Nvidia accelerated Photoshop

30th October 2008

The company Nvidia has introduced the graphics card for users of the professional package Adobe Creative Suite 4. It is called Quadro CX and is meant to appreciably increase the speed of applications work with video and graphics. This was reported in the Nvidia press release.
The package Adobe Creative Suite 4 was presented in late September and became available to users on the 15th of October. It is designed for designers, professional artists and photographers. This package includes such programs as Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, and some others.
Nvidia Quadro CX includes 192 graphics processors and a 1.5Gb of RAM of the standard GDDR3. The maximum screen resolution, supported by Quadro CX is 2560h1600 pixels.
Quadro CX supports video encoding in H.264 format and the technology for accelerated image processing. Also, Quadro CX realizes the technology RapiHD, which lets you use the card to create video effects, taking into account 30-bit color.
The cost of Nvidia Quadro CX is $1999.
In addition, Nvidia introduced an integrated graphics card GeForce 9400M, which consists of 16 graphics processors.