NVIDIA Quadro CX to Accelerate Adobe CS 4

By DE Editors

NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) introduced the NVIDIA Quadro CX, its new accelerator for Adobe Creative Suite (CS) 4 software. The company says its new GPU provides creative professionals with a faster, better, more reliable way to maximize creativity.

NVIDIA designed and optimized the Quadro CX to enhance the performance of Adobe Creative Suite 4 product line and meet the needs of the Creative Suite 4 professional.

With NVIDIA Quadro CX, users can encode H.264 videos at lightning-fast speeds with the NVIDIA CUDA enabled plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, RapiHD from Elemental Technologies; accelerate rendering time for advanced effects; and accurately preview what deliverables will look like with 30-bit color or uncompressed 10-bit/12-bit SDI before final output. Quadro CX hardware is capable of native 30-bit color DisplayPort output; SDI capability via optional Quadro SDI board and application plug-ins.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 software now has added optimization to take advantage of GPU technology, including the parallel processing capability in the Quadro CX CPU. These enhancements accelerate visually intensive operations, including bringing fluidity to image navigation; Adobe After Effects CS4 accelerates creative effects, making it easier to add graphics and visual effects to video; and Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 can take advantage of Quadro CX to accelerate high-quality video effects such as motion, opacity, color, and image distortion.

For more information on NVIDIA Quadro ($1,999) and the new Quadro CX, visit NVIDIA.

For related DE coverage, see “Adobe Introduces Creative Suite 4 Product Family,” (Sept. 2008).

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.