PC Perspective and Phoronix review the new FirePro V5800 and V3800

PC Perspective and Phoronix (under Linux) already have reviews of the newly released FirePro V5800 ($469) and FirePro V3800 ($109):

Snippets from PC Perspective:

“The V5800, coming in at $469, paints the Quadro FX 3800 in a pretty damning light.  After all the NVIDA option will sell for about 1.8x the price (~$800) of the V5800 but more often than not is the slower card.  The V3800 isn’t going to win any performance benchmarks but with the $109 price tag it is easily the lowest cost pro-level offering from either company with a modern feature set. “

“The feature set is something that AMD continues to dominate.  With included goodies like three display support with Eyefinity technology, an OpenGL 4.0-ready driver and of course, DX11 support, the FirePro V8800, V5800 and V3800 are a noticeable generational leap ahead of the Quadro FX 4800/3800 for those developers that are living on the bleeding edge of technology.  As we have seen in our Eyefinity testing for gaming, being able to run with a wide array of displays can drastically change how your view your work environment and increase your productivity. “

Snippets from Phoronix (testing under Linux)

“The FirePro V5800 with the Maya test also performed remarkably. In fact, the V5800 did even better than the previous-generation FirePro V8700/V8750 graphics cards! The FirePro V8800 was about 8% faster than the FirePro V5800, but still the performance exhibited by the Juniper XT workstation card is rather impressive. While the FirePro V5800 and Radeon HD 5770 are based upon the same core, the performance of the workstation-oriented card was 3.13x that of the consumer equivalent with SPECViewPerf’s Maya view-set.”

“While the FirePro V3800 sells for just over $100 USD, it’s a much greater fit than even the ~$150 USD Radeon HD 5770 when it comes to workstation graphics with it usually running more than twice as fast. The FirePro V3800 is also an interesting solution with its minimal power requirements and low heat output.”