IBM Intellistation M Pro with improved 3D performanceLas vegas 30 April 2001 IBM announced five new IntelliStation M Pro workstations and 12 new NetVista A60 business and A60i home desktop systems, all boosted by advanced Intel Pentium 4 processors at speeds up to 1.7 GHz. The IntelliStation M Pro features new Fire GL4 graphics based on IBM's copper chip technology, boosting performance in ways designed to simplify the manipulation of large three-dimensional models.
The new IntelliStation M Pro is the first in the industry to offer the new
Fire GL4 graphics card.
"This new graphics card offers high-end performance and function at&a lower
price," said Doug Oathout, director of marketing, IBM IntelliStation. "It
provides existing and new customers with many of the capabilities of high-end
3D, enabling them to attain new levels of productivity."
In addition to offering the new Fire GL4 card, the industry's next-generation
3D graphics accelerator, IBM also offers the Fire GL2 card. They are among
a comprehensive range of performance 2D- and advanced 3D-graphics solutions
certified by IBM for IntelliStation compatibility. They include the Matrox
Millennium G450 and NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR graphics adapters, both supporting dual
displays for enhanced productivity.
LGI Media Technologies announced plans to use IBM
IntelliStation workstations and other IBM technologies in its new Hollywoodbury
Studios in Woodbury, MN, near Minneapolis-St. Paul.
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