SolidMuse gives FirePro v3750 and v5700 a thumbs up for SolidWorks 2009

About a month ago I wrote about the AMD “Reset Your Preconceptions” program for SolidWorks. In a nutshell, prominent SolidWorks users are being sent a FirePro card to try out in their everyday working environment with the only condition being that they share their experience - be it good, bad, or indifferent. Anna’s SolidMuse blog is the third review to come out. 

Summary from SolidMuse:  “So what is the bottom line after spending a few weeks with the ATI FirePro’s?  I liked the cards, they worked well with my system and are definitely on par with the offerings from Nvidia.”

Perhaps more relevant: “After returning the FirePro’s to ATI, I went out and purchased my own FirePro V8700 “.

Again I need to give an acknowledgement to the FirePro team for running this campaign.  It is real world testing with real world users all without any marketing spin control.  It is an unusual level of transparency for a hardware company.