by Anna Filatova
06/25/2002 | 11:34 PM
3Dlabs, Inc. Ltd, a division of Creative Technology Ltd. (see this news story) announced the launching of three professional graphics cards in the Wildcat family based on the new VPU (Visual Processing Unit aka P10) announced in early May.
To my great disappointment, the company again decided to keep silent about the detailed specifications of the cards having disclosed only some rates for "Vertices/Sec" and "AA Samples/Sec" parameters. That is why I will have to leave these "specs" for the professional graphics specialists and be happy with what they mentioned in the official press-release.<%BANNER[article]%>
| Card | Memory | Display configuration | Performance | Market segment | Approx. retail price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat VP970 | 128MB 256bit DDR | Independent Dual-head Dual Link | 225M Vertices/sec 42G AA Samples/Sec | CAD DCC Simulation | $1199 |
| Wildcat VP870 | 128MB 256bit DDR | Independent Dual-head | 188M Vertices/sec 35G AA Samples/Sec | CAD DCC Simulation | $599 |
| Wildcat VP760 | 64MB 256bit DDR | Independent Dual-head | 165M Vertices/sec 23G AA Samples/Sec | CAD | $449 |
All three cards are reported to start shipping this month.