Dell Precision T5500 Technical Manual

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Dell Precision ™ T5500/T7500 Tower Workstations Technical GuideP L E A S E S E E I M P O R T A N T I N F O R M A T I O N O N P A G E 3 7P A G E 1 0 O F 3 7GraphicsThe Dell Precision T5500/T7500 offer a range of graphics cards from entry 2D to highperformance OpenGL 3D with up to 4GB4 of graphics memory.NVIDIA Quadro® FX series ultra high performance graphics help enable workstationapplication users to enjoy excellent productivity. In addition, many workstation users canpotentially transition from a desktop platform to a mobile platform, gaining the benefit ofmobility without compromising performance.The NVIDIA Quadro FX series PCI Express graphics solution offers hardware support, alsocalled hardware acceleration, for a host of OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX® 10 functions includinganti-aliased lines, two-sided lighting, overlay planes and window clipping. The NVIDIA QuadroFX series offers a unified architecture designed to dynamically allocate compute, geometry,shading and pixel processing power to deliver optimized GPU performance. The NVIDIAQuadro FX series also uses a reference standard for Shader Model 4.0 enabling a high level ofperformance and ultra-realistic effects for OpenGL and next generation DirectX 10 leadingedge professional applications. These functions help enable users to be highly efficient andproductive.Ideal for Computer Aided Design (CAD), Digital Content Creation (DCC) and simulationmarkets, ATI™ FirePro™ 3D workstation graphics accelerators deliver exceptional featuresand price performance. ATI FirePro 3D graphics provide the capability to store geometry insidethe card without having it pushed back to the CPU to calculate changes. This can help increaseperformance of rotations with larger-scale models. Additionally, ATI FirePro 3D graphicsproducts incorporate unique AutoDetect technology. As users open 3D applications or movebetween them, optimized ATI FirePro 3D graphics driver settings are automatically configuredto help maximize performance under a multitude of workflow demands.The ATI FirePro V8700 workstations graphics accelerator from ATI is a high-end workstationsolution with 1GB frame buffer memory4 that comes with an extremely high number of shaderengines (800) and GDDR5 memory technology. The V8700 is available as an option on theT7500, T5500 and T3500 workstations and is ideally suited for users who work with largemodels and shader-intensive applications offering a large frame buffer for complex and largedata sets offering accurate color reproduction and superior visual quality.Other ATI FirePro cards available as an option on all three new tower workstations include theV5700 and the V3750.T5500/T7500 offerings include:NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800NVIDIA Quadro FX 580NVIDIA NVS 295NVIDIA NVS 420 Quad monitor graphicsATI FirePro V8700ATI FirePro V5700ATI FirePro V3750All graphics cards support dual-monitor configurations