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cadlabsreview converters (RAMDACs). They represent excellent performance for the price, regardless of the individual card you might choose. ATI FireGL V3600 AMD 408.749.4000 www.ati.amd.com/FireGL Price: $249 The new ATI FireGL V3600 is an entry-level graphics card with 256 MB of onboard DDR2 RAM. It is fully tested and certified with major CAD and DCC applications. A small, halflength, single-slot graphics card, the ATI FireGL V3600 requires no supplemental power connector and uses less than 50 W of power. With a memory bandwidth of 16 GB/second, the ATI FireGL V3600 features 120 shader-processing units, a 128-bit ring bus memory controller interface, and full Shader Model 4 support. The V3600 can support 8-, 10-, and 16-bit per pixel color component output and high dynamic range (HDR) rendering. The card has two dual-link DVI-I output connectors and can drive multiple monitors with independent settings for resolution, refresh rate, rotation, and color depth. Support for a 10-bit display pipeline and HDR is incorporated. The ATI FireGL V3600 can display more than one billion colors on 10-bit monitors, and multicard support enables two ATI FireGL workstation graphics cards to drive four accelerated 3D displays for added flexibility. I executed the full suite of benchmark tests on the ATI FireGL V3600 and found it to perform quite well. On the CadaThe AMD ATI FireGL V3600 is an entry-level graphics lyst C2008 benchmark accelerator with 256 MB of memory. It’s ideal for creatrunning under AutoCAD ing 3D models and realistic textures for the CAD, DCC, 2008 with Service Pack 1 and simulation markets. installed, the V3600 produced a total index score of 198 with the AutoCAD OpenGL driver and 222 with the AutoCAD Direct3D driver. Next I ran two concurrent side-by-side sessions of AutoCAD 2008, each running a separate copy of the Cadalyst C2008 benchmark. The combined total index score for these two tests was 431, with a completion time of 86 minutes, as compared with 106 minutes for the single OpenGL test and 83 minutes for the single Direct3D test. Then I ran the MAXBench4 benchmark with Autodesk 3ds Max 2008, running two series of tests — one series with the native 3ds Max OpenGL driver and the other with the native 3ds Max Direct3D driver. The averaged high/low frame rate scores for the V3600 were 91.28 when configured with the OpenGL driver and 151.18 with the native Direct3D drivers. The third and final benchmark I performed with the V3600 was the full SPECviewperf 10 benchmark, which produced these scores: 38.06 for 3dsmax-04, 36.62 for catia-02, 25.74 for ensight-03, 111.91 for maya-02, 34.97 for proe-04, 74.97 for sw-01, 23.89 for tcvis-01, and 21.69 for ugnx-01. The V3600 offers a lot of performance for a reasonable price, some very sophisticated features, and good value for those users who don’t need the absolute maximum performance possible. Highly Recommended. Not all PDF and DWF Files are Created Equal higher q AutoCAD 2000 - 2008 Compatible Batch Creation of PDF, DWF, or Images Automatic Bookmark Creation Custom File Naming Options Create a PDF from any Windows Application Try it free for 30 days. http://www.cadzation.com http://www.ati.amd.com/FireGL http://www.cadzation.com

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Cadalyst - March 2008 Contents Editor's Window CAD Central Thicker than Water Safe Keeping — Backup Software Secures Your Designs AMD’s ATI FireGL Graphics Cards AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008 — Surveying, Civil Engineering, and Land Development Software Cool Software Utilities for Your Job History, Nonhistory, or Both? In the Eye of the Storm Builders’ Information Modeling CAD Cartoon Issue Indexes CAD from the Streets

Cadalyst - March 2008

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