AMD announces its $899 ATI FirePro V7750 graphics card
AMD has made available the $899-priced ATI FirePro V7750 graphics accelerator for the high-end market, meeting the needs of professional content creators, who use graphics in engineering, digital content creation and scientific fields.
The DisplayPort outputs and a Dual Link enabled DVI output capabilities of the ATI FirePro V7750 generate in conjunction an over 5000 pixels wide multi-monitor desktop in a single-slot form factor. AMD says that its ATI FirePro delivers precise color reproduction and visual quality of intricate and huge data sets.
The ATI FirePro graphics accelerators - available from OEMs, system integrators and global channel partners - come with a 1GB of frame buffer memory and a 30-bit display pipeline; and support Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux.
Among other technical specifications are High Dynamic Range rendering with 8-bit, 10-bit, and 16-bit per RGB color component support; PCI Express 2.0 compliant; hardware acceleration of DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 2.1 advanced features; optimization and official recognition of majority of the CAD and DCC applications; and AutoDetect for multiple applications.
Talking about ATI FirePro, AMD's senior director of Professional Graphics, Janet Matsuda, said: "With the introduction of the ATI FirePro V7750 graphics accelerator, AMD's ATI Professional Graphics group is well positioned to increase its presence in the high-end segment of the market, complementing our solid showing in the entry-level and mid-range."