3Dlabs' Wildcat II 5110-G

Anyone willing to spend in excess of $2,000 on a graphics card is more than likely going to be using it in a CAD or other graphics production capacity. 3Dlabs new Wildcat II 5110-G graphics accelerator is a new version of the Wildcat II 5110 that adds two new features that might be of use in these types of environments, called Genlock and Multiview. Genlock enables one or more graphics cards in one or more systems to be locked to an external synchronization source for video postproduction or visual simulation. Multiview works with the application to create a single "virtual canvas" when running the same application on multiple systems. 3Dlabs says this prevents image "tearing" across the screens by sending signals between each linked workstation to synchronize the swapping of buffers and screen refreshes and can be used to create multi-monitor simulation environments. If these new capabilities sound like something you can use, you can access a whitepaper on using them on 3Dlabs' website .