3dlabs Wildcat VP990 Pro

Utilizing 3Dlabs’ proven Visual Processing Architecture, the Wildcat VP990 Pro is packed with 512 MB of onboard memory, the largest memory configuration currently available on a workstation graphics accelerator. Yet, the board can successfully be installed in any standard AGP 4x or AGP 8x graphics slot with no unusual power or cooling requirements. The large onboard physical memory works collaboratively with the Wildcat VP’s virtual memory architecture to cache immense amounts of geometry, texture and pixel data locally onboard. CAD designers with large models, DCC professionals generating texture-rich animations, and visual simulation users moving in real-time though large databases can all significantly benefit from the massive memory capacity of the Wildcat VP990 Pro.

The large memory reserves that the Wildcat VP990 Pro offers are ideal for driving high-resolution displays. For example, high-end nine mega pixel displays easily absorb over 100 MB of graphics memory simply driving the screen, and that is before any geometry or textures are stored and processed. Enabling high-quality anti-aliasing tends to consume enormous amounts of graphics processing power and memory. As the first professional graphics accelerator available with 512 MB of onboard memory, the Wildcat VP990 Pro provides an extra boost of memory facilitating high-quality, anti-aliasing utilization on a broader spectrum of professional displays than previously obtained.

The new Wildcat VP990 Pro graphics accelerator is offered in a price/performance model that supports standard AGP 4x or AGP 8x-based workstations running Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows® 2000 operating systems.