While it’s hard to imagine any CAD-centric graphics workflows using anywhere near this amount of GPU memory, 8GB does offer serious potential for GPU compute and also adds in a good level of future proofing.
Then, in the so-called mid-range, the FirePro W7100 takes things up to a whopping 8GB. The big story is that these cards are brimming with on-board memory double that of the previous generation.Įven the entry-level FirePro W2100 comes with 2GB, which should allow CAD users to load up all but the biggest models into GPU memory. Prices have not yet been announced but should be in the same ball park as AMD’s previous generation FirePro GPUs we are told. In terms of cards, the entry-level AMD FirePro W2100 and W4100, plus the mid-range AMD FirePro W5100 and W7100 join the high-end AMD FirePro W8100 and W9100 that were launched earlier this year. The company also unveiled plans to push Mantle, its GCN-optimised graphics API, into the professional 3D space. Today at Siggraph, AMD unveiled four new cards to complete its next generation family of professional FirePro GPUs based on the Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture.
