![]() ![]() However, there are also some subtle differences. It benefits from years of FirePro driver development and includes optimisations for a massive range of CAD (and other 3D) tools. To all intents and purposes, Radeon Pro WX is just an evolution of AMD FirePro. ![]() The red and black FirePro W Series is now being replaced with the blue Radeon Pro WX Series – the idea being that AMD will benefit from the strong brand recognition that Radeon has in the consumer games sector. Regular readers of AEC Magazine will be familiar with AMD FirePro, but this summer AMD decided to call time on its long standing professional graphics brand. With the AMD Radeon Pro WX7100 it is now possible to get a VR capable professional CAD workstation for just over $2,000, and that even includes the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive VR head mounted display (HMD). At $799 (£649), the AMD Radeon Pro WX7100 (8GB) is around a third of the price of Nvidia’s cheapest workstation GPUs for VR, the Quadro M5000 (8GB) and the brand new Quadro P5000 (16GB). This month AMD shipped the first ever workstation ‘VR Ready’ GPU for under $1,000. But, in order for VR to go mainstream, and become a fixture on the desks of designers, engineers and architects where it can truly influence the design process, the cost of workstation GPU hardware needs to fall.įorking out $2,000 for a workstation-class ‘VR Ready’ GPU is hard to swallow when you are used to paying a fraction of that for one capable of accelerating 3D CAD.īut costs are already starting to come down. Consumer Virtual Reality headsets, powerful Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and new generation ‘CAD to VR’ software are all doing their bit to make VR a key technology for design, engineering, manufacturing, architecture and construction. ![]()
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