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Regardless, it's a good idea to keep this slot open, as the card needs lots of cooling.
I used the card for several days on a 3ds max project I was developing, and had no problems in either OpenGL or DirectX mode. Again, these applications presented no discernable issues. The results were excellent, with the FireGL Xt offering a 3ds max score of A massive heatsink with plastic ducting dominates the center of the card. The FireGL X2 series of cards is the newest in the line and is incredibly fast.
Like most high-end cards these days, this accelerator supports dual monitors.
Offering users a great bang for their buck, the FireGL Xt would be an excellent addition to any 3D workstation. Because I did not do any optimizations on my system, my results should be considered typical for most users.
The cards are also reasonably priced, setting a new standard for price and performance in the high-end workstation market. These figures were roughly 10 percent lower than those published on the ATI Web site.
You can find them configured in high-end workstations from ahi of the major systems vendors. Dual-display mode is configured with the use of the control panel. The back of the card is equipped with two DVI connectors, which can be used with analog monitors through the supplied adaptor. Display resolution tops out at x per display, which should drive most large monitors.
Because its back end extends only about three inches past the AGP slot, it should fit into almost any case. The Windows drivers provide a robust control panel that enables you to tweak just about every parameter of the card.
Included with the software are drivers for Discreet's 3ds max, providing an extra performance boost. The FireGL line of cards has gone through several incarnations and different chipsets. Keep up with latest news. I really enjoyed the FireGL X2 card, and found it to be very stable. On the back of the card is a Molex connector to get extra power from the system's power supply. For people working in motion pictures or with other high-resolution images, this feature should be incredibly helpful.
I tested it on a machine running Windows XP, and installation was ciregl. Developed by ATI, the FGL chips are custom-made with four geometry engines and eight separate pipelines for pixel processing.
FireGL X2-256t
Publications CGW Volume: Hydravision also provides control over such features as window transparency. Of course, benchmarks are a rather synthetic way to test aggp card. By clicking the "Subcribe" button, you agree to sign up for the CGW Magazine e-newsletter, as well as to receive third-party promotions from our partners.
Once configured, ATI's Hydravision utility enables you to manage the placement of application dialogues between the displays.
ATi FireGL X Video Card - Reviews, Specifications, and Pictures -
It's still not quite large enough to drive the ultra high-end, 9-megapixel displays, but that's still a small market segment. One nice thing about the card is that it supports bit-per-pixel color, which means that you can display more than George Maestri is president of Rubberbug, a Los Angeles-based studio specializing in character animation.
I benchmarked the card using View-perf 7, the standard test for OpenGL-based cards.
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