Safe Harbor's ALL NEW, completely redesigned Riptide system maximizes the performance of Adobe's CS5.5 Production Premium!
NVIDIA Quadro by PNY Delivers the Ultimate Adobe CS5.5 Experience
The Mercury Playback Engine at the heart of Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium is NVIDIA GPU-accelerated, 64-bit native, architected for the future -- enabling users to work more fluidly on projects in SD, HD, 2K, 4K, and beyond. Open complex projects faster, add effects, and work on multiple high-resolution layers in real-time with no rendering.
NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards by PNY are the driving force of the Mercury Playback Engine, with GPU-accelerated effects taking the load off the system processors to deliver a feature-rich editing experience like never before. Maximize productivity with the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine, built using the NVIDIA® CUDA™ parallel processing architecture. Take advantage of all the benefits of the Mercury Playback performance by upgrading to an Adobe-Certified NVIDIA Quadro by PNY graphics board and transform your computer into a high-end production system, delivering blazing fast performance and accelerating your complete production workflow.
Refine and apply multiple color corrections and effects, in HD and higher-resolution sequences, with smooth scrubbing and playback – all in real-time!
Double the performance when previewing RED 4K footage and experience up to 20 times faster playback with HDV videos – enabling fast iterations for real-time editing decisions.
Work in real-time on complex timelines and large projects with thousands of clips – whether your source is SD, HD, 2K, 4K or beyond.
Easily integrate project files from After Effects and Photoshop into Premiere Pro and edit in real-time, even while applying more than three layers.
Easily span across multiple high resolution displays, including SDI monitors and projectors, with Quadro solutions.
Which Adobe-certified NVIDIA Quadro by PNY graphics board is right for you?
Model Number
PNY Part Numbers
Video Memory
Max. Power
Max. # of Displays
DP
DVI
HDMI
NVIDIA Quadro 6000
VCQ6000-PB
6.0GB
204W
2
•
•
NVIDIA Quadro 5000
VCQ5000-PB
2.5GB
152W
2
•
•
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
VCQ4000-PB
2.0GB
142W
2
•
•
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
VCGGTX580XPB
1536MB
244W
2
•
•
NEW WORKSTATION DESIGN
Coated in black from the inside to the outside, the new TSUNAMI adds overall quality and neat looks, and the rugged construction in combination with SECC material increase the durability and reliability.
Easy access front I/O ports!
Three preinstalled fans, meshed front panel and the support for up to 7 fans ensure excellent system cooling for superior stability and minimized slowdown. Rich in features such as cable management, retaining holes for water cooling, SSD support, bottom-mounted PSU with removable PSU filter, 90° rotated cage for easy installation and tool-free mounting for 5.25" drive, the new TSUNAMI leaves behind the competitors, making it a great choice. In addition, the built-in SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and eSATA connectors on the front panel offer easy connection to USB 3.0 and SATA devices for lightning fast transfer speeds!
Super expandable, grow with your budget!
NEW Asus Sandy Bridge E Motherboard!
Top reasons to buy Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium
Native 64-bit operating system support—Work fluidly on HD and higher resolution projects using all the RAM on your system thanks to native 64-bit operating system support in After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Photoshop Extended.
Breakthrough performance with the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine—Experience fast effects processing and rendering on both laptop and desktop computers with the native 64-bit, multicore, GPU-accelerated Adobe Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Broad format support in Adobe Premiere Pro—Maximize the efficiency of your file-based workflow and edit virtually any format, including DV, HDV, RED, DPX, Sony XDCAM, XDCAM 50, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD, Panasonic P2, DVCPRO HD, AVCHD, AVC-Intra, and footage from DSLR cameras.
Groundbreaking motion graphics with After Effects—Create motion graphics and visual effects with industry-standard After Effects. Rotoscope quickly with Roto Brush, reduce unwanted camera movement with Warp Stabilizer, and create photo-realistic lens blurs using Camera Lens Blur. Deliver to broadcast, film, online, and to mobile devices.
Rich 2D and 3D images with Photoshop Extended—Magically remove objects with Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop Extended. Paint with lifelike brush strokes and use creative 3D tools. Roundtrip images and motion-based content to Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Encore.
Advanced audio-for-video editing in Adobe Audition—Record, edit, mix, master, and sweeten audio with Adobe Audition CS5.5—now available for both Mac OS and Windows®. Roundtrip edit with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, or use OMF and XML to speed up project exchange with Avid Pro Tools and other NLEs.
Fast, reliable encoding for the multiscreen environment—Output your work for computers, smartphones, tablets, and television with Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5. Use intuitive presets and contextual menus to set up sequences once for multiple formats, and batch encode while you keep editing.
Timesaving integration—Save time on every project thanks to deep integration, roundtrip editing, and Dynamic Link, which eliminates intermediate rendering as you refine assets between After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Encore.
Compatibility with large-scale workflows—Work with multiple NLEs thanks to roundtrip editing between Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro or Avid. Leverage industry-standard formats, such as AAF, EDL, OMF, and XML, to integrate with a variety of systems.
Adobe Integration with CS Live online services—Collaborate with Adobe Story a powerful scriptwriting tool. Initiate reviews and collect feedback on dailies, storyboards, and edited works in progress with Adobe CS Review and Acrobat.com.
Already own a previous version of Adobe software? GREAT! Choose from one of the listed upgrades.
Standard Features
Key Features - CS5.5 and PNY
Native 64-bit, GPU-accelerated Mercury Playback Engine. Open projects faster, scrub through HD and higher-resolution footage more fluidly, and play back complex long-format and effects-heavy projects more reliably.
Many more real-time layers of video and graphics in SD, HD, 2K and 4K projects.
Edit video natively in the latest tapeless formats, including RED, AVCCAM, XDCAM HD 50, DPX, P2, XDCAM, and DSLR cameras, without transcoding or rewrapping.
Produce content in virtually any format, including DPX, FLV, F4V, H.264, MPEG-2, QT, WM, and more.
Import and export Final Cut Pro and Avid projects.
Choose new Solid State Drives for increased performance!
3 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (dual x16 or x16, x8, x8) *1 1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x8 mode) *1 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
Storage
Intel® X79 chipset : 2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), white 4 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), blue Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 Marvell® PCIe 9128 controller : 2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), white ASMedia® ASM1061 controller : 2 x Power eSATA 6Gb/s port(s), green
LAN
Intel® 82579V, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)
Bluetooth
Bluetooth V2.1+EDR ASUS BT GO! Utility
Audio
Realtek® ALC898 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking Audio Feature : - Absolute Pitch 192kHz/ 24-bit True BD Lossless Sound - Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection - DTS Ultra PC II - DTS Connect - Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel
USB Ports
ASMedia® USB 3.0 controller :*2 6 x USB 3.0 port(s) (4 at back panel, blue, 2 at mid-board) Intel® X79 chipset : 12 x USB 2.0 port(s) (6 at back panel, black+white, 6 at mid-board)
Special Features
ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors 3 with New DIGI+ Power Control : ASUS TPU : - Auto Tuning - TurboV - TPU switch ASUS EPU : - EPU - EPU switch ASUS Digital Power Design : - Industry leading Digital 8 + 2 Phase CPU Power Design - Industry leading Digital 2 + 2 Phase DRAM Power Design - CPU Power Utility - DRAM Power Utility ASUS BT GO! : - Folder Sync - BT Transfer - Shot and Send - BT to Net - Music Player - Personal Manager ASUS BT Turbo Remote : - Exclusive Smartphone Interface supporting iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, and Symbian systems ASUS Exclusive Features: - MemOK! - AI Suite II - Ai Charger - ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode featuring friendly graphics user interface - ASUS SSD Caching - USB 3.0 Boost ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution: - Stylish Fanless Design Heat-pipe solution - ASUS Fan Xpert+ ASUS EZ DIY : - USB BIOS Flashback - ASUS Q-Shield - ASUS O.C. Profile - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 - ASUS EZ Flash 2 - ASUS MyLogo 2 - Multi-language BIOS ASUS Q-Design : - ASUS Q-Code - ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) - ASUS Q-Slot - ASUS Q-DIMM - ASUS Q-Connector
Back I/O Ports
1 x Bluetooth module(s) 2 x Power eSATA 6Gb/s 1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s) 4 x USB 3.0 6 x USB 2.0 (one port can be switched to USB BIOS Flashback) 1 x Optical S/PDIF out 6 x Audio jack(s) 1 x USB BIOS Flashback Button(s)
Internal I/O Ports
1 x USB 3.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 2 USB 3.0 port(s) (19-pin) 3 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 6 USB 2.0 port(s) 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connector(s) 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connector(s) 1 x CPU Fan connector(s) (4 -pin) 4 x Chassis Fan connector(s) (4 -pin) 1 x Optional Fan connector(s) (4 -pin) 1 x S/PDIF out header(s) 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s) 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s) 1 x Front panel audio connector(s) (AAFP) 1 x System panel(s) (Q-Connector) 1 x MemOK! button(s) 1 x TPU switch(es) 1 x EPU switch(es) 1 x Power-on button(s) 1 x Reset button(s) 1 x Clear CMOS jumper(s)
Accessories
User's manual I/O Shield 2 x SATA 3Gb/s cable(s) 4 x SATA 6Gb/s cable(s) 1 x 3-Way SLI bridge(s) 1 x SLI bridge(s) 1 x Q-connector(s) (2 in 1)
BIOS
64 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
Manageability
WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE
Support Disc
Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version)
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )
Note
*1: This motherboard is ready to support PCIe 3.0 SPEC. Functions will be available when using PCIe 3.0-compliant devices. Please refer to www.asus.com for updated details. *2: 4 x USB 3.0 ports at back panel with 1 additional VIA SuperSpeed USB hub controller.
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