NVIDIA has just announced a new professional graphics-card for powering multiple displays in mission-critical environments.
The NVS 300 is designed to be ultimately flexible, simplifying IT administration and allowing the card to be used in a wide range of scenarios. The low-profile, single-slot design will mean that the card will fit in almost any kind of chassis and the passive cooler's lack of moving parts should help with the cards reliability. It'll also be available with either a PCIe x16 or PCIe x1 interface, again improving compatibility.
The manufacturer claims that this reliability will make the card an excellent choice for mission critical environments, including control centres, trading floors and the slightly less critical digital signs.
The card is also designed with efficiency in mind, and draws a maximum of 17.5W - almost 25 per cent less than the previous generation NVS 295.
Although you'll need several cards and a whole mess of breakout cables, the card is capable of supporting up to eight monitors and can connect over DisplayPort, DVI, VGA or HDMI.
The NVS 300 will also ship with NVIDIA's nView desktop management software and make use of Mosaic technology, which will enable a multitude of different display configurations. This includes dividing monitors into work groups, spanning applications across different screen or creating a single large desktop spread over all eight displays.
Obviously 3D performance isn't this cards forte, but for enterprise users in need of a flexible graphics card, the NVS 300 will be available soon from OEMs or authorised distributors for $149 (£117 inc VAT).
