Up to 11X Faster H.264 Video Encoding
Elemental Accelerator is a high-speed, high-quality video processing solution designed to add power and performance to the Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 workflow with select NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics boards. Elemental Accelerator harnesses the power of the Quadro GPU and NVIDIA CUDA technology to perform high-speed video encoding and deliver dramatic time savings over conventional CPU-only encoding solutions.

Elemental Accelerator performs GPU-accelerated conversion of commonly distributed digital video formats to H.264/AVC baseline, main, or high profile output ready for upload to the web or burning to Blu-ray disc. By executing demanding processing tasks on the Quadro GPU, Elemental Accelerator not only speeds video transcoding, it frees CPU resources to perform other tasks, resulting in a faster, more efficient video editing and production environment. Elemental Accelerator 2.0 for Windows can deliver as much as a 11x performance improvement compared to the standard CPU encoder.

Whether designing and bringing the next luxury vehicle to market, creating the next blockbuster film or providing a diagnosis of a patient’s condition, professionals push the boundaries of realism, performance and quality everyday. To get ahead of this trend, a new visual computing model is emerging based on the latest generation NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 by PNY ultra high-end graphics board. Professional applications take advantage of the FX 4800’s advanced feature set, including 1.5GB of graphics memory and high color fidelity, providing the right set of tools to deliver results that push the realms of visual computing.

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 by PNY delivers a second-generation NVIDIA unified architecture GPU delivering up to 50% increased performance over first generation products through 192 processor cores. The entire Quadro family takes professional visualization applications to a new level of interactivity by enabling unprecedented programmability and precision. The industry’s leading workstation applications leverage these capabilities to deliver hardware-accelerated features, performance, and quality not found in other professional graphics solutions.

Memory Size: 1.5GB GDDR3
Memory Interface: 384-bit
Memory Bandwidth: 76.8GB/sec
Max Power Consumption: 146W
Number of Slots: 2
Display Connectors: DVI-I + DP + DP + ST
Dual-Link DVI: 1

GPU-accelerated features and specifications

• Import Formats
  Import the most common video formats for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro. Supported formats include: AVCHD, MOV, MPG, HDV, MTS, M2TS, and TS.
• Decode Formats
  Support for GPU-based MPEG2 and H.264/AVC video decode speeds end-to-end video processing.
• Effects Rendering and Video Conversion
  Accelerate common video effects and transitions as well as linear scaling and frame rate conversion.
• Output Video
  Render and encode H.264/AVC video to high and main profiles for Adobe Flash and Blu-ray disc and to baseline profile for Adobe Flash and portable media players.
• Easy Installation
  Elemental Accelerator installs quickly and easily as a plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.
• Accelerated Video Workflows: MPEG-2, H.264/AVC, AVCHD, HDV, XDCAM
• Video Rendering/Encoding: H.264/AVC

Video Effects and Transition

• Motion
• Position
• Scale (uniform and independent)
• Cropping
• Opacity
• Fast Color Corrector
• Hue balance and angle
• Balance magnitude, gain and angle
• Saturation
• Contrast (input/output level settings)
• Brightness (input/output level settings)
• Cross Dissolve
• Dip to Black
• Dip to White

Video Conversion

• Linear up and down scaling
• Aspect ratio conversion
• Frame rate conversion

Audio Encoding

• AAC
• A/52 (AC3)
• PCM

PNY NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 Specifications

• Physical dimensions: ATX form factor, 4.36 inches x 10.5 inches, dual slot
• Frame buffer memory: 1.5GB GDDR3
• Memory interface: 384-bit
• Memory bandwidth: 76.8GB/sec
• Maximum power consumption: 146W
• Graphics bus: PCI Express Gen 2 x16
• Display connectors: DVI-I + DP + DP + ST
• Dual-link DVI: Yes (1)
• DisplayPort: Yes (2)
• Auxiliary power connectors: Yes (1), 6-pin
• Number of slots: 2
• Thermal solution: Active fansink
• Genlock/Framelock: Optional (standard with PNY PN VCQFX4800G-PCIE-PB)
• SDI: Optional (standard with PNY PN VCQFX4800SDI-PCIE-PB)
• NVIDIA SLI™ technology: Yes

Minimum System Requirements for Elemental Accelerator 2.0 for Windows

• Desktop platforms: NVIDIA Quadro CX, Quadro FX 5800, FX 4800, FX 3800 or FX 1800
• Mobile platforms: NVIDIA Quadro 3700M or 2700M
• NVIDIA driver 182.65 or greater
• Premiere Pro CS4 v4.0.1.52 or greater
• Adobe Media Encoder version 4.0.1.78 or greater
• Windows XP 32, Vista 32 or Vista 64
• Intel or AMD dual-core CPU running at least 1.6 GHz
• Access to the Internet for product activation

NVIDIA Quadro Elemental Accelerator Bundles Deliver up to 11X Faster H.264 Video Encoding
Elemental Accelerator is a high-speed, high-quality video processing solution designed to add power and performance to Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 workflows. By harnessing the power of the Quadro GPU and NVIDIA CUDA technology, Elemental Accelerator performs high-speed video encoding and delivers dramatic time savings over conventional CPU-only encoding solutions.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 with Elemental Accelerator

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