A Balance of Power this Fall?

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The graphics card market for the workstation segment used to move at its own, more leisurely pace - until now. Although the rule that cards aimed at the professional market space only appear a few months after their gaming/mainstream counterparts still applies, ATI is speeding things up a bit this time. The Canadian company has released no less than five cards based on chips belonging to the R600 series, creating a numerical balance of power with Nvidia’s product portfolio. After all, Nvidia’s professional product line based on the G80 chip also counts five members, as the following table shows.

 

Workstation Cards with Shader Model 4.0 Chips
ATi cards based on the R600 series Nvidia cards based on the G80 series
FireGL V8650 (R600)
FireGL V8600 (R600)
FireGL V7600 (R600)
FireGL V5600 (RV630)
FireGL V3600 (RV630)
Quadro FX 5600 (G80)
Quadro FX 4600 (G80)
Quadro FX 1700 (G84)
Quadro FX 570 (G84)
Quadro FX 370 (G84)

 
In this article, we’re comparing ATI’s FireGL V7600 ($1000 plus taxes) to Nvidia’s Quadro FX 4600 (€1650 including tax). For reference, we’re also including the results of last year’s models, the FireGL V7300 (R520) and Quadro FX 4500 (G70).


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