From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ATI FireGL
ATI FireGL
Radeon product GPU Corresponding FireGL soft-mod
Radeon HD 2900 XT (1 GB GDDR4 version) R600 XT FireGL V8600
Radeon HD 2900 GT R600 GT FireGL V7600
Radeon HD 2600 XT (512 MB GDDR4 version) RV630 XT FireGL V5600
Radeon HD 2600 Pro RV630 Pro FireGL V3600
Radeon HD 3850/3870 RV670 FireGL V77001 / FireStream 9170
Radeon HD 4870 RV770 FirePro V8700
*1 Radeon HD 3850/3870 products do not have the DisplayPort output presented on FireGL V7700 product.
FireGL Graphics and pixel precision[citation needed], with CAD specific func-
tionalities such as the recently introduced AutoDetection
Technology to tune the parameters inside the driver to
The FireGL logo achieve maximum performance for predefined list of
software. However, because the drivers are also based on
The ATI FireGL range of video cards, renamed to FirePro the Catalyst drivers made for the Radeon line, it makes
3D in late 2008, is the series specifically for CAD (Comput- them suitable for gaming, at the expense of probable
er Aided Design) and DCC (Digital Content Creation) soft- compatibility issues with the very latest games due to the
ware, usually found in workstations. age of the drivers, with FireGL cards in theory pushing
more data than their Radeon gaming counterparts[citation
History needed].
Since the 2007 series, high-end and ultra-end FireGL
The FireGL line was originally developed by the German products (based on the R600 architecture) have officially
company Spea Software AG until it was acquired by Dia- implemented stream processing, which the Radeon line
mond Multimedia in late 1995[1]. The first FireGL board of video cards, although present in hardware, does not
used the 3Dlabs GLINT 3D processor chip[2]. officially support.
Differences with the Radeon Soft-mods
Line Because of the similarities between FireGL and Radeon
cards, some users soft-mod their Radeon cards by using
third-party software or automated scripts accompanied
with a modified FireGL driver patch, to enable FireGL ca-
pabilities for their hardware, effectively getting a cheap-
er, equivalent, FireGL cards, often with better OpenGL ca-
pabilities, but usually half of the amount of video mem-
ory. Some variants can also be soft-modded to a
FireStream stream processor.
The trend of soft-mods continued with the 2007 se-
ries FireGL cards, as follows:
FireGL 4 video card
The FireGL line is designed for multimedia content cre-
ation programs, such as 3DS Max, and mechanical en-
gineering design software such as Solidworks, whereas
Radeon counterparts are suited towards video games.
FireGL drivers were built with maximum image quality
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ATI FireGL
Year Manufacturer Model Chipset Memory (RAM) Bus Type
1995[3] SPEA FireGL 3Dlabs GLINT 300SX + S3 86C968/ 8 MB VRAM + 8-12 MB
86c868 DRAM
Diamond FireGL 1000 3DLabs Permedia + GLint Delta 4/8 MB
Diamond FireGL 1000 3DLabs Permedia 2 4/8 MB
Pro
Diamond FireGL 2000 3Dlabs GLINT 300SX + S3 86C968/ 8 MB VRAM + 8-12 MB
86c868 DRAM
Diamond FireGL 3000 3Dlabs Glint 500TX + Glint Delta 8 MB VRAM+ 8/16/32 MB
Diamond FireGL 4000 Mitsubishi 3Dpro/2MP 15 3D RAM/ 4-16 CDRAM
Diamond FireGL 5000 Mitsubishi iMPAC-GE
Diamond FireGL 1 IBM Oasis Rasterizer 32 MB AGP 2x
Diamond FireGL 2 IBM RC1000 (120 MHz) + GT1000 64 MB DDR (120 MHz) AGP 4x
(190 MHz)
Diamond FireGL 3 IBM RC1000 (120 MHz) + GT1000 128 MB DDR (120 MHz) AGP 4x
(190 MHz) Pro
Diamond FireGL 4 IBM RC1000 (150 MHz) + GT1000 128 MB DDR (150 MHz) AGP 4x
(205 MHz) Pro
List of Cards References
[1] "Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. Completes
SPEA/Diamond FireGL models Acquisition of Spea Software AG".
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/
ATI FireGL models is_1995_Nov_17/ai_17617336/.
Main article: Comparison of ATI graphics processing [2] 1996 press release from 3Dlabs
units [3] "GLINT05 SPEA FireGL". http://stason.org/
TULARC/pc/3d-graphics-cards-faq/
ATI Mobility FireGL models GLINT05_SPEA_FireGL.html.
Main article: Comparison of ATI graphics processing
units External links
• ATi FireGL page
See also • Nvidia Quadro FX vs. ATI FirePro: Professional
• Nvidia Quadro - NVIDIA’s workstation graphics Graphics Accelerators Roundup
solution
• Comparison of ATI graphics processing units
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