QuickSpecs

HP xw8200 Workstation

Technical Specifications - Graphics

 

 

65,536 vertex instruction

 

 

3D volumetric textures

 

 

Single-system powerwall

 

 

12 pixels per clock rendering engine

 

 

Hardware accelerated antialiased points and lines

 

 

Hardware OpenGL overlay planes

 

 

Hardware accelerated two-sided lighting

 

 

Hardware accelerated clipping planes

 

 

3rd generation occlusion culling

 

 

16 textures per pixel in fragment programs

 

 

Window ID clipping functionality

 

 

Hardware accelerated line stippling

 

 

OpenGL Quad-buffered stereo

 

Shading Architecture

Fully programmable GPU (OpenGL 2.0/DirectX

 

 

9.0c class)

 

 

Long fragment programs (up to 65,536 instructions)

 

 

Long vertex programs (up to 65,536 instructions)

 

 

Looping and subroutines (up to 256 loops per vertex program)

 

 

Dynamic flow control

 

 

Conditional execution

 

High Level Shader

Optimized compiler for Cg and Microsoft® HLSL

 

Languages

OpenGL 2.0 and DirectX 9.0c support

 

 

Open source compiler

 

High-Resolution

12-bit subpixel sampling precision enhances AA quality

 

Antialiasing

Rotated-grid full-scene antialiasing (RG FSAA)

 

 

8x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or "jaggies" at

 

 

resolution up to 1920x1200

 

Display Resolution

Dual Link DVI- I output-drives digital displays at resolutions up to 3840 x

 

Support

2400 @ 24 Hz

 

 

Single Link DVI-I output drives digital displays at resolutions up to 1920

 

 

x 1200 @ 75 Hz

 

 

Internal 400 MHz DACs - Two analog displays up to 2048 x 1536 @ 75

 

 

Hz each

 

nView Architecture

Advanced multi-display desktop & application management seamlessly

 

 

integrated into Microsoft Windows.

 

Supported Graphics

OpenGL 2.0 ICD with immediate mode support for all OGL primitive

 

APIs

types

 

 

DirectX 9.0c

 

Available Graphics

Microsoft Windows XP, Linux - Full Open GL implementation, complete

 

Drivers

with NVIDIA and ARB extensions.

 

 

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

 

 

web site:

 

 

http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/eng/software_drivers.html.

 

 

 

NVIDIA Quadro FX

Graphics Controller

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 Workstation GPU

4500 Graphics

Bus Type

PCI Express x16

Controller

RAMDAC

Dual 400 MHz integrated

 

 

Memory

512 MB GDDR3 SDRAM unified graphics memory

 

Form Factor

ATX

 

Connectors

2 DVI-I analog/digital monitor outputs, 1 3-pin Mini DIN stereo output,

 

 

DVI-I to VGA adapters included

 

Multi-Monitor Support

Dual integrated display controllers supporting up to 2048 x 1536 @ 75

 

 

Hz (analog) or 3840 x 2400 @ 41 Hz (digital) on both displays

 

NVIDIA Quadro FX

256-bit memory interface

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xw8200 specifications

The HP xw8200 is a powerful workstation that was designed to meet the needs of professionals in demanding fields such as graphic design, video editing, engineering, and scientific research. Launched in the mid-2000s, this workstation integrates advanced technologies and features that allow users to tackle complex tasks effectively.

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