2011 Indydrafter CAD Hardware Guide - Graphics Card - professional workstation vs consumer gaming graphics, deciphering graphics card naming game, Indydrafter.com, Oct 10, 2011

Remote Graphics and the Professional CAD Workstation, Pt 4: Sustainability - reduce power consumption, heat, noise pollution, costs through remote graphics solutions, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, Oct 11, 2011

Remote Graphics and the Professional CAD Workstation, Pt 3: Security and Service - remote graphics solutions provide security, reduce time in servicing, managing systems, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, Oct 4, 2011

Remote Graphics and the Professional CAD Workstation, Pt 2: Reduced Hardware Costs - remote graphics solution support multiple users on zero clients, reduce need to buy, support workstations, graphic cards, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, Sep 29, 2011

Remote Graphics and the Professional CAD Workstation, Pt 1: Will It Work for You? - remote graphics solutions can support more CAD employees with less equipment, keep tight security on sensitive 3D/2D CAD projects, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, Sep 27, 2011

Review: AMD Cayman-Generation FirePro V7900 and FirePro V5900 - overview of Cayman architecture, both cards offer compelling price/performance, Alex Herrera, Graphic Speak, Sep 1, 2011

How to Keep Your Workstation Graphics Card Updated, Pt 3: Rules of Thumb - try out most updated certified driver from list of apps under use, CAD/CAE ISVs links for latest certified drivers, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, Aug 11, 2011

How to Keep Your Workstation Graphics Card Updated, Pt 2: What Should You Do? - ask for automatic checking feature in app, get latest drivers from AMD, NVIDIA websites, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, Aug 9, 2011

Dual Graphics Engines Power New Boards from AMD - AMD FirePro V7900, FirePro V5900 have AMD Eyefinity, PowerTune, GeometryBoost technologies, support latest DisplayPort 2.1 specification, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, Aug 1, 2011

How to Keep Your Workstation Graphics Card Updated, Pt 1: Why is it So Hard? - auto-updates for graphics card are undesirable as every CAD/CAE app might not be certified for latest or same driver version, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, Aug 3, 2011

The Advantages of Eyefinity for CAD, Pt 3: Rules of Thumb - enabling VGA/DVI/HDMI monitors, supporting dual-link DVI monitor, VGA monitors, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, July 5, 2011

NVIDIA Raises the Bar - high-end Quadro 4000, 5000, 6000 boards incorporate dual copy engines; entry-level Quadro 600 has gigabyte of DDR3 memory, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, July 1, 2011

The Advantages of Eyefinity for CAD, Pt 2: Adapters to the Rescue - use of active vs passive adapter, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, June 30, 2011

The (Kinda) Anti-Benchmark NVIDIA Quadro 2000 Review - mid-range, Fermi-based graphics card doesn't include ECC memory, painful dual monitor set-up, comparing with Quadro FX 1800 card, Josh Mings, SolidSmack, June 30, 2011

The Advantages of Eyefinity for CAD, Pt 1: DVI Monitors and DisplayPort Graphics Cards - drive 3 or more independent displays simultaneously from single low-power FirePro graphics card, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, June 28, 2011

OpenCL will Rock the CAD World, Pt 4: What You Should Do About It Now - ask CAD/CAE software vendor to add OpenCL for new features, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, June 2, 2011

OpenCL Will Rock the CAD World, Pt 3: How It Will Affect Your Workflow - examples include: linear algebra, signal/audio/image processing/video, finite difference method app; ray tracing will get accelerated, Curt Moreno, CADspeed, May 26, 2011

AMD FirePro V5900/V7900 for CAD - mid- to high-range eyefinity graphics cards - V5900 features 512 stream processors, 2GB GDDR5 memory; V7900 features 1,280 stream processors, supports stereo 3D, DEVELOP 3D, May 24, 2011

OpenCL will Rock the CAD World, Pt 2: How It Works - OpenCL CPU+GPU-based solution can give simultaneously high performance for design, its analysis, simulation, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, May 18, 2011

OpenCL will Rock the CAD World, Pt 1: Why You Want It - increasing model complexity needs computing language, Tony DeYoung, CADspeed, May 18, 2011

Graphics Board Tests are Not Created Equal - Pmark considers price, performance, power consumption while measuring graphics add-in boards, Jon Peddie, Graphic Speak, Mar 25, 2011

NVIDIA Quadro 5000M Unleashed on MCAD - tested with Inventor simulation, Algor simulation, efficiency of zoom test, noticeable artifacts while moving through multiple applications, John Evans, Design and Motion, Feb 28, 2011

How Strong is the NVIDIA Quadro 5000M Graphics Card? - up to 5x faster for triangle calculations, 8x faster for simulation, John Evans, Design and Motion, Jan 14, 2011

Kubotek NVIDIA Graphics Card Shootout, Pt 2 - results of testing NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT and Quadro FX 1800 counters conventional price/performance relationship, John McCullough, Kubotek Blog, Nov 9, 2010

NVIDIA Quadro 5000 Review - $2250 card performs well, good for large assemblies, rendering,  RobRodrguez.com, Oct 18, 2010

Nvidia Quadro 4000 Fermi Series - Pt 1 - impressive video performance, GPU delivers fast rendering, Anna's Solid Muse, Oct 18, 2010

Episode 300 - Graphics Tuning - pros/cons of tuning graphics card for better video performance in 3D applications like SolidWorks, Lou Gallo, SolidWorks:Heard!, Oct 10, 2010

Graphics Power Bonanza - AMD updates ATI FirePro V-series lineup, doubling memory, GPU power, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, Oct 1, 2010

AMD Drives 6 HD Monitors from a Single ATI FirePro V9800 Graphics Card - Dassault Systèmes testing CATIA V5/V6, Greg Corke, high-performance graphics card, Greg Corke, Develop 3D, Sep 9, 2010

What is DirectX 11? - DirectX 11 benefits CAD professionals, not just 3D gamers, Rob Jamieson of AMD, Develop 3D, Apr 15, 2010

The 2 Tier, Print-n-Submit NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 Review - mid-range card has 2 DisplayPorts, 1 Dual Link DVI-I port, loads large SolidWorks assemblies faster, Josh Mings, SolidSmack, Jan 28, 2010

AMD ATI FireGL V8600, V8650 Graphics Cards (First Look Review) - graphics cards for good performance, lots of onboard RAM for graphically demanding applications, system, software drivers requirements, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, July 1, 2008

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 (First Look Review) - professional-level graphics card with $1600 list price is "highly recommended" by Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, June 1, 2008

Just How Fast is Your Graphics Card? - datasets should be tested in CAD/DDC application to measure graphics performance, Greg Corke, Develop 3D, May 23, 2008

Graphics Cards and High-Res Display - NVIDIA's FX 5600 graphics card with new G80 GPU unified core architecture, has two DVI-I display connectors with dual-link capabilities, supports Scalable Link Interfacewhat, more, Leslie Gordon, Machine Design, Apr 21, 2008

AMD's ATI FireGL Graphics Cards - suitable for CAD and digital content creation applications: ATI FireGL V3600, ATI FireGL V5600, ATI FireGL V7600, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, Mar 1, 2008

NVIDIA's Quadro FX 3700 Ups CAD Performance - mid-range professional graphics card supports application configuration engine and PCI-Express Gen 2, more, Beth Stackpole, Design News, Feb 25, 2008

Graphics Group Test - Nvidia Quadro FX 370, Quadro FX 570, and Quadro FX 1700; ATI FireGL V3600, FireGL V5600, FireGL V7600, FireGL V8600, FireGL V8650, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, Oct 28, 2007

Rev It Up (Cadalyst Labs Review) - graphics cards reviewed: ATI FireGL V3350, Quadro FX 4600, Quadro FX 5600, and Viper ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT; workstation used: Xi MTower PCIe, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, Oct 1, 2007

ATI FireGL V3600 Review - entry-level FireGL V3600 offers unified graphics architecture, 65nm fabrication process, multithreaded drivers and DirectX 10 technology, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, Sep 16, 2007

Even More Graphics Power - high-end NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, with new G80 GPU architecture, supports SLI, OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 10, more, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, July 2007

ATI FireGL R600: Exclusive! - ATI FireGL R600 series consists of five entry-level to ultra high-end cards with 2 x dual link support, unified graphics architecture, multi-threaded drivers, more, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, August 6, 2007

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 - an ultra high-end PCIe graphics card gives good OpenGL and Direct3D performance but at a higher price, more, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, July 9, 2007

New Graphics Power - NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 ultra high-end graphics cards have new G80 GPU unified core architecture, support OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 10, more, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, May 2007

Nvidia Quadro FX 4600 and FX 5600 - high-end graphics cards with new unified architecture provide quality and performance, plus benchmark results report, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, May 18, 2007

Diamond BV300 - a compact and low-profile PCIe graphics card, Diamond BV300 has 256MB of GDDR2 onboard memory, provides dual digital LCD support, suitable priced, more, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, February 22, 2007

Shining Stars - highly recommended best products: TurboCAD Professional v12, Pinion Desktop Packager, Archicad 10, Autodesk Inventor 11, Autodesk Map 3D 2007, IronCAD v9, Solid Edge v19, NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500, Dell Precision M90, Xi MTower PCIe, Maple 10, Deep Exploration 4.0, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, December 1, 2006 (more TurboCAD reviews, ArchiCAD reviews, Autodesk Inventor reviews, IronCAD reviews, Solid Edge reviews, graphic card reviews, Dell workstation reviews, @Xi workstation reviews, Maple reviews)

Growing the Family: The New ATI FireGL V Series - six new entry-level to ultra high-end PCI Express graphics cards with high-level features and memory range from 64 to 512-bit, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, July 2006

In the Cards - Deal Yourself a Winning Graphics Hand - graphics card roundup with ATI's FireGL V3400, FireGL V5200, FireGL V7200, FireGL V7300, V7350; NVIDIA's Quadro FX 1500, Quadro FX 3500, Quadro FX 5500; Matrox TripleHead2Go for multidisplay support using existing graphics card, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, July 1, 2006

The New NVIDIA Quadro FX Series - 7 new low-end to high-end PCI Express-based graphics accelerators have true 128-bit precision graphics pipeline and support 12-bit subpixel precision, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, June 2006

Getting ATi's FireGL to Work with ACAD07 - enable AGP graphics using dxdiag.exe program to run 3dconfig command in AutoCAD 2007, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, July 3, 2006

Real Graphics Power for Real Work - professional graphics cards offer technical stability, support, and reliability to run complex 3D modeling software, AUGI, June 2006 (requires free registration)

Cadalyst Labs Salutes Best Hardware, Software - list of products reviewed and highly praised by Cadalyst in last six months, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, June 1, 2006 (more KeyCreator reviews, Acrobat reviews, StudioTools reviews, LCD reviews, @Xi workstation reviews, graphic card reviews)

ATI FireGL V7350 - an ultrahigh-performance card with 1GB RAM and two dual-link DVI-I output connectors, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, May 1, 2006

Pro Graphics Card Group Test - ATI and Nvidia/PNY present second generation professional graphics cards for all mainstream CAD users and low-cost cards for entry-level users, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, May 9, 2006

Quadro FX: The Next Generation - suitable for entry-level users, new Quadro FX desktop and mobile workstation cards support Linux and 64-bit Windows, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, April 21, 2006

Workstation Motherboards - importance of workstation motherboards to a PC, Robert Jamieson of ATI, AEC Magazine, April 20, 2006

NVIDIA Revamps Graphics Card Line - Quadro FX graphics cards from entry-level to high-end are now available immediately, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst Management, April 20, 2006

Workstation Graphics - current trends in workstation graphics market and future for graphic card vendors, Robert Jamieson of ATI, MCAD Online, March 21, 2006

Choosing a Graphics Card - make your selection appropriately after assessing your needs, AUGI, March 2006 (may require free registration)

Review (Part 2): ATI FireGL X3 - 256 MB RAM, designed for Linux and Windows 2000 SP1 or XP, OpenGL and DirectX certified, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 3, 2006

Review (Part 1): ATI FireGL X3 - Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, March 31, 2006

ATI FireGL V7300/V7350 - ultra high end professional graphics card with 1GB RAM are ready to support Windows XP x64 Edition, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, March 21, 2006

ATI Workstation Graphics Interview - Danny Shapiro of ATI discusses workstation graphics including ATI's new Avivo technology, MCAD Online, January 17, 2006

NVIDIA QUADRO FX 3450 - moderately priced, this graphics card has dual DVI-I connectors and 256MB of GDDR3 memory, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst Management, January 1, 2006

Cadalyst All Stars - Top Products in 2005 - included are a Dell mobile workstation, HP Designjet, NVIDIA graphics card, 3Dconnexion Space Pilot, Autodesk DWF Composer, SolidWorks and SketchUp, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst Management, December 1, 2005

High-End Graphics Cards - competition between NVIDIA and ATI is boon to CAD users, review of NVIDIA's Quadro FX 3450 and Quadro FX 4500, 3Dlabs' Wildcat Realizm 800 and Realizm 500, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, October 25, 2005

nVidia GeForce 6800 GS Reference Card - nVidia's GS card is faster than the GT and competes with it in spite of having reduced number of pipelines, Benny Har-Even, TrustedReviews, November 7, 2005

Play Your Cards Right - among the PCI Express graphics hardware from ATI and NVIDIA, the high-end Quadro FX 4500 from NVIDIA is card of choice for high-performance workstations earning an 'A,' Ron LaFon, Cadalyst Management, October 1, 2005

The Truth about SLI - you'd expect Nvidia's Quadro SLI with its dual graphics card technology to speed up your CAD program, but in reality, it may even slow it down, Greg Corke, MCAD Online, August 11, 2005

nVidia GeForce 7800 GT - Reference Card - architectural improvements make it faster than 6800 cards at a lower cost, Benny Har-Even, TrustedReviews, August 11, 2005

AOpen Aeolus 7800 GTX-DVD256 Graphics Cards - dual-link TMDS transmitter enables screen resolution as high as 3840 x 2400, Benny Har-Even, TrustedReviews, August 3, 2005

Peddie Research Weighs in on the 7800 GTX - Nvidia's latest graphics processor gains superiority with 8 parallel vertex processors, each with two 32-bit floating point processors, Jon Peddie, Tom's Hardware Guide, June 22, 2005

Nvidia Launches GeForce 7800 GTX Graphics Chip - the 7800 GTX received an increase over Ge force 6800 Ultra with a capacity up to 430 MHz, Tom's Hardware Guide, June 21, 2005

New PURE PCI-X Card from ART VPS is Twice as Fast - it supports 3D image rendering using 16 AR350 ray-tracing processors producing images which are identical to high-quality photographs, Solid Edge Community, June 14, 2005 (requires free registration)

ATI Latest FireGL Boards Range From the High End to the Entry Level -V5000 and V7100 are the graphics cards that stand out for being power efficient, fast and best price performance, George Maestri, Computer Graphics World, May 2005

New Heights in Graphics - latest generation of graphics cards feature PCI Express, GPU advances, more and faster RAM, Mark Clarkson, Desktop Engineering, May 2005

ATI FireGL V5000 PCle - moderately priced, mid range graphics card for CAD workstations, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst Management, April 1, 2005

Covering All the Bases - ATI FireGL V Series and X3-256 3D Graphics Boards - all four boards are true PCI Express boards meant for x16 lane architecture and are certified with most MCAD applications, David Cohn, Desktop Engineering, March 1, 2005

NVIDIA QUADRO FX 4400 - workstation-level PCI Express graphics card offers excellent performance, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, February 2005

PCI Express Speeds Ahead - NVIDIA is launching the first PCI Express product for AMD Opteron platforms, which will enhance productivity got workstations in the CAD, digital and visualization fields, Martin Lynch, Computer Reseller News, February 7, 2005

Premier Products - top product picks for 2004: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400, COSMOSWorks, Dell Precision M60 Mobile Workstation, @Xi Systems 3600E MTower Workstation, MicroStation V8 2004 Edition, AutoVue SolidModel Professional v18, Vrcontext Walkinside, CADFind Sketch and Search, Sharp Actius RD3D AutoStereo notebook computer, Green Building Studio, ToleranceCalc, IntelliRoof and IntelliWall, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst, December 15, 2004

PCI Express 101 - PCI Express-enabled computers and graphics subsystems offer the potential for huge productivity gains in graphics-intensive applications such as CAD, but there are many issues to consider before jumping in, Clifton Robin, Desktop Engineering, December 2004

CATbench Update Autumn 2004 - benchmarks test an IBM Z-Pro system using Intel's new Xeon 3.4 GHz EM64T processors and 3Dlabs' new Wildcat, Phil Harrison, CATIA Community, November 29, 2004 (requires free registration)

Take the Graphics Card Express -  PCI Express graphics cards take technology to a new level, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, October 1, 2004

Graphics Accelerator Roundup - reviews of graphics cards for the MCAD market from 3Dlabs, ATI, Matrox and nVIDIA, Alexandra Pratt, Inventor Connections, October 12, 2004 (requires free registration)

Matrox Graphics Card - with the Matrox Millennium P650 installed, an experienced CAD user notes faster boot-ups, fewer stalls and crashes and many more productivity enhancers, Elise Moss, CADdigest.com, October 12, 2004

Hardware Roundup - Workstation Reference Guide - looks at workstations - both high-end and low-end - most suited for MCAD purposes, Alexandra Pratt, Inventor Connections, October 5, 2004 (requires free registration)

High-end Horsepower - sample systems for the CAD user, PC Magazine, August 5, 2004

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 - high-end AGP 8X graphics card offers blazing fast performance, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, September 15, 2004

New Innovations in Graphics Cards: An Interview with Jeff Little of 3Dlabs - a discussion of the latest developments in graphics cards, Alexandra Pratt, Inventor Connections, August 3, 2004 (requires free registration)

Professional Pixels: Quadro FX Entry-Level to High-End Roundup - compares three products in the NVIDIA Quadro FX line of graphics processors, with recommendations for computer graphics professionals, Joseph Tan, CGNetworks, June 28, 2004

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 - new midrange graphics card is a good choice at an attractive price, offering both consistent performance and a stable solid display, Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, March 2004

Matrox Parhelia, 128MB Multiple Monitor Graphics Board - high-resolution video board offers outstanding color rendering, and supports fast 3D display and multiple monitors, Hal Reid, Directions Magazine, Feb 4, 2004

The Return of S3 - the one-time market leader in PC graphics has resurfaced with a new midrange GPU, Dave Salvator, ExtremeTech, December 18, 2003

SOLID Solutions Benchmark 2003: Tests with Two Video Cards and Two Systems - annual workstation benchmark performed with SolidWorks 2003 on Hewlett-Packard workstations and cards, David Schaller, SOLID Solutions, August 2003

CATIA Version 5 Workstation Benchmark - benchmarks of workstations from Dell, HP and IBM and graphics cards from NVIDIA prove that systems costing as little as $2,800 can be used to run CATIA in a highly productive manner, Phil Harrison, CATIA Solutions, Summer 2003

Graphics Boosters For OpenGL Workstations - new graphics cards from NVIDIA (Quadro FX 3000 and FX 500) and ATI ( FireGL X2 and T2) tested with SolidWorks and 3ds max revealed that ATI offered the better price/performance ratio, Uwe Scheffel, Tom's Hardware Guide, September 16, 2003

The SolidWorks 2003 Benchmark - tests of two video cards - NVIDIA Quadro4 980XGL and NVIDIA fx2000 - and the HP Workstation xw4100, Solid Solutions, July/August 2003

Matrox Millennium P750 - midrange 2D/entry-level 3D graphics card that enables you to attach a variety of monitor configurations to enhance and extend your workstation's desktop real estate, John B. Virata, Digital CAD, July 7, 2003

AMD Keeps Its Value Crown - systems from Polywell and Sys based on the 2.2-GHz Athlon XP 3200+ chip easily outran top Pentium 4-based PCs in AutoCAD tests, Laurianne  McLaughlin, PC World, July 2003

Matrox Parhelia 512 (128 MB RAM Version) - this graphics card is ideal for AutoCAD, with custom drivers that automatically load within Autodesk programs for stability and quickness, J.V. Bolkan, Corporate Media News, February 2003

Today's Top Graphics Cards in 3ds max 5 - NVIDIA graphics cards outperforms cards from ATI in max benchmarks, x-bit labs, February 10, 2003

Quadro 750 XGL by PNY Technologies Review - this card performed well in OpenGL tests on such 3D-based applications as Maya 4.5 and 3ds max 5, Peter Stigel, Inside Computer Graphics, February 9, 2003

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