ATI Introduces FireGL V5000

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."

One man's mid-range is another man's budget....

[erick99]

Since this product is aimed at the mid-range market with its price-tag of $699...

I do understand that is a mid-range market price and card, but, damn, I just bought my son a very nice computer with a very servicable video card for less than that.

Pointless benchmark?

[rokzy]

they take an OpenGL workstation card, the only type of ATI card with proper linux support, and benchmark it on XP SP2?

Folks, WORKSTATION card, not gaming

[MightyPez]

These cards are meant to be used for workstation uses like 3D editing and creation. These aren't gaming cards. I realize you bought your gaming card for far less, but these are a completely different product.

Sometimes I get confused...

[aendeuryu]

Since this product is aimed at the mid-range market with its price-tag of $699 (630), potential customers can't expect the full feature set.

Hold the friggin' phone. 700$ is mid-range? What, do you have to take a second mortgage out to get top of the line stuff?

Anyway, it's good to see that ATI is going with V**** enumerations to match NVidia's Quadro FX ***** enumerations. Those X700/X800 and 6600/6800 patterns were too easy to remember, IMHO. It's not a free market unless you're confusing the hell out of your customer base with numbering schemes.

Re:One man's mid-range is another man's budget....

[be-fan]

Does your son by any chance model jet engine compressors on that thing? It's a total apples to oranges comparison! It's like saying that a 777 is more expensive more expensive than your Toyota. Strictly, it's true, but it's a meaningless statement.

Re:Sometimes I get confused...

[TheKidWho]

omg omg omg the corporations are out to get us!!!! run for cover!!!

You are being overly ignorant, these video cards are Workstation graphics card. The higher end versions usually cost somewhere in the range of $2,000 and above. Not to mention the software that actually benefits from these cards cost on the order of $1,000-$10,000+.

Yes they certainly are gouging the engineers because you know, engineers can't keep track of numbers...

Re:Sometimes I get confused...

[Jeff DeMaagd]

If you are paying engineers and designers $60k or more a year, it makes sense to provide them a product that maximizes their productivity.

Workstation cards are optimized, validated and supported for specific products. Companies that make software these things use heavily test their products using specific driver revisions. Compared to the annual wage of the people that use this, that's peanuts. Think Avid, SolidWorks, Renderman and such. Don't think Blender or other consumer or hacker software.