The Latest Graphics Cards For Workstations

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The following table gives you an overview of the latest OpenGL graphics cards for workstations.

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Manufacturer & Product	Chip (Codename)	Transistors	Street Price	Chip Clock	Memory Clock *	Memory	Memory Bus	Interface (max.)
3Dlabs Wildcat VP970	VP900	76 mill.	€1350	n/a	n/a	128 MB DDR	256 Bit	AGP 4X
ATi FireGL 8700	FGL8700 (R200W)	60 mill.	€199	250 MHz	270 MHz	64 MB DDR	128 Bit	AGP 4X
ATi FireGL 8800	FGL8800 (R200W)	60 mill.	€499	250 MHz	290 MHz	128 MB DDR	128 Bit	AGP 4X
ATi FireGL X1 128 MB	FGL9700 (R300W)	100 mill.	€799	325 MHz	310 MHz	128 MB DDR	256 Bit	AGP 8X
ATi FireGL X1 256 MB	FGL9700 (R300W)	100 mill.	€999	325 MHz	310 MHz	256 MB DDR	256 Bit	AGP 8X
ATi FireGL Z1	FGL9500 (R300W)	100 mill.	€599	325 MHz	310 MHz	128 MB DDR	256 Bit	AGP 8X
NVIDIA Quadro4 750XGL	Quadro4 (NV25)	63 mill.	€499	275 MHz	275 MHz	128 MB DDR	128 Bit	AGP 4X
NVIDIA Quadro4 900XGL	Quadro4 (NV25)	63 mill.	€659	300 MHz	325 MHz	128 MB DDR	128 Bit	AGP 4X
NVIDIA Quadro4 980XGL	Quadro4 AGP 8X (NV28)	63 mill.	€699	300 MHz	325 MHz	128 MB DDR	128 Bit	AGP 8X
NVIDIA QuadroFX 1000	QuadroFX (NV30)	125 mill.	€1049	300 MHz	300 MHz	128 MB DDR2	128 Bit	AGP 8X
NVIDIA QuadroFX 2000	QuadroFX (NV30)	125 mill.	€1650	400 MHz	400 MHz	128 MB DDR2	128 Bit	AGP 8X

* The correct physical clock. Note: the memory runs with double data rate (DDR). Typically, marketing departments state the doubled physical clock when DDR is used.

Test Setup

All of the specifications that follow refer solely to the performance test that was considered in the overall evaluation.

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Platform
Processor	Intel Pentium 3.06 GHz (HT disabled)
Front Side Bus	133 MHz Quad Pumped
Motherboard	Asus P4T533C
Chipset	Intel 850E/ Tehama (Dual Channel)
RAM	1024 MB PC1066 RDRAM 40ns Samsung
Hard Drive	IBM Ultrastar 36LZX 36.7 GByte
SCSI Controller	Adaptec SCSI Card 29160N
Drivers & Settings
3Dlabs Wildcat VP Cards	v0181
ATi FireGL 8x00 series	v3051
ATi FireGL X1/Z1	v1028
PNY NVIDIA Quadro4 series	v41.04, Maxtreme v4.00.25 (3ds max)
PNY NVIDIA QuadroFX 2000	v42.82, Maxtreme v4.00.28 (3ds max)
Resolution	1280x1024x32, Vsync=off for all OpenGL-Tests
OS	Windows 2000 Professional SP3
Benchmarks
Viewperf (synthetic)	SPECopc Viewperf 7.0
Solidworks (application)	SPECapc Solidworks 2001Plus benchmark
3D Studio Max (application)	SPECapc 3DSMAX 4.2 benchmark