| | |  | Computers & Add-Ons | Home » » » NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 by PNY 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express Gen 2 x16 Quad DisplayPort or DVI-D SL Profesional Business Graphics Board, VCQ450NVS-X16-DVI-PB | | | | | | | Description: | | NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 450 PCIE16 CTLR512MB GDDR3 4PORT TO DVI cable | | | Features: | |
• Featuring the user friendly DisplayPort connectors, Quadro NVS 450 is capable of supporting quad high-resolution displays
• Industries first unified architecture designed to dynamically allocate GPU resources to deliver optimized performance.
• Fanless Design - Built with a passive heatsink for a quieter desktop environment.
• Features include high-quality scaling, spatial temporal de-interlacing, inverse telecine, and high quality HF video playback from DVD
• NVIDIA nView Advanced Display Software delivers maximum flexibility for single large display or multi-display configurations
• 3-year warranty
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 6.6 inches | | Product Width:
| 0.6 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.38 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.75 pounds | | Package Length:
| 17.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 11 reviews |
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20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 TraderAug 11, 2010
By hlg
Owned many of these units. Comes with adapter cables, Caution if you buy a lower priced item either here or elsewhere, as it might not come with the adapter cables. The item sold and shipped by Amazon DOES come with the adapter cables. Caution about trying to save money and buying the previous model (440)USED, if you plan on going Windows 7, as you might run into campatability issues. P.S.for those new to multi-screen cards, this is not for 3D gaming.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 VERY UNSTABLE PRODUCTJun 27, 2011
By EJLWIRELESS
i was using a Matrox quad video card before this one. It died because the fan died on it. I switched to Nvidia because it supported Windows 7 at the time and Matrox didnt. The first card worked and then suddenly quit supporting the multiple screens and finally it was down to 1 monitor it would recognize. I have 4 of the same exact monitor models. I returned the card and got another one. This one worked for about 9 months and then just recently died and again down to 1 screen. I question the quality of the software for this product and the drivers. I think the ATI chipset works better and isnt worth the headaches of Nvidia.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Running With Latest BIOS and DriverAug 29, 2011
By James R. Walker
Purchased "Used - Like New" PNY Technologies NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 board and cables only. There was one offered for $40 less without cables. There are both active and passive DisplayPort to DVI adapters. To ensure that I got the correct cables ordered the one with cables.
Cables
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Four Hewlett-Packard - 481409-001 - DisplayPort to DVI Adapter cables were included with NVS 450 graphics board. Markings on cables: HPK-481409-001(A) VER 3 FOXCONN 1045. The best price that I could find for similar cables was more than the $40 that I paid for them with the graphics board. The NVS450 has two GPUs. Install the cables as stamped under the card connectors which is 1-4-2-3. Monitor Cable 1 goes to GPU 1. Skip a connector then attach Monitor Cable 2 to GPU 2. Monitor Cable 3 goes to the next connector which is also GPU 2. Monitor cable 4 goes to GPU 1. Using this arrangement Monitor 1 will have its own GPU if you install up to 3 monitors.
Note that the DisplayPort connectors have two pins on the bottom that lock the connectors in place once they have been inserted. A button on the bottom of the connectors retract the pins so the connectors can be removed. The connectors can be inserted without pushing the button and the buttons are hiddend from view once the connectors are inserted.
CD
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No CD or instructions were included, so downloaded and installed XP driver - 270.71 - 32 bit - English - WHQL - Release date 5/4/201 from PNY.com. Drive and nView installed without problems. Also downloaded and printed User's Manual. The PDF [...] is the downloadable User's gude for the PNY Nvidia Quadro Nvs 450. Downloaded from NVIDIA.com .XP driver - 270.73 32 bit. It too installed without problems.
Attempts to install any of the XP drivers 275.36, 275.65, and 275.89 from NVIDIA.com resulted in installation failure for driver and nView. Before each attempt uninstalled driver, nVIEW, and used Custom Installation with box checked to "Perform a clean installation". Tried from Administrator login but still failed. Running the install with log output showed Error: "0x80070005 - Access is denied."
Microsoft knowledge base KB867466 described a similar error caused by security permissions for CMD.EXE in WINDOWS/SYSTEM32 folder. Increased permission to Full Control and ran install again from Administrator login. Driver 275.89 (the latest at this time) and nView 135.85 installed successfully.
BIOS
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Received NVS 450 with BIOS 62.98.43.00.07. Found that HP website had utility for installing BIOS 62.98.6E.00.09 with enhancements:
- Adds support for the Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Operating System (32-bit).
- Adds support for the Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Operating System (64-bit) on select Workstation models.
- Updates the VBIOS to change the BAR1 size to 64MB.
- Adds support for additional video memory components.
Could not find if there were any other enhancements with other upgrades between BIOS 62.98.43.00.07 and 62.98.6E.00.09.
From the BIOS update documentation concluded that BIOS upgrade should work on my system even though I do not have a HP workstation. Since I plan to upgrade from XP Pro to Windows 7 soon, ran upgrade that installs under Windows. No problems encountered with BIOS upgrade.
COOLING
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QUADRO NVS 450 does not have a fan on its heatsink. It runs hot to touch. Installed Antec Spot Cool 3 speed fan. See shared images for Quadro NVS 450.
OPERATION
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I run three SAMSUNG 1920x1200 monitors connected to the QUADRO NVS 450 digital inputs. The newest is a 2443BWT-1 24-Inch LCD Monitor. The three monitors are rotated to give a desktop size of 3600x1920. My system is used for real-time charting and programming. I never run games.
All three monitors were available in the desktop on boot of Windows. Noticed that desktop was not extended to my least used monitor at times. Checked Power Options and set "Turn off Monitor" to "Never" fixed it.
IMPRESSIONS
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Like having all three monitors on one graphics card.
Like nVIEW and expect that it will be even better with Windows 7.
Heavily discounted price was reasonable when consider that it replaces two cards.
Hardware and software running without any problems.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Good Product, Except Little DocumentationMar 29, 2011
By Cypherdude
I am able to run 4 monitors on this card plus another on my main EVGA GeForce GTX460 SE 1 GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card 01G-P3-1366-TR. I run a mixture of 3 NEC standard aspect ratio 19IN LCD Monitors 1280X1024 VGA/ Dvi-d Spkr Blk Cabinet 3YR Warr and 2 large wide Samsung 2494LW 24-Inch LCD Monitors (Black). I want to add Amazon gave me an incredible deal on the NEC's. Amazon also gave me FREE TWO DAY SHIPPING. More on this below. 2 of the NEC's and 2 of the Samsungs are attached to 2 Vertical Dual LCD Monitor Stands (Holds Up to 24 Inch Monitors). I chose these stands because they clamp to the rear of my heavy desk on the top. This is California and we have earthquakes here. I also have a very fat cat in the house and you never know. It actually works out quite well because the monitors are nearly the perfect distance away from my keyboard.
I built my entire system from scratch, choosing, installing all the parts and then installing all the software. At first I had a hard time getting the PNY NVS 450 to work. However, because I had not installed all the video drivers, I was patient. I also had forgotten the Samsungs not only have a soft touch switch on the front, but also a hard switch on the back. After about 30 minutes, I was able to get everything to work. One thing which hindered me was PNY had included VERY LITTLE DOCUMENTATION. All they included was a single sheet AND IT WAS GENERICALLY WRITTEN, NOT EVEN SPECIFIC TO THE NVS 450! I was lucky Amazon was giving me free 2-day shipping because I was crushed for time. Everything had to go smoothly for me to complete all my work. Yet, PNY wasn't really helping me any by just including a single generic instruction sheet. This is all the more incredible when you realize, out of all the parts I have purchased, the PNY NVS 450 is BY FAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE COMPUTER PART I HAVE EVER PURCHASED AND I HAVE BEEN BUILDING MY OWN COMPUTERS FOR OVER 20 YEARS!!!
Now I have more screen space than ever before. I have so much screen space, I often have to shake the mouse just to find my cursor! The 5 monitors give off so much light, all I need at night is a single 23 watt compact fluorescent bulb! One important point I want to add is I took a chance and purchased 2 - 10 foot DisplayPort cables for the NEC's and 1 - 10 foot and 1 - 6 foot DVI-D<>DisplayPort cables for the Samsungs at MonoP... I did NOT use the short DisplayPort<>DVI-D cables which came with the PNY NVS 450. I had no problems and it's a cleaner, more easier to manage solution. If you want to save yourself some money, all you really need is the NVS 450 and nothing else. You can probably even download the drivers from PNY or nVidia. I see the NVS 450 is in short supply here. This could be because nVidia is getting ready to release a new chip so don't be surprised if this happens fairly soon.
Someone here mentioned the NVS 450 is not for gaming, more for business. This is true. However, the NVS 450 CAN play internet video with no problems. I assume it can also play DVD content but I haven't had the time to test this yet. I like how the NVS 450 has no fan, only passive cooling. I also chose my eVGA GeForce GTX460 SE because reviews stated it is also a silent, cool running, fairly low power requirement card.
Anyway, I am satisfied with my results. I hope this review will be of help to anyone who reads it. I have included photos in the product photo section.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 by PNY 512MB GDDR3 PCI ExpressDec 08, 2011
By charles g bungard
This is a wonderful video card for quad monitors, I build top of line trading computers and always try to talk
my clients into this NVS 450, a bit pricey but well worth the investment, as well as backed by 3 year warranty
not to mentions top notch support people that speak English and live in USA.
I have bought 7-8 cards from 2-3 vendors over last 2 years and only had problem with one which Amazon replaced immediaely.And what can you say about Amazon, they are the greatest !
By the way I have put 2 cards in one computer with 650 watt power supply back in being and have never heard from client, or any other client as far as that goes. If they burn in 1st 48 hours without a problem
there should be no problem.Still best bang for the buck out there, for $120 per monitor and 3 yr warranty, plus state of art software, Beware of Generic's, low end suppliers, Amazon 1st, New Egg, Tiger, that is it for me.
I have installed Win 7, 64 bit on most of my new builds without ever an issue.
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