$35 - "Intense 3d PRO 2200" from Intergraph/IBM - Any info?

[diem]

Overstock has the Card for $55, with free shipping. There is also a coupon for $20 off $50 bringing the price down to $35 for what was once a seemingly pretty hot video card.

The card itself looks huge (no mATX cases) and once sold for >$1000. Today its not much but for $35 its a 16mb card that I hope will at least make AutoCAD pretty happy.

Does any one have any first hand experience w/ this card? I bought one anyway, but I'm curious...

From intergraph
Intergraph Link
http://www.intergraph.com/ics/tdz2000/2200s.asp

Link from Overstock.com
Link
www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=4481&fp=T

 

[huesmann]

My god that's a huge vid card!

It's PCI tho.

 

[Zuofu]

Most likely useless unless you use a 3D modeling program with a proprietary API. Most of those professional 3D accelerators have very poor speed (usually under 50MPixels/s, compared to the 90 on the Voodoo2 and the theoretical 480 on the GeForce). Their advantage is that they usually have drivers for specific applications (e.g. 3D Studio Max's HEIDI), or adhere very closely to OpenGL spec so that professional applications work perfectly. But don't expect anywhere over 15FPS in Q3A on those.

Looking at the specs, I believe it is capable of 25MPixels/s, which is sub Voodoo Graphics (Voodoo 1) in texturing speed (the most important thing in current games).

 

[UltraWide]

very impressive indeed for AutoCAD and such design programs.

 

[Stradlin]

I've been looking at this card too. Seems to be about three year old technology, but in my three year old system with no AGP, it might not be a bad thing. I use AutoCAD and some 3D modeling software.

I'd be interested in an article that provides benchmarks in a high-end graphics situation. Anyone know a site?

 

[Souka]

Get a Tnt2 or Geforce DDR PCI Card...or voodoo5 PCI....of course these are more expensive.