Wildcat 5110 vs 4210

[pepousvejlupek]

Does someone knows wich is the best performance of the two high end wildcat boards?
Wildcat 4210 looks more memory (framme buffer and textures)
Wildcat 5110 looks with a higher Ramdac processor.
Has anyone checked the two boards from 3D performance point of view?

Thanks

[morrisolmsted]

I was told by the reps at Wildcat that the 5110 is nearly twice the speed of the 4110 and 4210. I believe that the only difference between the 4110 and the 4210 is duel monitor support which the 5110 also has.

Morris Olmsted
3D Designer @ Idol Minds LLC
molmsted@idolminds.com

[devdoka]

Not quite.

The 4110 has 64MB TRAM and 64MB Z buffer along with 16MB directburst for rasterization. It's capable of processing roughly 7.5 million polygons per second.

The 4210 is the strongest offering as it has double that in all categories and processes just over 15 million polygons per second and is also HDTV compatible as it is the card used in Intergraph's HDAR system (High Definition Animation Recorder) and is also used in systems for many other high performance editing applications such as Softimage|DS (now Avid|DS).

The 5110 is a replacement for the 4110 and is optimized for the P4 architecture. Both the 4110 and 4210 are designed for the P3 architecture. The 4210 processes information faster than the P3 can supply it as well.

Despite the stats, the 4210 is the charlie hustle of the bunch, but the 5110 will give you the most bang for the buck as it costs half as much.

If you're looking to build a P4 system, then 5110 is your choice. The 4110 and 4210 cost more if purchased new as well.

[knucks922]

I'd recommend going with a 5110 unless you're going to push geometry to two monitors. I have a 4210 and it absolutely smokes if I put it on one monitor...I've yet to have a need for geometry on two monitors. In win2k you can just add a cheapo second card for another monitor to run 2d apps like a browser or photoshop.