Performance benchmarks are great, but speed alone is becoming more of a commodity in graphics cards. This video looks at three ways that AMD FirePro graphics benefit SolidWorks users above and beyond the basic performance specs:
The AMD FirePro team is at the 2012 SIMULIA Customer Conference in booth #14 running May 15 - 17, 2012. AMD FirePro graphics are certified for Abaqus technology in SIMULIA on 64-bit Windows and Linux platforms.
The photo below from the conference demonstrates OpenCL on FirePro graphics doubling performance of both routine and sophisticated engineering simulation in Abaqus/Standard and the single card, mutliple display advantage of Eyefinity.
The AMD FirePro team sent some pix from their booth at Siemens PLM World 2012. In addition to the always cool Eyefinity shots, I am also wanting one of those FirePro mugs!
Pictures from the AMD booth at COE 2012 Annual PLM Conference & TechniFair.
Dell Latitude T3500 Workstation with AMD FirePro V7900 running CATIA V6
Dell M6600 mobile workstation with 3DVIA Composer running Eyefinity on FirePro Mobility card
AMD FirePro Booth
The Eizo monitor that was on display at NAB 2012 has full 4K x 2K (4096 x 2160) native resolution across its 36.4-inch screen, designed for professional applications where image quality and true 10-bit color (278 trillion colors) is critical. This resolution is the equivalent of 4 1080P monitors. The display is driven by a single AMD FirePro graphics card using Eyefinity technology.
This video of Jon Clark, Sr. Applications Engineer with AMD, gives a high-level overview of AMD FirePro Eyefinity Technology. It starts by highlighting the FirePro V3900, V4900, V5900, and V7900. At about 1:15 sec in there is a great demo of a single V7900 using Eyefinity to drive three 24” displays running PTC’s Windchill, Pro/Engineer, and Creo.
Just received a copy of Desktop Engineering‘s Check it Out newsletter and saw that it was all about Eyefinity. The newsletter should be on their website later today or tomorrow and I will post a link. But for now I’ve attached a PDF version.
The gist: Technology doth make virtual jugglers of us all. We toggle between multiple applications all on one screen. AMD Eyefinity technology lets you power up to six displays from a single FirePro professional graphics card so you can impose some sense on all this multitasking.You can have your most active work in front of you, flanked on either side by secondary jobs and needed data. This lets you focus on the vital work and pivot to other must-do jobs instantly with minimal chance of distracting yourself with something I can let idle.
Develop3D reviews the new AMD FirePro V3900 and V4900 graphic cards.
“We tested both cards under SolidWorks 2010, using our standard camera benchmark with level of detail switched off and RealView enabled ——putting a bigger load on the system by displaying real world materials, reflections and shadows. ... Both cards did themselves justice.”
“Low-cost professional CAD graphics cards used to be about providing professional hardware for entry-level CAD software like AutoCAD — an alternative to consumer cards. With the FirePro V3900 and V4900 already certified for the likes of Siemens NX, PTC Creo and SolidWorks — and demonstrating good performance — it looks like they may well be giving AMD’s mid-range professional cards a run for their money in the future.”
SolidWorks World came to a conclusion yesterday but before it ended, Bernard Charles, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Systemes stopped by the AMD FirePro booth to check out some of the ways to enhance working with SolidWorks using FirePro graphics solutions.
Bernard Charles, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Systemes looking at 3D Stereo and trying to hold a 3D part in his hands
Bernard Charles, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Systemes and Monica Menghini, EVP, Industry, Marketing and Corporate Communications
discussing needs for 3D stereo for industrial designers and engineers.
Bernard Charles, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Systemes pointing to the 6-display Eyefinity set-up and amazed by the amount of data being displayed rotating in real time with full shadow, reflection and rendering effects. We had a full airplane in SolidWorks shown on a 6-display Eyefinity.
Antoine Reymond presenting to Bernard Charles, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Systemes and Monica Menghini, EVP, Industry, Marketing and Corporate Communications the value of graphics and small form factors in the hands of all manufacturing engineers for managing and monitoring work-in-process on a factory floor. Bernard was just amazed of the level of graphics and ability to port a full DS product such as 3DVIA Composer on a tablet.
Develop3D reviews Scan’s new 3XS i7 Eyefinity workstation for design and visualization. The system includes Intel’s Core i7 2700K and three professional Dell UltraSharp displays (1,920 x 1,200), all driven by a single AMD FirePro V5900 graphics card.
From the conclusion:
“When you first start using three displays side by side it feels like a bit of a luxury in much the same way as it does when moving from one to two displays but you soon find an important use for every last pixel. It’s certainly not for everyone, and if you only use one design application, day in day out, plus a bit of email and web browsing, then two monitors should be more than enough.
But when you move into portrait mode, it offers an entirely different experience. It’s perfect for design/review sessions or when you need to see a lot of details at the same time, such as an entire assembly or a detailed 2D drawing.”
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