Commenting on: FirePro V8750 vs Radeon HD 5870 benchmarks justify workstation vs consumer monikers

Posted by Tony DeYoung on November 06, 2009

I’ve written before about the real difference in CAD and DCC performance between using a professional graphics card like a FirePro and a consumer graphic card like a Radeon.  But what about the new “Evergreen” line of DirectX 11-based GPUs like the Radeon HD 5870.  This is getting awesome performance reviews.  So how does this compare to a top of the line FirePro card?

imageIcrontic recently had the same question so he ran some benchmarking tests (Cinebench R10, SPECviewperf 3ds Max, and SPECviewperf Maya) between the Radeon HD 5870…

Tags: 3D, Benchmarks, Hardware
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When you say that the Radeon HD 4870 is physically different to the FirePro V8750, are you sure that you are using a reference design from ATi as comparison, and not one from a thrid party manufacturer? I look forward to this article, but I would be sceptical to what the ATi marketing department are telling you. They have to get the money to develop the drivers and would not want people to use them by softmodding.

By sara on 2009-12-02

$1,500 vs <$300- is this a fair comparison? Why not compare a similarly priced firepro card and not the top notch one? For the money and performance the sub $300 card wins hands down. It can achieve good results in Maya and other 3D packages, has eyefinity, has DX11 and is better for testing Dx software (games) not to mention if you're in game dev you can't even test dx11 with the $1,500 firepro. It is a great card but you need to compare things that are actually alike! This article is biased!

By NonbiasedReviews on 2010-01-12

for me this benchmark is fine, I bought the firepro because I want real performace with maya this article was a big help for me when choosing the card

By ferni on 2010-02-07

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