Video/photo editing professionals using Mac hardware have a new toy to lust for. Nvidia officially launched their first Fermi-powered card for Macs, the Quadro 4000. Similar to the card’s Windows origins, the Quadro line of graphics cards are designed and built for general-purpose computing (read: not gaming). The big talking points of the Quadro 4000 include increased Open-CL support, Nvidia’s own CUDA coding technology, and video processing built into Adobe CS5 products such as Photoshop.

Hardware specs for the Nvidia Quadro 4000 include 2GB of video memory and 256-bit memory bus good for 89.6GB of bandwidth. Hooking up your favorite slab of glass comes by way of 2 Dual-link DVI ports, a stereo 3D port, and a full-size Display Port. Included in the box is a Display Port-to-mini Display Port adapter.

You’ll need both a Mac Pro ’08 or newer model along with OS X 10.6.5. Check the Apple Store later this month for the Nvidia Quadro 4000, retailing for $1,149.

Via: Electronista