6/18/2009 CATIA & FirePro VBO Support		Accelerating Dassault Systmes CATIA  The impressive graphics performance of the new certified line of ATI FirePro™ graphics accelerators will amaze CATIA® and ENOVIA DMU users. ATI FirePro™ delivers the exceptional realism, accuracy, and power needed to improve the efficiency and productivity of our customers. said by Laurent Laloy, Director R&D, Dassault Systèmes

6/18/2009 CATIA & FirePro V5700 VBO Support		AMD’s ATI FirePro V5700 delivers exceptional large model performance in CATIA V5R18  VBOs work by taking raw geometry processing away from the CPU and moving it onto the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). All 3D geometry is loaded up, stored and processed on the graphics card. And when changes to the geometry are made, data doesn’t have to be moved back and forth over the PCI Express bus, as has traditionally been the case. This helps minimise the instances when the GPU has to wait for the CPU (as it is often tied up with other tasks) and as a result boosts real-time 3D performance.! • ATI FirePro V5700 Introduction

4/12/2009 Cadalyst		ATI FirePro graphics accelerator with Autodesk Inventor Improves the design process and support sales efforts  Why the ATI FirePro V5700 workstation graphics accelerator has proved invaluable? As Mastenbroek has demanded more and more from successive releases of Inventor, designers' efforts were frustrated by graphics card performance issues: extended loading times, irregular motion, and overshoot when using 3D navigation devices to manipulate large models on screen, and slow regeneration of models. "With the FirePro V5700, everything is very smooth indeed -- rotation, panning, zooming. Regeneration speed is a lot faster, and the quality of visualization is a lot better. Not only does the real-time rendered model look better and more convincing, it is easier to see the extent of any projecting external parts," Taylor said. • Read from Web

2/26/2009 FireUser.com		Video_SolidWorks 2009 running on a FirePro v3750 vs Radeon 4850  I have a video capture from the SolidWorks World 2009 conference last week that compares a top-of-the line Radeon consumer card (on the left), vs the low-end FirePro 3750 professional (on the right) on SolidWorks 2009 performance. As you can see in the video, the FirePro leaves the Radeon in the dust. Obviously, its the drivers support for OpenGL (specifically VBOs) and their SolidWorks 2009-specific optimizations that give the FirePro card the impressive edge. With both at the same $200 price, and since I am not a gamer, the FirePro seems the obvious choice. • ATI FirePro V3750 Introduction

2/16/2009		What is VBO? Why is VBO important?  What is VBO and how does it work? Vertex Buffer Objects (VBO) is part of Solidworks 2009 or higher versions. (The function is activated by default). It is a buffer which is stored on the GPU memory and when activated, the application stores vertex data for triangles and lines in this location.