nVIDIA ha annunciato che la sua gamma Quadro FX, composta da schede grafiche aventi funzionalità adatte ad una utenza professionale, si è arricchita di tre nuovi modelli: si tratta in particolare delle card Quadro FX 350M, Quadro FX 1500M e Quadro FX 2500M.

Il top di gamma è rappresentato dalla FX 2500, che consente prestazioni molto elevate in virtù dei suoi 512Mb di memoria locale. Dell includerà questi nuovi prodotti nelle workstation Precision M65 e M90.

Segue il comunicato stampa del chip-maker americano.

SANTA CLARA, CA—March 29, 2006—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced a new line of NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics solutions. This new line-up includes:

• The NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M – the Company’s first professional GPU designed specifically for thin and light mobile workstations.
• The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M – offering outstanding application performance and the industry’s highest image precision and quality.
• The NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M – bringing an industry best 512MB of graphics memory for customers looking for the highest performance.

This new line of NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics solutions has been selected for the latest generation Dell Precision M90 and M65 mobile workstations. These represent the most powerful mobile workstation solutions ever offered by Dell, delivering a broad range of performance and features in a mobile platform for on-the-go Engineers, Artists and other Professionals.

"The Dell Precision M65 and Dell Precision M90 offer the flexibility, performance and reliability that is demanded by customers in industries like Computer-Aided Design and Engineering, Scientific Research or Digital Content Creation," said Darrel Ward, director, Dell Precision Workstations. "Uncompromised performance was our goal for the new Dell Precision M90, now the industry’s most powerful mobile workstation. The new Dell Precision M65 delivers the latest technology, features and performance in a package that is measurably lighter than its predecessor. Together, these two new mobile workstation products offer a full range of solutions that will address the diverse requirements of mobile professionals."

NVIDIA Quadro FX mobile solutions offer the same features found in NVIDIA workstation graphics industry leading solutions for desktop-based professional workstations, which have long been the choice of professional application users. These include exclusive features like 12-bit sub-pixel precision and full 32-bit floating point precision, as well as a host of unequaled capabilities that NVIDIA Quadro desktop-based users have simply become accustomed to.

"Mobile products are our fastest growing segment as our customers realize the productivity benefits of taking their work wherever they need to be," said Jeff Brown, general manager for NVIDIA professional products. "NVIDIA introduced the industry’s first mobile workstation graphics solution back in 2001 – this year we will be delivering a range of products that will enable our partners like Dell to make this the biggest year ever for the rapidly expanding mobile workstation segment."