Compaq NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL Video Card

The NVIDIA Quadro 4 XGL series sets the standard for workstation graphics by delivering breakthrough application performance, graphics programmability, and multi-display productivity. No other graphics vendor is able to deliver a top-to-bottom suite of workstation products, all certified by more professional applications than any other workstation graphics solution in the industry. Every NVIDIA Quadro4 product also features nView - multi-display technology that offers improved productivity for every workstation professional. The NVIDIA Quadro4 XGL series also introduces AGP 8X solutions (NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL). This product offers twice the bus bandwidth between the processor and the graphics card, increasing data throughput for graphically intense applications as compared to AGP 4X solutions.

NVIDIA is the pioneer in programmable OpenGL and DirectX shaders, enabling procedural effects made possible in real time by the NVIDIA nfiniteFX II Engine. The latest workstation applications rely heavily on the programmability of the NVIDIA Quadro4 750/900/980 XGL products in order to fully enable the most advanced features and effects. Exploiting these advanced application features allows workstation users to create more compelling designs with higher image quality, resulting in improved productivity. All NVIDIA Quadro4 XGL products feature a unified memory architecture, which dynamically allocates memory between graphics subsystems. NVIDIA Quadro4 products also feature the second-generation NVIDIA Lightspeed Memory Architecture (LMA) II, which optimally load-balances across the patented NVIDIA crossbar memory controller. This results in maximum memory bandwidth utilization. In addition to pure application and raw graphics performance, the NVIDIA Quadro Application Utilities add features and performance enhancements for key workstation applications (AutoCAD, 3ds max and more). This popular suite of utilities includes POWERDraft, MAXtreme, and NVIDIA QuadroView.