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ATI Introduces FireGL V5000

Posted by Zonk on from the shiny-can-be-expensive dept.

karvind writes "Folks at Tomshardware> are running a review of ATI's new FireGL V5000. The card's X700 processor, code named R410GL, is based on a 110-nanometer process and the card sports eight pixel pipelines, six geometry engines, 128 MB of GDDR3 memory, dual DVI connectors for multi-display applications and dual link support for 9 megapixels displays. Anandtech also posted a review."

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  1. Re:One man's mid-range is another man's budget.... by TheKidWho · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's a workstation graphics card, not a gaming card...
    Take a loot at the other FireGL's or Quadros, they go in the price range of $2,000 and above!

  2. well by FidelCatsro · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can do a small modification to some ATI radeons to make them fireGL cards http://www.rojakpot.com.nyud.net:8090/default.aspx ?location=3&var1=185&var2=0

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  3. Re:How do these compare by TheKidWho · · Score: 5, Informative

    The drivers are more optimized for the tasks that they perform. And yes there are benchmarks, and no they are not better then gaming specific cards. Usually the gaming specific video cards beat the living shit out of the workstation graphics cards.

    Here

  4. Aren't FireGLs the same as regular cards? by BigBuckHunter · · Score: 4, Informative

    If I remember correctly, ATI fireGL cards are the same chip as their normal line, with one or two resistors added/removed from the external chip packaging. All you have to do is:

    1: Remove/add the resistors and change the BIOS.
    or

    2: Used a readily available hacked driver to recognize your stock card as a FireGL

    All in all, there is no market for a 128MB solid modeling card. We had 128MB video cards in 1996 (Glint based). This card would be a huge step backward for a number of engineers.

    BBH