ450NVSBLK-1
• 
Quadro NVS 280 AGP8x:
Retail: VCQ4280NVS-PB 
EAN: 3536403327958 
Bulk (unit SKU, only sold by carton
of 10 cards): VCQ4280NVSBLK-1
• 
Quadro NVS 280 PCI:
Retail: VCQ4280NVS-PCI-PB 
EAN: 3536403329136 
Bulk (unit SKU, only sold by carton
of 10 cards): VCQ4280NVSPCIBLK-1 
• 
Quadro NVS 280 PCI-Express:
Retail: VCQ4280NVS-PCIE-PB 
EAN: 3536403329853 
Bulk (unit SKU, only sold by carton
of 10 cards): VCQ4280NVS-PCIEBLK-1
Spare parts
• 
DMS59 to Dual VGA Cable for Quadro NVS 280/400 (provided with
boards, for replacement):
91004085 
• 
DMS59 to Dual DVI cable for Quadro NVS 280/400 (optional):
CALI0097
• 
Half size bracket for low profile Quadro NVS 50/280 (optional):
91002312
• 
DVI to VGA Adapter for Quadro NVS 50 (provided with boards, for
replacement): CALI0096
Package Contains
• NVIDIA Quadro® NVS by PNY
Graphics Card
• CD- ROM Containing:
• Drivers for Windows®
2000 & NT, Including
DirectX® 8.1 and OpenGL®
1.3 support
• Detailed Installation
Guide
• NVIDIA® nView™, Desktop
Manager Guide
• NVIDIA® Display
Properties User Manual
• Quickstart Installation
Guide
• DMS59 to Dual VGA
(Y-adapter) Cable
(2 for Quadro4 NVS 400)
Minimum System
Requirements
• IBM® or 100% PC compa-
tible with genuine Intel
Pentium® III or AMD
Athlon® class processor or
higher
• One available AGP 2.0 ( NVS
280 AGP, NVS 50) or PCI
(NVS 280 PCI, NVS 400) or
PCI-Express (NVS 280 PCI-
Express) compliant slot or
better 
• 128MB system memory
• CD- ROM or DVD- ROM drive
• Windows® XP, 2000 or
Windows® NT4.0 (Service
Pack 6)
• 50MB of available disk space
for full installation
• VGA or DVI- I compatible
monitor
Warranty and Service
• PNY Technologies offers
three years warranty
• Tech Support at
www.pny-europe.com
or +49 (0) 2405 4826 222
(english and german
speaking)
or +33 (0) 5 56 13 75 32
(french speaking)
• The latest up- to- date
drivers at
www.pny-europe.com
© 2004 PNY. PNY, NVIDIA,
the PNY logo, the NVIDIA logo,
and NVIDIA Quadro are
trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of PNY Inc and
NVIDIA Corporation. 
All rights reserved. All company
and product names may be
trademarks or registered
trademarks of the respective owners
with which they are
associated. Features, pricing,
availability, and specifications are
subject to change without notice.
www.pny-europe.com 
ACPR0101
• 
Quadro NVS 400 PCI:
Retail: VCQ4400NVS-PB 
EAN: 3536403327545 
Bulk (unit SKU, only sold by carton
of 10 cards): VCQ4400NVSBLK-1
FEATURES
BENEFITS
NVIDIA Quadro®’s multi-display nView™ solution sets a new standard in workstation productivity by 
nView
MULTI-DISPLAY SOFTWARE
delivering unprecedented stability, image quality and performance.  No other solution features rock-solid 
stability with productivity-enhancing functionality, all seamlessly integrated into the Windows® environment.
DUAL 350MHZ RAMDACS
Deliver crystal-clear image quality.
INTEGRATED TMDS TRANSMITTERS
Enable support for the latest digital flat panel displays.
HIGH-DENSITY FLEX CONNECTORS
Provide flexible support for a variety of display types from analog to digital.
LOW-PROFILE FORM FACTOR*
Enables support for small form-factor systems.
UNIFIED DRIVER ARCHITECTURE (UDA)
Provides easy installation and manageability through a single unified driver for large scale system 
deployment. 
AGP 8X SUPPORT**
Double the AGP bandwidth for increased application performance.
PCI-EXPRESS SUPPORT***
Designed specifically to take advantage of the next generation PCI-EXPRESS bus architecture. This 
new bus doubles the bandwidth of AGP 8X delivering over 4 GB per second in both upstream and
downstream data transfers.
*Low-profile form factor available with Quadro NVS 280 and  NVIDIA Quadro® NVS 50     **AGP 8x Support available on the NVIDIA Quadro® NVS 280 and NVIDIA Quadro® NVS 50
***PCI-Express Support available on the NVIDIA Quadro® NVS 280 PCI-Express
SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
nView™ User Interface
•  Advanced Multi-display Desktop & Application Management
•  Easy to use Setup Wizard
•  Seamless integration within the familiar Windows® environment
•   Application Extensions for Microsoft Internet Explorer® and Microsoft Office®
•  Advanced Window Effects
•   Zoom features for detailed editing
•  Complete set of Hot Keys
•  Support for multiple display modes including:
° Full native DualView mode: Windows® XP & Windows® 2000 
° Span or Big Desktop mode: Windows® XP, Windows® 2000 & Windows® NT
° Clone mode: Windows® XP & Windows® 2000 
Application Compatibility
•  Rigorous compatibility testing with all major financial and non-linear   
editing (NLE) applications
•  Fully compliant with professional OpenGL® 1.4 and DirectX® 8.1
Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
•  One driver supports all products
•  Support for the latest applications on previous-& current-generation 
hardware
•  Continuous performance tuning for previous- & current-generation 
hardware
•  Microsoft Windows® Hardware Qualification Lab (WHQL)-certified for 
Windows® XP, Windows® 2000, and Windows® NT 
Workstation Optimizations
•  Tested with commonly used hardware peripherals, including the latest digital 
and analog displays 
•  Optimized for Intel® and AMD® workstation configurations
•  Optimized for multi-processor configurations
•  Enhanced customized multi-display drivers, including nView™ multi-display desktop-
& application-management software