NVIDIA Quadro Graphics
Cards Perform for Less - FX series of graphics
accelerators deliver better performance, more memory, benchmarking
boards, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, July 2, 2008
Just How Fast is Your Graphics Card? - datasets should be tested in CAD/DDC
application to measure graphics performance, Greg Corke, Develop 3D, May 23,
2008
Graphics Cards and High-Res Display - NVIDIA's FX 5600 graphics card with
new G80 GPU unified core architecture, has two DVI-I display connectors with
dual-link capabilities, supports Scalable Link Interfacewhat, more, Leslie
Gordon, Machine Design, Apr 21, 2008
AMD's ATI FireGL Graphics Cards - suitable for CAD and digital content
creation applications: ATI FireGL V3600, ATI FireGL V5600, ATI FireGL V7600, Ron
LaFon, Cadalyst, Mar 1, 2008
NVIDIA's Quadro FX
3700 Ups CAD Performance - mid-range professional graphics card supports
application configuration engine and PCI-Express Gen 2, more, Beth Stackpole,
Design News, Feb 25, 2008
Graphics Group Test - Nvidia Quadro FX 370, Quadro FX 570, and Quadro FX
1700; ATI FireGL V3600, FireGL V5600, FireGL V7600, FireGL V8600, FireGL V8650,
Greg Corke, MCAD Online, Oct 28, 2007
Rev It Up (Cadalyst Labs Review) - graphics cards reviewed: ATI FireGL
V3350, Quadro FX 4600, Quadro FX 5600, and Viper ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT;
workstation used: Xi MTower PCIe, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, Oct 1, 2007
Even More Graphics Power - high-end NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, with new G80 GPU
architecture, supports SLI, OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 10, more, David Cohn, Desktop
Engineering, July 2007
ATI FireGL R600: Exclusive! - ATI FireGL R600 series consists of five
entry-level to ultra high-end cards with 2 x dual link support, unified graphics
architecture, multi-threaded drivers, more, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, August 6,
2007
NVIDIA
Quadro FX 4600 - an ultra high-end PCIe graphics card gives good
OpenGL and Direct3D performance but at a higher price, more, Ron LaFon,
Cadalyst, July 9, 2007
New Graphics Power
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 ultra high-end graphics cards
have new G80 GPU unified core architecture, support OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 10,
more, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, May 2007
Nvidia Quadro FX 4600 and FX 5600
- high-end graphics cards with new unified architecture provide quality and
performance, plus benchmark results report, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, May 18,
2007
Diamond BV300 - a compact and low-profile PCIe
graphics card, Diamond BV300 has 256MB of GDDR2 onboard memory, provides dual
digital LCD support, suitable priced, more, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, February 22,
2007
Growing the Family: The New ATI FireGL V Series
- six new entry-level to ultra high-end PCI
Express graphics cards with high-level features and memory range from 64 to
512-bit, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, July 2006
In the Cards - Deal Yourself a Winning Graphics Hand - graphics card
roundup with ATI's FireGL V3400, FireGL V5200, FireGL V7200, FireGL V7300,
V7350; NVIDIA's Quadro FX 1500, Quadro FX 3500, Quadro FX 5500; Matrox
TripleHead2Go for multidisplay support using existing graphics card, Ron
LaFon, Cadalyst, July 1, 2006
The New NVIDIA Quadro FX Series - 7 new low-end to high-end PCI
Express-based graphics accelerators have true 128-bit precision graphics
pipeline and support 12-bit subpixel precision, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering,
June 2006
Getting ATi's FireGL to Work with ACAD07 - enable AGP graphics using
dxdiag.exe program to run 3dconfig command in AutoCAD 2007, Ralph Grabowski,
WorldCAD Access, July 3, 2006
Real Graphics Power for Real Work
- professional graphics cards offer technical stability, support, and
reliability to run complex 3D modeling software, AUGI, June 2006 (requires
free registration)
ATI FireGL V7350 - an ultrahigh-performance card with 1GB RAM and two
dual-link DVI-I output connectors, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, May 1, 2006
Pro Graphics Card Group Test
- ATI and Nvidia/PNY present second generation professional graphics cards for
all mainstream CAD users and low-cost cards for entry-level users, Greg Corke,
MCAD Online, May 9, 2006
Quadro FX: The Next Generation - suitable for entry-level users, new Quadro
FX desktop and mobile workstation cards support Linux and 64-bit Windows, Greg
Corke, MCAD Online, April 21, 2006
Workstation Motherboards
- importance of workstation motherboards to a PC, Robert Jamieson of ATI, AEC
Magazine, April 20, 2006
NVIDIA Revamps Graphics Card Line - Quadro
FX graphics cards from entry-level to high-end are now available immediately,
Sara Ferris, Cadalyst Management, April 20, 2006
Workstation Graphics
- current trends in workstation graphics market and future for graphic card
vendors, Robert Jamieson of ATI, MCAD Online, March 21, 2006
Choosing a Graphics Card
- make your selection appropriately after assessing your needs, AUGI, March 2006
(may require free registration)
Review (Part 2): ATI FireGL X3
- 256 MB RAM, designed for Linux and Windows 2000 SP1 or XP, OpenGL and DirectX
certified, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 3, 2006
ATI FireGL V7300/V7350 - ultra high end professional graphics card with 1GB
RAM are ready to support Windows XP x64 Edition, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, March
21, 2006
ATI Workstation Graphics Interview - Danny Shapiro of ATI discusses
workstation graphics including ATI's new Avivo technology, MCAD Online, January
17, 2006
NVIDIA QUADRO FX 3450 - moderately priced, this graphics card has dual DVI-I
connectors and 256MB of GDDR3 memory, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst Management, January 1,
2006
Cadalyst
All Stars - Top Products in 2005 - included are a Dell mobile
workstation, HP Designjet, NVIDIA graphics card, 3Dconnexion Space Pilot,
Autodesk DWF Composer, SolidWorks and SketchUp, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst
Management, December 1, 2005
High-End Graphics
Cards - competition between NVIDIA and ATI is boon to
CAD users, review of NVIDIA's Quadro FX 3450 and Quadro FX 4500, 3Dlabs'
Wildcat Realizm 800 and Realizm 500, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, October 25,
2005
nVidia GeForce 6800 GS Reference Card - nVidia's GS card is faster than
the GT and competes with it in spite of having reduced number of pipelines,
Benny Har-Even, TrustedReviews, November 7, 2005
Play
Your Cards Right - among the PCI
Express graphics hardware from ATI and NVIDIA, the high-end Quadro FX 4500 from
NVIDIA is card of choice for high-performance workstations earning an 'A,' Ron
LaFon, Cadalyst Management, October 1, 2005
The
Truth about SLI - you'd expect Nvidia's Quadro SLI with its dual graphics
card technology to speed up your CAD program, but in reality, it may even slow
it down, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, August 11, 2005
nVidia GeForce 7800 GT
- Reference Card
- architectural improvements make it faster than 6800 cards at a lower cost,
Benny Har-Even, TrustedReviews, August 11, 2005
Peddie Research Weighs in on the 7800 GTX - Nvidia's latest graphics
processor gains superiority with 8 parallel vertex processors, each with two
32-bit floating point processors, Jon Peddie, Tom's Hardware Guide, June 22,
2005
New PURE PCI-X Card from ART VPS is Twice as Fast - it supports
3D image rendering using 16 AR350 ray-tracing processors producing images which
are identical to high-quality photographs, Solid Edge Community, June 14, 2005
(requires free registration)
New Heights in Graphics -
latest generation of graphics
cards feature PCI Express, GPU advances, more and faster RAM, Mark Clarkson,
Desktop Engineering, May 2005
ATI FireGL V5000 PCle
- moderately priced, mid range graphics card for CAD workstations, Ron
LaFon, Cadalyst Management, April 1, 2005
NVIDIA QUADRO FX 4400 -
workstation-level PCI Express graphics card offers excellent performance,
Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, February 2005
ATI FIREGL V7100 - PCI
Express graphics card offers good mid-range performance though it's
expensive, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, February 2005
PCI Express Speeds Ahead
-
NVIDIA is launching the first PCI Express product for AMD Opteron platforms,
which will enhance productivity got workstations in the CAD, digital and
visualization fields, Martin Lynch, Computer Reseller News, February 7, 2005
Premier
Products - top product picks for 2004: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400,
COSMOSWorks, Dell Precision M60 Mobile Workstation, @Xi Systems 3600E MTower
Workstation, MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, AutoVue SolidModel Professional
v18, Vrcontext Walkinside, CADFind Sketch and Search, Sharp Actius RD3D
AutoStereo notebook computer, Green Building Studio, ToleranceCalc,
IntelliRoof and IntelliWall, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst, December 15, 2004
PCI
Express 101 - PCI Express-enabled computers and graphics subsystems
offer the potential for huge productivity gains in graphics-intensive
applications such as CAD, but there are many issues to consider before
jumping in, Clifton Robin, Desktop Engineering, December 2004
CATbench Update Autumn 2004 - benchmarks test an IBM Z-Pro system using Intel's new Xeon 3.4 GHz EM64T
processors and 3Dlabs' new Wildcat, Phil Harrison, CATIA Community, November
29, 2004 (requires free registration)
Take the Graphics Card Express - PCI Express graphics cards take
technology to a new level, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, October 1, 2004
Graphics Accelerator Roundup - reviews of graphics cards for the MCAD market from 3Dlabs, ATI, Matrox and nVIDIA, Alexandra Pratt, Inventor Connections, October 12, 2004 (requires free registration)
Matrox Graphics Card - with the Matrox Millennium P650 installed, an experienced CAD user notes faster boot-ups, fewer stalls and crashes and many more productivity enhancers, Elise Moss, CADdigest.com, October 12, 2004
Hardware Roundup - Workstation Reference Guide - looks at workstations - both high-end and low-end - most suited for MCAD purposes, Alexandra Pratt, Inventor Connections, October 5, 2004 (requires free registration)
High-end Horsepower - sample systems for the CAD user, PC Magazine, August 5, 2004
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 - high-end AGP 8X graphics card offers blazing fast performance, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, September 15, 2004
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 - new
midrange graphics card is a good choice at an attractive price, offering both consistent performance and a stable solid display, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, March 2004
CATIA Version 5 Workstation Benchmark - benchmarks of workstations from Dell, HP and IBM and graphics cards from NVIDIA prove that systems costing as little as $2,800 can be used to run CATIA in a highly productive manner, Phil Harrison, CATIA Solutions, Summer 2003
Graphics Boosters For OpenGL Workstations - new graphics cards from NVIDIA (Quadro FX 3000 and FX 500) and ATI ( FireGL X2 and T2) tested with SolidWorks and 3ds max revealed that ATI offered the better price/performance ratio, Uwe Scheffel, Tom's Hardware Guide, September 16, 2003
Graphics Grows Up - recently released graphics chips and related technologies from ATI, NVIDIA and 3Dlabs signal the latest trends in the 3D graphics accelerator market, Jenny Donelan, CGW, September 2003
3Dlabs' Wildcat4 7210 - graphics board offers stability, good performance and fast hardware rendering, Dariush Derakhshani, Animation Artist, August 2003
The Lowdown on the Latest Graphics Cards - graphics cards from 3Dlabs, ATI, and NVIDIA have similar price and performance, but there are still big differences, Peter K. Sheerin, CADENCE, August 2003
The SolidWorks 2003 Benchmark - tests of two video cards - NVIDIA Quadro4 980XGL and NVIDIA fx2000 - and the HP Workstation xw4100, Solid Solutions, July/August 2003
Matrox Millennium P750 - midrange 2D/entry-level 3D graphics card that enables you to attach a variety of monitor configurations to enhance and extend your workstation's desktop real estate, John B. Virata, Digital CAD, July 7, 2003
AMD Keeps Its Value Crown - systems from Polywell and Sys based on the 2.2-GHz Athlon XP 3200+ chip easily outran top Pentium 4-based PCs in AutoCAD tests, Laurianne McLaughlin, PC World, July 2003
Matrox Parhelia 512 (128 MB RAM Version) - this graphics card is ideal for AutoCAD, with custom drivers that automatically load within Autodesk programs for stability and quickness, J.V. Bolkan, Corporate Media News, February 2003
Quadro 750 XGL by PNY Technologies Review - this card performed well in OpenGL tests on such 3D-based applications as Maya 4.5 and 3ds max 5, Peter Stigel, Inside Computer Graphics, February 9, 2003
NVIDIA GeForceFX: Brute Force Attack Against the King - the GeForceFX 5800 Ultra is faster than the competition from ATI's Radeon 9700 PRO in the majority of the benchmarks, Lars Weinand, Tom's Hardware Guide, January 27, 2003
Matrox Perihelia Graphics Board - a test drive of the latest Matrox card using AutoCAD and AEC|VIZ and running three monitors at once, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, December 10, 2002
Monitor Nirvana With Matrox Parhelia - this 128MB DDR graphics card allows you to use three monitors at a time, Charlie White, Digital Video Editing, December 2002
ATI FireGL 8800 Review -
a good entry-level video editing card,
Jeremy Tregunna, Designtechnica, July 8, 2002
Hot Cards From ATI, 3DLabs, and NVIDIA - reviews of 3Dlab's Wildcat III 6110, ATI's FireGL 8800 and NVIDIA's Quadro4 900 XGL graphics cards, Peter K. Sheerin, CADENCE, August 2002
ATI Radeon 9700 PRO - Pretender to The Throne - with its latest product, ATI challenges NVIDIA for the lead in the graphics card race, Lars Weinand, Tom's Hardware Guide, August 19, 2002
ATI Leaps Ahead - the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro graphics card out performs the nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600, Jon A. Hill, PC Magazine, August 19, 2002
3Dlabs VP870 Takes on Quadro 4 - Pro/E, Solid Edge and SolidWorks are among the applications tested to compare the performance of these two
OpenGL graphics cards, Jan Ozer, Extreme Tech, August 2, 2002
Card Wars - graphics accelerator vendors play a serious game of leapfrog, Jenny Donelan, CGW, July 2002
FireGL 3 - Graphics Accelerator Review – high-end graphics for CAD and animation, John McIver, CADinfo.NET, May 2001
Hot Graphics Cards for Design and Visualization - reviews of 3Dlabs GVX420, Diamond Multimedia FireGL 2, Intense3D Wildcat 4210 and NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro, Peter K. Sheerin, CADENCE, October 2000
