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Cadalyst Labs Review: Graphics Cards
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Company |
ATI
Technologies |
ATI
Technologies |
NVIDIA |
NVIDIA |
Card |
FireGL
V5000 |
FireGL
V7100 |
NVIDIA Quadro
FX
1400 |
NVIDIA Quadro
FX
4500 |
Phone |
866.284.2093 |
866.284.2093 |
408.486.2000 |
408.486.2000 |
Web
site |
http://www.ati.com/
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http://www.ati.com/
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www.nvidia.com/quadro |
www.nvidia.com/quadro |
Cadalyst
Labs grade |
B+ |
B+ |
B+ |
A
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Estimated
street price |
$415
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$650
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$699 |
$2,499 |
Graphics
memory installed (maximum) |
128MB |
256MB |
128MB
DDR/128MB DDR |
512MB
GDDR3/512MB GDDR3 |
Architecture |
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Bus
type |
PCI
Express |
PCI
Express |
PCI
Express |
PCI
Express |
Graphics
accelerator |
FireGL
V5000 |
FireGL
V7100 |
NVIDIA
Quadro FX 1400 GPU |
NVIDIA
Quadro FX 4500 GPU |
Basic
geometry accelerator |
RV410GL |
R423GL |
FX1400 |
FX4500 |
RAMDAC |
Dual
400MHz |
Dual
400MHz |
400MHz |
400MHz |
Maximum 3D
resolution |
3840X2400@75Hz |
3840X2400@75Hz |
2048X1536@70Hz |
2560X1600@70Hz |
Colors/refresh (70Hz
min. refresh) |
16.7
million/75Hz |
16.7
million/75Hz |
16.7
million/70Hz |
16.7
million/70Hz |
Maximum 2D
resolution |
2048X1536@75Hz |
2048X1536@75Hz |
2048X1536@70Hz |
2560X1600@70Hz |
Colors;
refresh (70Hz min. refresh) |
16.7
million/75Hz |
16.7
million/75Hz |
16.7
million/70Hz |
16.7
million/70Hz |
Maximum
colors/refresh @ 1600X1200 |
16.7
million/120Hz |
16.7
million/120Hz |
16.7
million/80Hz |
16.7
million/90Hz |
Maximum
colors/refresh @ 1280X1024 |
16.7
million/120Hz |
16.7
million/120Hz |
16.7
million/120Hz |
16.7
million/120Hz |
Warranty |
3
years |
3
years |
3
years |
3
years |
Number of
monitors supported with single card |
Two |
Two |
Up to
two single-link digital displays |
Up to
two dual-link digital displays |
Maximum
resolution/colors/refresh for each monitor |
2048X1536 analog, 3840X2400 dual link |
2048X1536 analog, 3840X2400 dual link |
2048X1536@70Hz |
3840X2400@60Hz (dual link) |
Outputs |
DVI,
Dual-link |
Dual-link DVI, Dual DVI, Stereo 3D |
Two
DVI-I, one three-pin mini-DIN stereo connector |
Two
DVI-I, one three-pin mini-DIN stereo connector |
Windows
driver version |
6.14.10.6546 |
6.14.10.6546 |
7.7.1.8 |
7.7.1.8 |
Driver for
AutoCAD 2006 |
Default
(wopengl8.hdi) |
Default
(wopengl8.hdi) |
Default
(wopengl8.hdi) |
Default
(wopengl8.hdi) |
Accelerated
AutoCAD driver |
None |
None |
Powerdraft* |
Powerdraft* |
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Benchmark
scores |
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Windows XP
Professional at 1280X1024 @ true-color |
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Combined
Weighted Index (3:1:1) |
94.956 |
109.402 |
114.808 |
143.618 |
AutoCAD
2006 (default AutoCAD driver) |
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C2001 Total
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114.63 |
135.8 |
134.77 |
165.86 |
MAXbench 4
for MAX v6(third-party driver okay)** |
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Low |
68.73 |
73.47 |
110.39 |
144.75 |
High |
101.15 |
110.41 |
122.47 |
154.45 |
Average of
high/low |
84.94 |
91.94 |
116.43 |
149.6 |
SPECviewperf
v8.01 |
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proe-03
viewset |
45.95 |
47.67 |
53.3 |
70.91 |
* The
NVIDIA Powerraft driver works with earlier verions of AutoCAD and was not
used for these test results. |
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** NVIDIA
cards tested with MAXtreme v.7.00.03. ATI cards tested with MAXimum
v.2.05084 |
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