Nvidia is sticking with its GP-GPU program and its latest addition to its range of professional graphics cards is the Quadro CX, which offers GPU acceleration for the Adobe's new Creative Suite 4. The Quadro CX seems to be using a Geforce GTX 260 GPU, as it has 192 CUDA parallel processors cores, as Nvidia likes to call the Shaders in this instance.

However, this isn't a GTX 260 as such, as it has 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory and the memory interface has been cut to 384-bit over 448-bit for the GTX 260. The memory bandwidth is 76.8GB/s, but considering the tasks this card is aimed at, we have a feeling that this won't be a bottle neck. The card features a DVI port as well as DisplayPort and what's listed as a Stereo connector. It uses the same cooler as the GTX 260 and is as such a dual-slot card.

The card is meant to help speed up Photoshop CS4, After Effects CS4 and Premiere Pro CS4. Some of the key advantages includes H.264 video acceleration, faster HD video rendering and previews and the ability to preview what it all will look like in 30-bit color or uncompressed 10 or 12-bit SDI.

At US$1,999.99 a pop, the Quadro CX isn't going for cheap, and considering that any graphics card is meant to be able to boost the performance of the new Creative Suite CS4, we're not sure this is going to be a big seller at this price point. However, the drivers would most likely be much more advanced and you might even get a better performance increase with this card than a comparable consumer card.

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