Military AI Works

OK, is this a good deal and would this be good for FSX and/or FS9

Thanks in Advance

Scott

http://sellout.woot.com/offers/ati-fire ... #read-more

•Mid-range 3D workstation graphics solution
•Powered by scaleable parallel processing Unified Shader architecture
•AutoDetect instinctively optimizes for user’s workflow
•PCI Express® 2.0 x16 bus interface
•512MB GDDR3 graphics frame buffer memory
•(2) DisplayPort Outputs
•(1) Dual-Link DVI-I Output
•High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering with 8-bit, 10-bit & 16-bit per RGB color component support
•Full Shader Model 4.1 support for vertex and pixel shaders
•Certification for many CAD and DCC applications
•Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 support and OpenGL 3.2 support



ATI FirePro™ 3D Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture:

•320 Stream Processing Units
- Dynamic load balancing and resource allocation for vertex, geometry, and pixel shaders
- Common instruction set and texture unit access supported for all types of shaders
- Dedicated branch execution units and texture address processors
•Anti-Aliasing Features
- Multi-sample anti-aliasing: 2, 4, or 8 samples per pixel
- Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing (CFAA) for improved quality
- Adaptive super-sampling and multi-sampling
Display Capabilities:

•Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2) for H.264/AVC, VC-1, and MPEG-2 video formats
•Two independent display controllers
- Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls and video overlays for each display
- Full 30-bit display processing (10-bit per RGB component)
•Two integrated DisplayPort outputs
- Each supporting 24- and 30-bit displays at resolutions up to 2560x1600
•One integrated Dual Link DVI display output
- Support 18-, 24-, and 30-bit digital displays at resolutions up to 2560x1600
- Includes a dual-link HDCP encoder with on-chip key storage for high resolution playback of protected content
API and OS Support:

•OpenGL 3.2 with OpenGL Shading Language
•Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1
•Windows® XP, Windows XP64
•Linux® 32 and Linux 64
•Windows Vista® and Windows Vista® 64
System Requirements:

•PCI Express® based workstation with available x16 lane graphics slot
•350-Watt power supply or greater (assumes fully loaded system)
•512MB of system memory
•Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
In the box:

•ATI FirePro™ V5700 Workstation Graphics Accelerator
•DisplayPort to DVI Adapter
•DVI to VGA Adapter
•HDTV Adapter
•CrossFire™ Pro Cable
•Driver Disk

What I see, low ram high power consumption, if thats your price range there are 1 gig units over at tiger direct for the same price. the only thing I saw was that it was set up for crossfire but still that would only give you 1 gig.

Watch out, this is a workstation card designed for 3D rendering and not to run games that rely heavily on processing power like flight simulator. I reckon it would even struggle with FSX on low settings.

Hey Greg

You are spot on there, these cards are not the best for FS...More if you spend your time in CAD/CAM ....

I would suggest taking a look at you local online classifieds and you may be able to snag up something used for a great price.