ATI Fire GL4 Graphics Card and gaming

[epsilon9090]

I have an ATI Fire GL4 graphics card which is designed for workstation graphics, like CAD, etc.

Does anyone know if it would support gaming (any firsthand experiences, etc)?

Thanks.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

if it supports opengl & dirext x it will support gaming. usually professional cards perform worse at gaming because of the drivers.

thats an older card i think too.

 

[epsilon9090]

Well ATI says it supports this:

API and Operating system support
* OpenGL® 2.0 + extensions
* OpenGL Shading Language
* Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0
* DX9 HLSL
* Windows® XP/Windows XP64/Windows 2000
* Linux® 32/Linux 64

But that doesn't neccesarily warrant decent performance. Hopefully someone has a firsthand experience with the card. I'm basically looking to play Battlefield 2 on this, which I know is probably unlikely, but it does have a dual core 2.0ghz xeon powering it so maybe at 640x480 I can play it on the 24inch CRT it comes with .

 

[epsilon9090]

Also, this rig has an AGP pro slot, dunno if that helps any.

 

[epsilon9090]

Also, it is an HP workstation, I don't know if that helps much.

 

[epsilon9090]

Anyone with it?

 

[Captante]

It will support older games but its not going to perform very well.. if you have it sitting in a box its worth a try but don't expect much.

Edit: Considering what those things used to sell for, you might be better off trying to sell it but I'm not sure what its worth these days.

 

[epsilon9090]

It gives official support for directx9, does that mean it will at least run the game?