This video takes a look at rendering performance in PTC Creo Parametric 2.0 in a side-by-side comparison of AMD FirePro W5000 vs. Nvidia Quadro K2000 as well as AMD FirePro W7000 vs. Nvidia Quadro K4000.
Take a close look at the quality of transparency in the Combine model between FirePro and Quadro. The FirePro W5000 and W7000 support OIT (order independent transparency). The Quadro K series does not. OIT assembles a “pixel-accurate” representation of the model and its surrounding geometry while maintaining user interactivity and visual quality. This creates a more practical transparent 3D viewpoint to continuously work within, helping improve the sense of “design intuition” and aid in better decision-making throughout the product development stages. The OIT feature is uniquely available to AMD FirePro on PTC Creo Parametric 2.0., and it was developed by the AMD FirePro team in close collaboration with PTC. OIT uses ultra-fast, GPU-accelerated OpenGL functions that provide up to 17x faster 3D frame rates than PTC Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0.
Zoic studios worked with AMD FirePro to create this CG render of ‘Revenge of TMag’ using Autodesk Maya and Mudbox. There is extensive use of hardware tessellation and PTex ( Procedural Texture ) running in a shader. VRay using OpenCL-acceleration was used for lighting and offline final rendering.
Zoic also uses AMD FirePro remote graphics technology for their designers/engineers.
Saphire Professional Graphics ran a performance comparison of the AMD FirePro W5000 vs Nvidia Quadro 2000 in SolidWorks 2013 across rendering modes: Shaded, Shaded with Edges, Shaded + RealView, Shaded with Edges + RealView and Shadow, Shaded RealView + Shadow. The video is annotated with each phase of the test.
Quick Summary: the AMD FirePro W5000 took 1min and 38 seconds. The Nvidia Q2000 took about 3 mins, almost 1.8X times compared to the FirePro W5000.
Wonder what the AMD FirePro / Dell Precision Workstation booth looked like at PTC Live Global? Check out these two pics and the real-time demo showing the performance advantage of AMD FirePro graphics over Nvidia Quadro in PTC Creo 2.0 for both transparency performance and shaded performance.
At this years World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Stereolize produced interactive presentations for two 70” touch screens that supported several Corning speakers. Ventuz software driven by AMD FirePro graphics enabled a dynamic, interactive presentation.
The AMD FirePro team was in Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi speaking to press and partners to discuss the future of professional graphics in India, the real-world professional graphics advantage of AMD FirePro technology and how AMD FirePro is positioned to be the professional graphics market leader in India.
A few pics and video (Ed Caracappa, Director of Global Sales & Business Development, Professional Graphics) from the on-going tour.
It's the start of InfoComm13 and AMD FirePro has some spectacular digital signage demos in booth 5375.
Demos (booth #5375)
AMD FirePro W9000 drives 5 short throw projectors across an 18' X 3' screen using Mitsubishi Play-Out Composer software
Six 32" 4K UltraHD resolution portrait displays as a continuous Display Wall using DisplayPort 1.2 and a single AMD FirePro W9000
Sharp 32" 4K touch display running on an AMD FirePro W8000
Digital Signage Display Cube consisting of 4 24" displays driven by a single AMD FirePro W600
Ventuz software running on an AMD FirePro W8000 across two 46" NEC displays
Stewart Filmscreen projection demos (booth #2243) using AMD FirePro W600
Below are some very cool pics and a video demonstrating the 18' X3' projection demo, as well as the six Sharp 32" 4K UltraHD resolution portrait displays display wall.
Video of 18' X3' projection demo driven by AMD FirePro W9000
Next week is PTC Live Global 2013 and AMD FirePro will team with Dell to present several demos (booth #215) and presentations.
What to look for:
Demos (booth #215)
AMD FirePro Eyefinity demo using 3 X 27" Dell UltraSharp portrait displays
AMD FirePro Eyefinity CAD workflow using 3 displays
PTC demo using Dell Precision M6700 mobile workstation with AMD FirePro M6000 Mobility Pro graphics and Eyefinity
Remote workstation demo using Dell R7610 with virtualized clients and dedicated AMD FirePro W5000 graphics
Presentations
Session: PART111 - Dramatic Performance Increases for PTC Creo with a Workstation and Professional Graphics
Date & Time: Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 10:15 - 11:00AM
Location: Room 202 B
This class will help you select and configure a professional workstation to provide optimal performance for PTC products
Session: PART113 - GPU Acceleration with PTC Creo Parametric – push your design and engineering productivity to the limit!
Date & Time: Tue, Jun 11, 2013, 4:00 - 4:45PM
Location: Room 202 B
This presentation will demonstrate the specific tuning optimizations and tools in Creo that leverage your system’s graphics card (GPU), provide examples of unique customer scenarios where graphics performance has impacted their workflow, and provide ways to ensure you get the best performance and a great visual experience for your investment. (Session detail as a PDF).
TweakTown has a story about Sapphire’s impressive 18-display setup at Computex 2013. The 18 HD displays are driven by 3 AMD FirePro W9000s. Pic and video below.
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