In an attempt to rub out some old preconceptions about the use of ATI (now AMD) hardware with CAD packages, AMD has partnered with popular CAD software provider SolidWorks to ship out preconfigured workstations to some prominent CAD bloggers.
The FirePro team is taking the unusual step of working with a leading 3D CAD vendor – SolidWorks, and sending out workstations with FirePro accelerators to some of their more prominent users/bloggers. The users can evaluate the new cards in their own SolidWorks 2009 workflows relative to any other 3D graphics accelerators they have used.
The first two reviews are online already:
via FireUser Blog: AMD and SolidWorks launch “reset your preconceptions” test program.
