NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac

Excellent graphics performance for complex applications.

The NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac is the professional graphics solution with best-in-class performance across a broad range of design, animation and video applications. With 256 CUDA cores and 2GB of high-speed memory, it's ready to tackle the most demanding visual and compute applications. Fast double precision, a unique Quadro feature, enables high accuracy and fast results critical for many CAE or Scientific applications.

  • Supercharge your CUDA based applications
  • 2GB of high-speed memory
  • Enable a robust 3D Stereoscopic viewing experience
  • Fast double precision, a unique Quadro feature
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Features

Apple Recommends For

HD video editing with Premier Pro CS4 or CS5, especially if you're working with multiple layers of HD content.

Delivering excellent graphics performance across a broad range of design, animation and video applications, Quadro 4000 for Mac allows you to do more, faster. NVIDIA professional software technologies such as CUDA™ and optimized drivers enable Quadro GPUs to dramatically accelerate applications such as Premier Pro CS5, where you can streamline your production workflow by previewing and editing multiple layers of high definition video in real-time.

Better, faster results

With GPU accelerated professional applications such as DaVinci Resolve, Autodesk Smoke and Mathworks Matlab available on the Mac, Quadro 4000 for Mac enables you to deliver higher quality results in less time.

Advanced architecture

The Quadro 4000 for Mac is based on the groundbreaking NVIDIA Fermi architecture. Featuring the Scalable Geometry Engine and 256 CUDA parallel processing cores, it delivers best-in-class performance for graphics-intensive and compute-intensive applications. Fast double precision, a unique Quadro feature, will enable high accuracy and fast results critical for a number of CAE or Scientific applications such as Matlab. Additionally, 2GB of high-speed memory enables smooth interactivity with large datasets.

Flexible connectivity

Featuring DisplayPort and DVI connectors, you get maximum flexibility in display connectivity. A dedicated 3-pin miniDIN connector enables a robust glitch-free for 3D stereoscopic viewing experience.

In addition, when employing Apple Boot Camp, users can experience the full features and accelerated performance of native Quadro professional 3D graphics when running Windows based professional applications.

Built for Mac Pro

Designed, tested, and built by NVIDIA for the Mac Pro, Quadro 4000 for Mac gives professionals the highest performance in its class, most advanced capabilities and greatest reliability. With Quadro your work flows design, iterate and deliver higher quality results in less time.

Highlights

  • Supercharge your CUDA based applications such as Adobe Premier Pro CS5, Photoshop CS5, DaVinci Resolve, Autodesk AutoCAD and more
  • Interact smoothly with large datasets enabled by the 2GB of high-speed memory
  • Enable a robust 3D Stereoscopic viewing experience on your 3D Stereo-capable display through a dedicated 3pin miniDIN connector
  • Fast double precision, a unique Quadro feature, enables high accuracy and fast results critical for a number of CAE or Scientific applications
  • Experience native Quadro professional 3D graphics performance when running Windows based applications using Boot Camp
  • Low-power, single-slot design allowing for up to two cards in one system for application performance scaling or connecting four displays
  • View your work up to 2560x1600 (@60Hz) resolution
  • Connect to mini-DisplayPort displays through the included adapter cable
  • Simple setup and operation

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Unique fast double precision enables high accuracy and fast results critical for a number of CAE or Scientific applications.

Technical Specs

Dimension

  • Width: 0.57 in./1.45 cm
  • Weight: 1.25 lb./0.57 kg
  • Length: 9.5 in./24.13 cm
  • Height: 4.376 in./11.12 cm

What's in the Box?

  • NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac graphics card
  • DisplayPort to mini-DisplayPort cable
  • DisplayPort to DVI-D (single link) cable
  • DVI to VGA adapter
  • 6-pin auxiliary power cable
  • 3D Stereo Bracket
  • Install CD with graphics and CUDA drivers and Installation Guide
  • Quick start guide

Manufacturer Information

Warranty

  • Warranty: Three years
  • Note: Products sold through this website that do not bear the Apple Brand name are serviced and supported exclusively by their manufacturers in accordance with terms and conditions packaged with the products. Apple's Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Please contact the manufacturer directly for technical support and customer service.

Part Number

  • UPC or EAN No.: 751492488554
  • Mfr. Part Number: VCQ4000MAC-PB

Manufacturer Note

  • Note: To ensure optimal performance, NVIDIA and PNY have released a new v256 driver for all Quadro for Mac products shipped before January 10, 2011. Please download this free update at www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
 

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    extremely disappointed

    • Written by from Troy

    i work in 3D visual effects, post production, and graphics.

    this video card works fantastic under Windows 7. the Windows drivers for the Quadro are finely tuned and allow particular applications to take full advantage of the video card.

    under OS X, the card is NOT worth the premium cost. my ATI 5870 performs better in applications that the Quadro 4000 is suppose to work better with. for the life of me, i can't understand why Nvidia/Apple can't get these drivers right under OS X. its the same story, Quadro release after Quadro release. Nvidia and Apple just don't seem to care. my current 2010 12-core Mac Pro might be my very last Apple desktop. i just can't justify the Apple tax anymore if Apple isn't going to provide basic stuff professionals need. it just seems like Apple is drifting farther and farther away from the professional market.....so disappointing.

    another extremely annoying thing is that i can't have my ATI 5870 and Quadro 4000 running at the same time. the Mac Pro only has two 6-pin power cables!!!! what's with that!! are you kidding me??!!

    and why is apple charging $400 more than every other vendor for this graphics card? what a joke....please, do yourself a favor and do your research before you buy.     …More

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Waste of money for After Effects

    • Written by from Columbus

    We purchased these cards for our studio because of a recommendation from Apple tec support. After installing them, we started running some tests against the Radeon 5570 that comes in the new mac pros. For $1100, we gained 21 seconds on a 9 and a half minute render. Also after updating OSX to 10.6.7, it conveniently didn't work with the card. We could no longer use a second monitor without reverting back to an older version. It also was slower while using 64bit Maya 2011. It reduced our frame rate and did not improve render times. Also we repeatedly tried to contact PNY to see if we had set the cards up incorrectly, but our calls were never returned nor were our e-mails responded to. We would not recommend this card at all for a professional motion graphics artist. …More

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Buy this card if you want to waste time and money...

    • Written by from Palm Harbor

    I bought this card in hopes it would help speed up my workload and all I did for 3 weeks was troubleshoot this card on my own because Apple, NVIDIA and PNY all thought it was the other companies problem and gave me the run around. Here's what you get for 1200$... Mac side: 1. screen tears constantly, 2. complete system lock ups, 3. audio drivers disappearing when coming over from bootcamp, 4. no support!

    And to top it off if you do a system reformat you need to put in your old card to do so.

    PC side works great but if I wanted a PC I would have bought a PC!

    I 've never been so disappointed in Apple for not making sure PNY had their ducks in a row with their drivers before selling this useless 1200+ dollar card on their site. This card came out 4 months ago and still they have not fixed the drivers!     …More

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Mini Display Port kills it.

    • Written by from CAVE CREEK

    We had high hopes for this card but Apple's (insane) use of the MDP pretty much kills it. We use it with large production monitors (Apple Cinema, LaCie, NEC) and noone but Apple has MDP so we have to buy these stupid (and expensive) kludge adaptors to make the large monitors work. (Apple - we love your products but whoever the engineer was who had this idea - they should be fired!!)

    On top of that the MDI to Dual Link adaptors they sell are flaky and cause intermittent screen flickers.

    Why Apple got rid of the Dual - Dual Link DVI connections on the back of their high end video cards is STUPID. There are not even 30" production monitors available with MDP connections by Apple or anyone else.

    Unfortunately, we sent the card back - not worth the hassle or expense. We reverted back to our GTX 285 setup which won't be as fast, but at least its stable.     …More

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    good but you have to know what you're doing

    • Written by from calhoun

    for all the whiners, take the time to learn and understand first. The best advice I can give is to not update the drivers. it is far too complicated for the average user if you make the mistake of clicking on the "update required" cuda box. I have one running on lion and snow leopard. it is a great boost for keying and exporting really fast. it is also required for davinci resolve or you would be stupid to use it without it. …More

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars

    finally the card it should be thanks to Lion

    • Written by from Montreal

    I do a lot of 3D in Maya, Mudbox, and a bunch of other apps and reviewed this card when it was released under OS X 10.6. As others have pointed out, it was buggy and kernel panicked but OS X 10.7 fixed all the crashing issues and it's a rock now. The only drawback is the lack of OpenCL, which Apple (not Nvidia) is responsible for and they pulled it before Lion's release. Otherwise, performance is great (faster than Radeon 5870 for Maya and Mudbox from my benchmarks) and only uses one slot. Not as fast as the Radeon for games (in Parallels or Boot Camp) though. If you need CUDA or want a low-power card for 3D, it's easy to recommend now. …More

    34 of 39 people found this useful

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