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Today in DCC Workstation
3D
Graphics Cards for DCC
Intro,
Why Accelerate?, What
to Look For, PCI vs. AGP
Entry-Level,
Low-Cost, High-Speed 3D Acceleration: Sub $300 Cards
Mid-Range, High-Speed
3D Acceleration: Sub $1000 Cards
3Dlabs
Oxygen GVX1, 3Dlabs Oxygen RPM,
Intense3D Wildcat 3510, E&S
Lightning 1200, E&S AccelGalaxy,
Appian Jeronimo Pro, Diamond
Fire GL1
High-End,
Maximum 3D Acceleration: Cards Over $1,000
3Dlabs
Oxygen RPM
 The
3Dlabs Oxygen RPM delivers an expansive
64MB of unified graphics memory, high-resolution true-color displays and
precision Z-buffering at an accessible price. If you have a multiple CPU
workstation, 3Dlab's exclusive PowerThreads multi-threaded OpenGL drivers
automatically exploit all CPUs to boost geometry performance. Plus, the
ability to drive dual-screen displays or support quad-buffered stereo
means you don't sacrifice flexibility for a price.
A single Oxygen RPM card can drive two high-resolution 3D accelerated
monitors for a unified, dual-screen desktop from a single AGP slot. The
dual parallel 3Dlabs RPM rasterizer chipset delivers fast shaded and texture-mapped
graphics and high-quality, true-color rendering with 24 bit Z-Buffer.
Complete professional buffer and OpenGL function support includes Gourad
shading, tri-linear mip-mapped texture mapping with perspective correction,
overlays, fogging, 8-bit stencil planes, hardware window clipping, translucency
with destination alpha and anti-aliasing.
The 64 MB of on-board SDRAM memory means availability of high-resolution,
double-buffered, true-color displays up to 1600 x 1200 (single monitor)
or 2048 x 768 (unified desktop, dual monitor), with plenty of texture
memory to spare.
The Oxygen RPM support leading software such as: Pro/ENGINEER, Catia,
SolidWorks, Unigraphics, I-DEAS Master Series, MicroStation, SolidDesigner,
Solid Edge, AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop, Ansys, Softimage|3D, Maya, LightWave
3D, 3D Studio MAX & VIZ, Lightscape, Houdini, GameGen, WorldToolKit, IGrip,
Quest, and Open Inventor. Its MSRP is $1499, but it can be found for a
street price of around $850.
Lead
on to the Intense3D Wildcat 3510
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