Reseller Advocate Magazine – Workstation Video In Issue 60 of Reseller Advocate Magazine, William Van Winkle outlines the benefits of using a professional workstation computer for digital video editing as opposed to a consumer desktop. Here are some excerpts from the article: MID-LEVEL AND MORE NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 by PNY sits in the middle of today's Quadro FX line-up, delivering plenty of performance. PNY sweetens the deal further with an HD breakout box. At a certain level, the real difference between video on desktops and on workstations is whether or not the user is getting value for his efforts. Because if money is on the line, we all know that time is money. The sooner a videographer can finish a project, the sooner he can move to the next job, be able to perform more jobs, and make more green. Thus, while it's nice for a consumer to have fast video editing, for professionals it's imperative. OpenGL is at the heart of why digital video systems benefit from workstation graphic boards over consumer cards. Without question, the most prevalent brand of workstation graphics board in the digital content creation (DCC) and non-linear editing (NLE) markets is NVIDIA's Quadro FX graphic boards. Read complete article here. NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY Powers NASDAQ MarketSite Tower and Video Wall NASDAQ MarketSite Tower - the largest stationary video screen in the world - relies on the power of the NVIDIA Quadro® FX by PNY professional graphics solutions. Seven stories tall, this digital sign dominates Times Square in New York by delivering 10,000 square feet of digital signage capable of displaying graphics, animation and video. The impressive 96 monitor Video Wall in the NASDAQ MarketSite Studio, driven by NVIDIA Quadro FX5500 by PNY ultra high performance graphics boards, showcases 3D graphics created with eStudio software by Brainstorm Multimedia. Jen-Hsun Huang, Chief Executive Officer of NVIDIA, presided over the NASDAQ opening bell on Tuesday, January 23, 2007. PNY Delivers New Breakthrough Solutions for Advanced Visualization Designed to meet the challenges of the most complex 3D design, DCC, visualization, scientific, and broadcast applications, the next generation NVIDIA Quadro® by PNY solutions offer a new unified architecture, Shader Model 4.0 technology, large frame buffers, and GPU computing for visualization technology. The new NVIDIA Quadro by PNY solutions include: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 by PNY Technologies® – Features an industry-first 1.5GB frame buffer with memory bandwidth of up to 76.8GB/sec for interactive visualization and processing of large textures and frames. This solution also offers full Windows® Vista™ compatibility, compute programmability, and support for advanced 32- or 64-bit workstation architectures. NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 by PNY Technologies® – Offers ultra high-end performance, compatibility with all Windows Vista features, a large 768MB frame buffer with memory bandwidth of up to 57.6GB/sec., and 32- or 64-bit driver support enabling the visualization of the largest 64-bit datasets. Read full press release here NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY receives Cadalyst All-Star award Cadalyst Labs Review: Shining Stars – Spotlighting 2006’s Best New Products Ron LaFon, July 1, 2006 To finish out the year, Cadalyst All-Star awards honor the best of the best - the products that stood out among those that earned Highly Recommended ratings from Cadalyst Labs in the past six months. Hardware: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY July 2006. Graphics cards from NVIDIA are noted for their high performance, and we tested three new ones in the July 2006 issue. Among those three, the Quadro FX 3500 stood out by offering a winning combination of high performance and moderate pricing. The Quadro FX 3500 seems to hit the sweet spot in the Quadro lineup, offering the best price-to-performance ratio in the Quadro line and giving the best performance per dollar spent. Read more SolidWorks World 2007 International User Conference and Exposition SolidWorks World 2007, the largest worldwide congregation of SolidWorks customers and resellers was held in New Orleans, February 4-7. As Silver Sponsors of this event, PNY and NVIDIA had the opportunity to demonstrate to professional SolidWorks 07 users how the NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY graphics solutions maximize the performance of SolidWorks ® software. SolidWorks users were able to witness, first hand, the enormous benefits of using these high performance graphics boards in combination with SolidWorks to achieve super fast rendering and produce photo-realistic results. The following NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY graphic solutions were demonstrated at the show: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 by PNY NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 by PNY All these products are certified by SolidWorks for use with SolidWorks 07. State Of The Art NVIDIA Quadro FX from PNY Brings Classic Designs To Life FRIENDS GOOD WILL 56ft Bermuda Sloop replica From historic Tall Ships to Party Boats, Scarano Boat builders rely on the speed of the NVIDIA® Quadro FX by PNY Technologies graphics boards in their design work. Having been so impressed with the performance of the NVDIA Quadro FX 3400 by PNY in their CAD workstations, they have recently added the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 by PNY. Scarano performs all of their 3D modeling in SolidWorks®. According to Keith Duffy, Scarano Boatbuilding’s Lead Designer/CAD Modeler “We selected the NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY Technologies because SolidWorks firmly recommends the NVIDIA graphics boards from PNY …When I began using the NVIDIA® Quadro FX by PNY Technologies, the activity was so fast it made me jump.” Using NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY graphics boards, Scarano takes advantage of SolidWorks’ RealView function. RealView allows Scarano’s designers to create fully rendered images of their models in real time. According to Duffy: “ While we are building the model in SolidWorks we render views with PhotoWorks of the boat and its systems to share in our design office. This enables our systems designer, structural engineer, production manager and customer to understand the boat design and to anticipate the final product. The NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY enables us to show our clients realistic and lifelike renderings. Our customer can use these renderings to share with their prospects and customers to develop anticipated business and contracts.“ Read full case study here Newsletter The PNY Quadro Newsletter is a free monthly newsletter that provides you with the latest product news, technical tips, case studies and valuable special offers. Read previous newsletters here If you have friends or colleagues who would like to subscribe to the PNY Quadro newsletter please forward them this link: http://www3.pny.com/Newslettersignup/index.aspx