NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY Technologies graphics boards are the industry leading high-end professional graphics board solution for CAD, DCC, and visualization applications.
The NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY offers a new level of interactivity for engineers and designers enabling ultimate performance, features, and quality; leading to shorter production cycles and faster time to market. Architected for outstanding performance and quality, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY delivers 42.2GX/sec. memory bandwidth and a 256-bit memory interface with support for 256MB of ultra-fast GDDR3 memory. Featuring two dual-link DVI connectors, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY offers the industry’s best image quality at resolutions up to 3840 x 2400.
KEY FEATURES & BENEFITS
Highest Workstation Application Performance
Next-generation architecture enables over 2x improvement in geometry and fill rates with the industry’s highest performance for professional CAD, DCC, and visualization applications.
Unmatched Color Precision
Full 128-bit precision graphics pipeline enables sophisticated mathematical computations to maintain high accuracy, resulting in unmatched visual quality. Full IEEE 32-bit floating-point precision per color component (RGBA) delivers millions of color variations with the broadest dynamic range.
Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability
NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs introduce infinite length vertex programs and dynamic flow control, removing the previous limits on complexity and structure of shader programs. With full support for Vertex and Shader Model 3.0, NVIDIA Quadro FX GPUs deliver sophisticated effects never before imagined for real-time graphics systems.
Unparalleled Subpixel Precision
12-bit subpixel precision delivers high geometric accuracy, eliminating spreckles, cracks, and other rasterization anomalies
Hardware-Accelerated Pixel Read-Back
Greater than 2.4GB/Sec., pixel read-back performance delivers massive host throughout, more than 10x the performance of previous generation graphics systems
Rotated Grid Full Screen Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
RG FSAA sampling algorithm introduces far greater sophistication in the sampling pattern, significantly increasing color accuracy and visual quality for edges and lines, reducing “jaggies” while maintaining performance
High Precision Dynamic Range Imaging (HPDR) Technology
Sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. Enables unprecedented rendered image quality for visual effects processing
NVIDIA PureVideo Technology
NVIDIA PureVideo technology is the combination of high-definition video processors and software that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for SD and HD video content. Features include high-quality scaling, spatial temporal de-interlacing, inverse telecine, and high quality HD video playback from DVD
Dual Dual-Link Digital Display Connectors
Two dual-link TMDS transmitters support ultra high resolution panels (up to 3840 x 2400 at 24Hz on each panel) – resulting in amazing image quality and detailed photorealistic images.
NVIDIA SLI Technology
NVIDIA SLI technology enables dynamically scalable graphics performance, enhanced image quality, and expanded display real estate.
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY Architecture
- 128-bit color precision
- Unlimited fragment instruction
- Unlimited vertex instruction
- 3D volumetric texture support
- 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
- 3-rd generation occlusion culling
- 16 textures per pixel in fragment programs
- Window ID clipping functionality
- Hardware accelerated line stippling
Shading Architecture
- Fully programmable GPU (OpenGL 2.0/DirectX 9.0C class)
- Long fragment programs (unlimited instructions)
- Long vertex programs (unlimited instructions)
- Looping and subroutines (up to 256 loops per vertex program)
- Dynamic flow control
- Conditional execution
High Level Shader Languages
- Optimized complier for Cg and Microsoft HLSL
- OpenGL 2.0 and DirectX 9.0C support
- Open source compiler
High-Resolution Antialiasing
- 12-bit subpixel sampling precision enhances antialiasing quality
- Rotated Grid Full-Scent Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
- 8x FSAA dramatically reduces visual aliasing artifacts or “jaggies” at resolutions up to 1920 x 1200
Display Resolution Support
- Twin dual link DVI outputs drive two digital displays at resolutions up to 3840 x 2400 at 24Hz
- Internal 400MHz DACs drive two analog displays up to 2048 x 1536 at 75Hz
NVIDIA nView Architecture
- Advanced multi-display desktop and application management seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Windows
Physical Dimensions, Power, and Cooling
- Physical dimensions: ATX form factor, 4.38 inches x 8.0 inches
- Power: 80W
- Requires auxiliary power (connector cable included)
- Thermal management: Active fan sink
Package Contains
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY graphics board
- Two DVI-I to VGA adapters
- Auxiliary power connector cable
- Drivers for Windows XP and 2000
- Detailed Installation Guide
- Quickstart Installation Guide
- Quadro Application Utilities on CD-ROM (MAXtreme™, POWERdraft™)

