High-End Workstation Graphics Shootout - AMD FireGL V8650 Vs. NVIDIA QuadroFX 5600

3D Studio Max 2008 and Maya 8.5



OpenGL Modeling / Texturing Performance
Lower Times Are Better




OpenGL Modeling / Texturing Performance
Lower Times Are Better




Surprisingly enough, we see vastly different results between the two leading 3D production suites on the market today. The Spec APC 3D Studio Max test showed the best overall performance on the QuadroFX 5600 1.5 GB, holding a slight edge over our two competing FireGL products.

Maya 8.5 shows a different story, as our two FireGL cards were able to plow through this benchmark without delay, virtually processing it in the same amount of time as each other. The QuadroFX 5600 fell quite far behind in this benchmark. This benchmark does coincide with our Spec ViewPerf Maya test in the following page. Maya simply appears to run better on the new FireGL lineup.


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