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tom111 (insert witty comment) Hooked on Neo total posts: 4139 since: Apr 2004	Nov 09, 09 at 4:10pm Graphics card questions
	They are regarding stream processing and clock speeds. I was reading up on stream processing and from what I gathered each processor can only handle small tasks (and can't perform different functions at the same time) for example rendering 1000s of frames. I checked all over the internet and I can't seem to work out what speed they run at. My second problem is clock speeds, I may make a complete fool out of myself for asking but I can't find the clock speed for this graphics card I'm looking at, I know the DAC is 400 MHz but that just applies to the DAC right? The graphics card is a PNY Quadro CX PCI-E 1.5GB . The specs are listed in the link, I'll also provide them bellow. Specifications: Chipset Manufacturer nVidia Product Line Quadro Motherboard Connection PCI Express 2.0 x16 Maximum Digital Resolution 2560x1600 Maximum Monitors Supported 2 GPU Specifications Stream Processors 192 Memory Specifications Video Memory 1.5GB Memory Type DDR3 Memory Bus Width 384-bit Outputs Port 1 DisplayPort Port 2 DisplayPort with DVI adapter Port 3 Dual-Link DVI Port 4 Stereo 3D Additional Information Cooling System Quiet Fan and Heatsink DirectX Support DirectX 10 I really hope you guys can help, cheers. ------------------- BSc Computer Science student @ Staffordshire University
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Player1 Pl4Y3r 0N3 s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1796 since: Apr 2009	Nov 09, 09 at 4:36pm re: Graphics card questions
	You could check Nvidia's site, but I believe that's an older card. What are you doing that you would need a workstation card for?
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tom111 (insert witty comment) Hooked on Neo total posts: 4139 since: Apr 2004	Nov 09, 09 at 4:43pm re: Graphics card questions
	It's for a University Assignment. I'm using it to boost graphical software packages like adobe cs4. ------------------- BSc Computer Science student @ Staffordshire University
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Player1 Pl4Y3r 0N3 s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1796 since: Apr 2009	Nov 09, 09 at 4:52pm re: Graphics card questions
	Do you have a budget for the card?
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tom111 (insert witty comment) Hooked on Neo total posts: 4139 since: Apr 2004	Nov 09, 09 at 6:02pm re: Graphics card questions
	Nope. As long as we can justify it, I am doing well so far just confused on those issues I mentioned. ------------------- BSc Computer Science student @ Staffordshire University
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Nu Wa Rocks Must... get... new... LAPTOP!!! Still Seekin' total posts: 3928 since: Feb 2002	Nov 09, 09 at 6:34pm re: Graphics card questions
	Maybe this review with its specs will help you with your decision for this card: http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/1867_2.html quote Accelerate nested compositions Fast H.264 video encoding Dynamically adjust turbo noise features Accelerate cartoon effects Preview bilateral blur effects Multiple display options 1.5GB GDDR3 memory with CUDA 10-bit per component color fidelity Dual DisplayPort Digital Display connectors Single Dual-Link Digital Display Connector Quad Buffered Stereo NVIDIA SLI 8096x8096 maximum texture and render processing Fast 3D Texture Transfer 128-bit Precision Graphics Pipeline 30-bit color output via SDI connector 64-bit Floating Point Precision Advanced Color Compression, Early Z-Cull Cg HLSL Vista 32x FSAA External Sychronization NVIDIA Graphics API extensions Hardware 3D Window Clipping Hardware-Accelerated Pixel Read-Back Highest Workstation application performance 192 Shader Processors 384-bit memory interface 2-slots Microsoft DirectX 10.0 Pixel Shader 4.0 Vertex Shader 4.0 OpenGL 3.0 Genlock Maximum Power Consumption 150w Maximum DisplayPort Resolution 2560x1600 G-Sync Version II 55nm 1.4 Billion Transistors RapiHD H.264 encoder 16 simultaneous 4096x1536 images open Brand Name NVIDIA Part Number Quadro CX Graphics Chip GT200 Core clock 576 Shader Clock 1242 SPs 192 Fabrication Process 65NM Transistors 1400 million Memory clock 1600MHz Memory Interface 384-bit Memory bandwidth 76.8 Memory Size 1.5GB ROPs 28 Texture Filtering Units 56 Texture Filtering Rate 16 Gigatexels/second HDCP Support Yes HDMI Support Yes (via adapter) Connectors Dual DisplayPort, DVI, Stereo RAMDACs 400MHz Bus PCI Express 2.0 Form Factor Dual Slot Power Connectors 6-pin ------------------- No gaming right now... my T42 video is toast (almost)... I'm getting zig zaggy lines all over the place. Neo HTML Markup help
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tom111 (insert witty comment) Hooked on Neo total posts: 4139 since: Apr 2004	Nov 09, 09 at 8:18pm re: Graphics card questions
	Thank you so much! You know what, I'm that made up I'll give you accreditation in my assignment. ------------------- BSc Computer Science student @ Staffordshire University
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Nu Wa Rocks Must... get... new... LAPTOP!!! Still Seekin' total posts: 3928 since: Feb 2002	Nov 10, 09 at 12:56am re: Graphics card questions
	Hahaha... no need. We're all here to help you and other Neoseekers out with whatever we can help on. Just spread the word to people if they have any computer needs to drop on by our forum. ------------------- No gaming right now... my T42 video is toast (almost)... I'm getting zig zaggy lines all over the place. Neo HTML Markup help
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tom111 (insert witty comment) Hooked on Neo total posts: 4139 since: Apr 2004	Nov 10, 09 at 12:48pm re: Graphics card questions
	Thank you. I have another question regarding memory clock and core clock. As far as I know the core clock is the speed the GPU has to crunch numbers to work out numeric values for colours etc. So in my case the core clock is 576, so would each stream processor (the 192) be 576 MHZ each? The memory clock is the speed for transferring bits across the whole graphics card. Am I right? If not could you correct me? Thanks. ------------------- BSc Computer Science student @ Staffordshire University
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hiigaran Stealing IT jobs since December 2005.... Neoholic total posts: 11063 since: Dec 2005	Nov 10, 09 at 2:24pm re: Graphics card questions
	each stream processor is like a core on the processor, so yes, thats the speed they run at, but dont make the mistake of thinking core speed multiplied by number of cores equals total mhz. it doesnt work that way. the memory clock is the speed of the memory modules. think of it like the speed of your RAM. this memory clock is better for higher resolutions. ------------------- Help the Neoseeker Team Speed Up Your Computer Sleep-Posting
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tom111 (insert witty comment) Hooked on Neo total posts: 4139 since: Apr 2004	Nov 18, 09 at 2:45pm re: Graphics card questions
	Hey I have another question. The graphics card I choose has a DVI port and the monitor has a DVI-D port. I did some research and I know DVI is for digital and analogue and DVI-D is only for digital. So to connect the monitor to the graphics card what cable would I need? Would I need a DVI - DVI D, DVI - DVI etc? Also (dumb question but I'll ask), would using DVI / D cables allow me to have the HD standard which the monitor and graphics card support? I'm doing some research so I'm not just relying on you guys to solve all my problems. It just helps when I have an answer that proves my research right it assures me I used good sources. Thanks guys. ------------------- BSc Computer Science student @ Staffordshire University
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hiigaran Stealing IT jobs since December 2005.... Neoholic total posts: 11063 since: Dec 2005	Nov 18, 09 at 2:54pm re: Graphics card questions
	thats fine. they will still fit. as long as it is DVI, thats all you really need to worry about. ------------------- Help the Neoseeker Team Speed Up Your Computer Sleep-Posting
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