Hardware

Just how fast is your graphics card?

Posted by Greg Corke - May 27, 2008

SPECviewperf is a worldwide standard for assessing graphics performance. It’s easy to use, freely downloadable and doesn’t require a design…

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Workstations

Autodesk extends support for Mac

Posted by Martyn Day - August 3, 2009

With many rumours now linking Autodesk product development with Apple OSX ports, the company has created a web page to…

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News

AMD re-defines entry-level professional 3D graphics with AMD FirePro V4900

Posted by Greg Corke - November 15, 2011

The AMD FirePro V4900 may come in a small package, but is still capable of driving up to six displays…

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News

AMD FirePro V3900 promises plenty for those who want professional CAD certification on a budget

Posted by Greg Corke - February 7, 2012

Despite its diminutive size, the AMD FirePro V3900 should still offer plenty for entry-level CAD users. The battle at the…

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News

AMD teams up with PTC to help boost 3D graphics performance in Creo Parametric 2.0

Posted by Greg Corke - April 13, 2012

With Creo 2.0’s new Order Independent Transparency (OIT) setting AMD claims that users can experience 900% faster performance in 3D…

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News

AMD lifts lid on FIrePro W9000, its new gen Southern Islands professional graphics card

Posted by Greg Corke - June 27, 2012

AMD has previewed its new high-end workstation graphics card, the FirePro W9000, which is based on its ‘Southern Islands’ GPU…

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News

AMD launches new mobile FirePro GPUs – available inside HP Elitebook mobile workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - June 27, 2012

The HP Elitebook 8570w offers a choice of new AMD FirePro GPUs – the M2000 or M4000 AMD has released…

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News

SIGGRAPH 2012 #2: AMD FirePro W Series graphics

Posted by Greg Corke - August 7, 2012

AMD FirePro W7000 graphics card – designed for high-end CAD SIGGRAPH wouldn’t be SIGGRAPH without some major new professional graphics…

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Hardware

GPU group test

Posted by DEVELOP3D - January 25, 2013

Greg Corke puts five new professional graphics cards through their paces

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News

AMD slashes price of FirePro GPUs for one off purchases

Posted by Greg Corke - March 8, 2013

Cheaper than chips: with AMD’s 50% off offer UK customers can pick up a FirePro W5000 for under £200 and…

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