![]() ![]() Chaos Vantage 2.0 is now compatible with AMD GPUs The pro software challengeĪMD is fighting a continual battle with Nvidia when it comes to software. And in such multi-tasking workflows, memory soon gets used up.įinally, it’s important to note that what is high-end today is the mainstream of tomorrow and the demands of viz tools will continue to grow. They need to be able to switch seamlessly between tools or use the GPU for background rendering or video encoding, while modelling in the foreground. And, importantly, viz professionals don’t have to make compromises on quality or waste time optimising their datasets.Īlso, very few visualisation professionals use single applications in isolation. It means the Radeon Pro W7800 and W7900 can handle very demanding visualisation datasets, from huge high-poly city-scale models to those with hyper realistic assets, including 8K textures and detailed vegetation. Big memory, big demandsģ2 GB and 48 GB might seem like a lot of memory for a GPU, but those that really need it, know they really need it. It has a dual slot design, 260W Thermal Design Power (TDP) and the same amount of memory. The AMD Radeon Pro W7800, as the model number suggests, is arguably more of a natural successor to the Radeon Pro W6800. This is an important consideration for those seeking multi-GPU configs, as you won’t get the same density on most motherboards. The board is also longer (280mm vs 267mm) and is the first workstation GPU to take up three slots on the motherboard instead of two. It also draws more power at peak (295W vs 250W) and needs 2 x 8-pin connectors and a 650W minimum PSU. Now, the AMD Radeon Pro W7800 and W7900 have four - three DisplayPort 2.1 and one Mini DisplayPort 2.1.Īs you would expect, the AMD Radeon Pro W7900 marks a big step up from the Radeon Pro W6800 in terms of performance and memory. For years its high-end pro GPUs featured six Mini DisplayPort connectors. ![]() AMD is keen to point out that the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Generation is on DisplayPort 1.4.ĪMD has also changed the number of ports. According to AMD, this means the new GPUs are future proofed for next gen displays in terms of refresh rate, pixel resolution and colour bit-depth. The new GPUs also support DisplayPort 2.1, the latest version of the digital display standard which offers three times the data rate of DisplayPort 1.4. They are set to replace the RDNA 2-based Radeon Pro W6800 (32 GB), which dates back to 2021.īoth GPUs comprise multiple unified RDNA 3 compute units, each with 64 dual issue stream processors, two AI accelerators and one second generation ray tracing (RT) accelerator.Īccording to AMD, RDNA 3 offers up to 50% more raytracing performance per compute unit than AMD’s first generation. The AMD Radeon Pro W7900 (48 GB) and Radeon Pro W7800 (32 GB) are the first workstation GPUs to be based on AMD’s RDNA 3 architecture. But what are these GPUs, what do they offer AEC professionals, and how do they compare to Nvidia? The new cards ![]() And for those with even tighter purse strings, there’s the £2,150 AMD Radeon Pro W7800 (32 GB). So, what are the alternatives? In recent years, AMD has found it hard to compete with Nvidia on performance alone, but it certainly can do on price.Īt £3,450, the company’s new top-end workstation GPU, the AMD Radeon Pro W7900 (48 GB), is nearly half the price of the RTX 6000 Ada. Nvidia charges a big premium for this level of performance and £6,666 (Ex VAT) will make a serious dent in any IT budget. The dual-slot 48 GB workstation graphics card absolutely smashed our benchmark records for real-time viz and ray trace rendering, but there was a serious catch. When Nvidia launched the RTX 6000 Ada Generation in late 2022 ( read our review), it massively raised the bar in professional graphics. AMD’s new high-end workstation GPUs might lack the horsepower to truly rival the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada, but they can compete on price/performance, writes Greg Corke ![]()
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