AMD FirePro 2460 Multi-View: four Mini DisplayPort sockets, 13W, no frills
By Darren Murph 
posted April 26th 2010 5:13PM
posted April 26th 2010 5:13PM
AMD Delivers up to Double the Performance Capability [1] with New ATI FirePro™ Professional Graphics
Next-generation ATI FirePro™ professional graphics cards deliver ATI Eyefinity technology, Microsoft® DirectX®11 support, and OpenGL® 4.0 and OpenCL™ support across every price point
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -4/26/2010
Following the launch of the ATI FirePro™ V8800, the industry's most powerful professional graphics card ever created3, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced new additions to its next-generation ATI FirePro™ family – ATI FirePro™ V7800, ATI FirePro™ V5800, ATI FirePro™ V4800, and ATI FirePro™ V3800 – offering professionals in the digital content creation (DCC) and Computer Aided Design (CAD) industries advanced performance and features at every price point. AMD also announced the ATI FirePro™ 2460 Multi-View, a low profile, quad display graphics solution designed for financial institutions. These latest ATI FirePro solutions are expected to be available from HP, CDW, New Egg, Tiger Direct and other online retailers.
"AMD's new ATI FirePro workstation graphics cards are the world's first to support up to four monitors on a single card4 – enabling increased productivity for professional graphics users," said Janet Matsuda, senior director, Professional Graphics, AMD. "Our new ATI FirePro family delivers new value at every price point."
"HP's workstation customers are professionals at the top of their games who demand the latest technologies with the best possible performance," said Jeff Wood, director, Worldwide Marketing, Workstations, HP. "HP recently expanded its workstation lineup to provide customers with an option for every need. Combined with our powerful HP Workstations, this new generation of ATI FirePro graphics cards delivers exceptional solutions that enable higher productivity levels for our customers at every stage of the game."
The next generation of the ATI FirePro family of professional graphics cards is designed to meet the specific needs of each market segment. The cards have been tested in real-world scenarios to help ensure compatibility and stability for certification with many leading software applications. Each card supports Microsoft® DirectX®11, OpenGL® 4.0 and OpenCL™ along with ATI Eyefinity technology – providing professionals with the ability to expand their display resolution for increased productivity.4
* High-end: With 2GB of GDDR5 memory, the ATI FirePro V7800 offers superior performance capabilities and visual quality1 in a compact single slot form factor. Its massively parallel architecture can handle computationally or visually demanding applications without negatively impacting performance. With ATI Eyefinity technology, professionals can drive up to three independent 30" displays at one time.
* Mid-range: The ATI FirePro V5800 is a true workhorse and offers professionals the perfect balance of price and performance. Featuring 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, and support for up to three independent displays through ATI Eyefinity technology, the ATI FirePro V5800 delivers more than double the performance capability of the previous generation.5
* Entry-level: The ATI FirePro V4800 features 1GB of GDD5 memory and delivers 1.25X the performance capability compared to the previous generation,6 with outstanding results for entry-level CAD users, all at value level pricing. With 512 MB of DDR3 memory and a 30-bit display pipeline7 that offers accurate color reproduction and exceptional visual quality, the ATI FirePro V3800 brings dramatic performance and up to three display support through ATI Eyefinity technology to entry-level 3D graphics professionals.
The ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View is a low profile, quad display graphics solution designed to improve the visual experience for financial traders while simultaneously helping to reduce power and cooling costs for some of the world's largest financial institutions. With an average board power consumption of 13W, ATI FirePro 2460 is designed to meet the performance and productivity requirements of enterprise environments without increasing the power consumption needs of users while offering the capability to support multi-monitor ATI Eyefinity technology.
Somebody owns 4 mini display compatible monitors? I think I just shit myself laughing.
@Evan You can get DP -> HDMI adapters for
@joefresco Adapters eh, maybe you should read the story before this one.
@Evan
I second that.
@Evan Because comparing Apple's proprietary tech to an adapter between two industry standards is the same thing, especially when numerous people are doing DP->HDMI without trouble on current Eyefinity setups.
@Evan .. You're an idiot. No seriously. The hardware adapters are just fine. What is different for the iPad VGA is that the software needs to be fixed.
If you can't understand basic computing then clearly this product isn't for you.
@Evan
MDP --> DVI adapters have been out and working for years, with ATi Eyefinity you need active MDP --> DVI adapters, Apple uses passive adapters, they aren't even the same thing
@joefresco
Why should you have to buy adapters? That's like saying I'm going to buy a car but the wheels come separately.
@Evan DP was made to be able to output to DVI, HDMI (same DVI+sound), and a few others.
But 300$ for a "not for hardcore gaming" card seems to much. You could probably get GeForce 470 or Ati Radeon 5870 for that money very soon.
@Evan
MD to DVI:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.36267
MD to VGA:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.36268
Considering you can get a 3 display 5xxx ATI card for $100 or less, just get two of those for a potential 6 displays instead of spending $300 for 4 ports. The only thing that makes this interesting is the half-height nature of it, but really... if you need 4 displays, you can probably handle a full-height card.
@joefresco
Yeah, but the problem is, those lower-end 5XXX cards (
@pixelator A half-height card with a fanless heatsink is going to be at least as slow as a Radeon 5570
This is more expensive then buying a regular consumer card. The only people that would buy this are people who thing you need to put a workstation card in a workstation.
"AMD tells us that this was designed for day traders who need four displays to accurately watch their stock prices fluctuate, but we can think of quite a few others who'd benefit from having access to four Mini DisplayPort sockets on a single, low-power card"
Like people playing four simultaneous games of Farmville? :-P
Actually, the ATI cards are great for running applications that use a screen resolution that stretches 4 screens; which in turn, these ATI cards are smart enough to make pop up messages display on the correct displays, even though it's configured as one giant monitor across 4 screens. We use these type of ATI cards often, and consumer cards do not correct the pop up issues. So these things earn their price, even though a typical user wouldn't see it, unless you have an application that needs this.
@PeterPanana Doesnt the consumer cards with models 5xxx and up does this though because of eyefinity ?
@majortom1981
Well, not digitally. Most of them can only do two digital connections. Need some kind of active adapter to do the third. That usually costs close to $100. Could to two digital and one analog though. Better than nothing.
Lol @ that being considered half-height, where a few years ago that was totally normal.
@Alex
Normal? No way. That's a half-height card (top of card is half the height of the bracket). That hasn't ever been "normal" for a video card--it's always been a struggle to find a modern 3D GPU on a half-height card for HTPC cases, etc.
Ok, so it's not for the serious gamer.. but how would it hold up for the occasional gamer? My next system build I'm going to be trying to reduce power consumption and heat as much as possible so this card is interesting - I'm more in the 2d world now and only game every now and then.