Commenting on: Video interview from AutoDesk OTC talks about ATI FirePro certification for CAD

This video interview with AMD's Allen Bourgoyne, at the AutoDesk One Team Conference back in early March, talks about the new line of ATI FirePro workstation graphics accelerators and specifically mentions the certification process. I often see mention on several graphics sites about modding FirePro drivers to work on their near-spec-equivalent Radeon consumer version, so I thought this might be a good place to talk about what certification means - really.

Both the Radeon and FirePro cards and drivers are tested for AutoCAD and other DCC/CAD application. But only the FirePro gets certified.

Certified means:

• The card is tested…