QuickSpecs

HP xw8200 Workstation

Technical Specifications - Graphics

NVIDIA Quadro NVS

Form Factor

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 with TurboCache Technology 128MB PCIe

285 with TurboCache

 

Dual Head

Technology PCIe

 

Low profile, both ATX and low profile brackets included

Graphics

Graphics Controller

Integrated Quadro 285 2D graphics processor unit (GPU)

 

Bus Type

PCI-Express

 

Memory

128 MB DDR (64 MB local frame buffer plus 64 MB of shared system

 

 

memory via TurboCache technology)

 

 

NOTE: The graphics card uses part of the total system memory (RAM)

 

 

for graphics performance. System memory dedicated to graphics

 

 

performance is not available for other use by other programs.

 

Connectors

DMS-59 to dual-DVI Y-cable or dual-VGA Y-cable

 

Dimensions

Low-profile, 2.586 x 6.6 in (6.57 x 16.76 cm)

 

Overlay planes

One 16-bit Video overlay plane

 

Multi-monitor support

Dual analog or digital monitors

 

Maximum pixel clock

350 MHz

 

RAMDAC

Dual 350 MHz (integrated)

 

High-definition Video

Full screen, full frame video playback of HDTV and DVD content

 

Processor (HDVP)

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

 

Available graphics

Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP (Provides full

 

drivers

native Dual View mode, Span or Big Desktop mode, and Clone mode)

 

 

HP qualified drivers may be preloaded or available from the HP support

 

 

Web site:

 

 

http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers

 

 

 

ATI FireGL V3100

Form factor

ATX

Graphics Card (PCI

Graphics controller

RV370

Express)

Bus type

PCI-Express x16

 

 

Memory

128 MB 200MHz DDR unified frame buffer, Z-buffer and Texture storage

 

Connectors

1 DVI-I analog/digital and 1 VGA analog monitor output

 

Multi-monitor support

Dual integrated display controllers supporting up to 2048x1536 @ 85Hz

 

 

on both displays

 

RAMDAC

Dual 400 MHz integrated

 

Architecture features

128-bit memory interface

 

 

128-bit IEEE floating-point precision

 

 

24-bits per RGBA color precision

 

 

4-bit sub-pixel precision

 

 

2 parallel geometry engines

 

 

4 parallel pixel pipelines

 

 

2x/4x/6x FSAA

 

 

Hardware accelerated antialiased points and lines

 

 

Hardware OpenGL overlay planes

 

 

Hardware accelerated two-sided lighting

 

 

Hardware accelerated clipping planes

 

 

Hardware accelerated occlusion culling

 

 

Hardware accelerated clip planes

 

Shading architecture

Smartshader™ technology

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xw8200 specifications

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