ATI FirePro V4800 1 GB DVI/2DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card 100-505606 - Retail

I was expecting a high WIN7 Experience and got a 6.9 out of 7.9 rating. Not bad, but was hoping to go over 7.0. Not sure if going over would make much difference in what I would see, and can't complain. Video is smooth, with tracking across the screen, no hesitations, colors are vibrant. Dell 1907fp Ultrasharp set to 75 hertz 1280x1024.
Installation was simple, click in and plug in and all is well.

This workstation card means business! I was blown away by the improved performance when dealing with any sort of 3D graphics, from CAD to Google Earth. No lag, no processing time to render 3D views on the fly with textures and shadows, this thing just flies right through it all. I upgraded from a Radeon HD3600 512mb, and there is no comparison how much more this card can handle and how much faster it is.
(Windows Aero Graphics Score improved from 4.8 to 7.0)

Conclusion:
If you do any sort of 3D modeling production work or similar I highly recommend this card for a huge performance upgrade with little cost.

System specs;
AMD Phenom II X4 2.8ghz
Asus M4A78...
6GB DDR3
ATI FireGL V4800
dual DVI monitors

Like usual, the backstory: I have a HD5770 on my gaming rig, and its proven to be a very capable card. I can run most games on max, the latest games on high, and has generally proven to be just a great all-around card, or so I thought.

My wife is currently going to school for architecture/interior design; up until recently, most of her work had been by hand, but now she's beginning to get into heavy AutoCAD and Google Sketchup usage. I figured my card should be able to handle most of it (since she is still doing entry-level work), but things went downhill quickly when she began working on a large hotel-lobby in Sketchup, as well as a performing arts school. Her computer would take 10 minutes just to swing around the view (she was running onboard, her graphics card had fried); moving to my rig was a major step up, but then errors began to occur. Shadows would come and go for no reason, it would freeze and crash intermittently, etc. I tried working through Sketchup help and...Read more