
The graphics card market for the workstation segment used to move at its own, more leisurely pace - until now. Although the rule still applies that cards aimed at the professional market space only appear a few months after their gaming/mainstream counterparts, ATI is speeding things up a bit this time. The Canadian company has released no fewer than five cards based on chips belonging to the R600 series, creating a numerical balance of power with Nvidia's product portfolio. After all, Nvidia's professional product line based on the G80 chip also counts five members, as the following table shows.
| Workstation Cards with Shader Model 4.0 Chips | |
|---|---|
| ATi cards based on the R600 series | Nvidia cards based on the G80 series |
| FireGL V8650 (R600)
FireGL V8600 (R600) FireGL V7600 (R600) FireGL V5600 (RV630) FireGL V3600 (RV630) |
Quadro FX 5600 (G80)
Quadro FX 4600 (G80) Quadro FX 1700 (G84) Quadro FX 570 (G84) Quadro FX 370 (G84) |
In this article, we're comparing ATI's FireGL V7600 ($1000 plus taxes) Compare Prices on ATI FireGL V7600 to Nvidia's Quadro FX 4600 (€1650 including tax) Compare Prices on Nvidia Quadro FX 4600. For reference, we're also including the results of last year's models, the FireGL V7300 (R520) and Quadro FX 4500 (G70).
- A Balance Of Power This Fall?
- OpenGL Workstation Graphics - Market, Audience And Features
- ATi FireGL V7600 - Hardware Details
- ATi FireGL V7600 - Software And Driver Details
- Nvidia Quadro FX 4600 - Hardware Details
- Nvidia Quadro FX 4600: Software And Driver Details
- Test Setup
- Solidworks 2007: Test Results
- Maya 6.5: Test Results
- Viewperf 10.0 - CATIA, EnSight, Pro/Engineer: Test Results
- Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter Visualization Mockup & UGS NX: Test Results
- Conclusion - Shader Model 4.0 Means A Leap Ahead For The Workstation Segment
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0 Hidetipoo , April 13, 2009 6:54 PMIs there any reason why these applications couldnt run on a Geforce or Radeon card? Why spring over 1000 bucks for cards with seemingly tame specs?
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0 HideAnonymous , February 23, 2012 6:59 AM@tipoo : I've thinked aboute the exact same things!