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ATI 100-505511 FireGL V5600 512MB PCI Express x16 Workstation Video Card - Retail

ATI FireGL V5600 100-505511 Workstation Video Card - Retail

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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years

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Review Summary (read all 7 Reviews, write a review)

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Product Rating:
Total Reviews:	7

Fire GL V5600

Reviewed By: "Thursday" on 5/4/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: This is a lot of card for the money. Good performance on GIS and CAD when it works

Cons: Crashes - screen lockups, vertical pinstriping, blue screen with illegible message - even the VGA driver breaks down in a crash.

It got worse when my agency inflicted MS Exchange Server client on my workstation. Crashing several times a day.

Other Thoughts: ATI needs to do something about the drivers, or else recall the card.

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Great card!

Reviewed By: Kid Niki on 2/25/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Does exactly what it is suppose to do. I tested both this and a Quadro FX1700 and this card performed slightly better in "Real-World" tests in Maya and SoftImage XSI. I do animation and I am able to both scrub and play in through my timeline in the viewport with two detailed characters on the screen. It even runs UT3 and Gametap well.

Cons: Not a gaming card! Wish I had enough for a higher-end card in some circumstances.

Other Thoughts: I run Vista 64 with 4 gigs of RAM, Q6600 and an Intel 975 motherboard (Intel Made). The card runs very cool, the fan is darn near silent and I have had NONE of the issues the other reviewers speak of. From the sounds of it they should stick to store bought systems.

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Very good, when it doesn't crash

Reviewed By: Brad on 1/13/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Excellent performance in high-end 2D (Photoshop CS4) and low-end 3D (Google SketchUp). Drives 2 large monitors (30" EIZO and 22" Samsung) at full-res and very high-quality color.

Cons: Video driver crashes frequently (every 1-3 days) in Vista 64 Pro, after certain mouse actions (double-click & drag, etc). Windows TDR recovery system tries several times to recover, then system crashes completely.

ATI tech support is very weak. My case got escalated three times since May 2008, and dragged on for months. The "ATI Professional Support" tech that I dealt with tried to blame my hardware & tried to blame Microsoft. When I finally pointed out to him MS's spec for video card makers (all card operations must complete within 2 secs), the ATI guy said it was "impossible" for makers to meet the spec!

3-4 ATI video driver updates were released in that time period, none of which have resolved the problem.

Other Thoughts: I finally decided to pay the $60 MS fee for tech support, in order to get this resolved. In fairness to ATI, the MS guy was able to improve things for me somewhat via several settings changes, independent of video driver:

a) make sure USB mouse is on its own port (not via hub)
b) make sure mobo chipset driver is up-to-date
c) on systems with > 4GB ram, enable I/O driver remap above 4GB

Before working with MS, the video driver crashed at least once per day. Now, it crashes about 1-2 times per week.

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General
Brand	ATI
Model	100-505511
Interface
Interface	PCI Express x16
Chipset
Chipset Manufacturer	ATI
GPU	FireGL V5600
Stream Processors	120 Stream Processing Units
Memory
Memory Size	512MB
3D API
DirectX	DirectX 10
OpenGL	OpenGL 2.0
Ports
DVI	2
Spec
RAMDAC	400MHz
Digital Resolution	2560 x 1600
Cooler	With Fan
Operating Systems Supported	Windows Vista (64-bit and 32-bit), Windows XP (64-bit and 32-bit) Linux (64-bit and 32-bit)
System Requirements	Available PCI Express x16 lane slot 256MB of system memory CD-ROM drive for software installation 350-Watt power supply or greater
Features
Features	Unified Shader Architecture AutoDetect Technology Stream Computing High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering
Packaging
Package Contents	100-505511 Driver Disk 2 x DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts	3 years limited
Labor	3 years limited