Back panel I/O ports
| DVI-D ports quantity |
1 |
| DisplayPorts quantity |
1 |
| VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity |
1 |
Processor
| Maximum number of SMP processors |
1 |
| Processor thermal power (max) |
100 W |
Memory
| Supported memory types |
DDR3-SDRAM |
| Memory slots type |
DIMM |
Expansion slots
| PCI slots |
1 |
| PCI Express x4 (Gen 2.x) slots |
1 |
| PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slots |
1 |
| PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.x) slots |
1 |
Performance
| Component for |
PC |
| Cooling type |
Passive |
| Motherboard chipset family |
AMD |
Additionally
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity |
1 |
| Ethernet LAN connection |
Y |
| Graphics |
Radeon HD 7000 |
AMD A320 (3.8GHz), PCI-Express x1/x4, VGA
<b>The SAPPHIRE PGS professional workstation platform has the following product features:</b>
- It is the first to use the professional AMD FirePro™ APU A300 series; the single chip has simultaneous GPU and CPU computing performance. Its professional graphics ability can achieve entry level to intermediate level performances;
- It supports the Discrete Compute Offload (DCO) technology; by using the discrete AMD FirePro™ GPU together with a parallel-operating APU graphics core which can further extend the GPGPU’s performance and provide additional computing ability (It can work with AMD FirePro™ V3900/V4900 and perform parallel computing simultaneously;
- It has 3 native display outputs, which are VGA, DisplayPort 1.2, and DVI-D; it supports AMD Eyefinity Technology multi-screen output technology to deliver high work efficiency and telepresence, and to achieve high productivity in a multi-screen environment;
- The AMD Turbo Core technology can dynamically adjust the CPU and GPU’s performance according to the workload need, providing a more effective computer response speed;
- It supports 30-bit color fidelity, displaying stunningly realistic images and colors in the most advanced operating procedures; it can perform color correction and image processing operations, etc., when using a monitor in which each color channel supports 10-bit color fidelity;
- Dedicated UVD (Unified video decoder/VCE or video CODEC engine) media coding hardware; when processing H.264/MPEG4 files and other dynamic media format files, if a compatible software is used, the CPU resource can be released to execute other tasks, achieving faster (fixed function) GPU processing performance;
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2: Single-monitor output resolution can reach up to 4K;
- Equipped with 4 USB3.0 and 8 USB2.0 ports;
- Expansion Slots: 1 x PCI-Express (Gen2) x16 slot/1 x PCI-Express (Gen2) x1 slot/1 x PCI-Express (Gen2) x4 slot/ 1 x PCI 2.3 Slot.
(Figure 1)SPECViewperf11 test: Tested using SAPPHIRE PGS professional platform (A320 APU) and Intel Xeon E3-1275V with Intel HD Graphics P4000, the SAPPHIRE PGS platform won greater performance advantages over the Intel Xeon platform on various software.
(Figure 2) Inventor 2013 and SpaceClaim Engineer 2012 when tested using SAPPHIRE PGS professional platform (A320 APU) and Intel Xeon E3-1275V with Intel HD Graphics P4000, the SAPPHIRE PGS platform also achieved 2-3 times the performance over the Intel Xeon platform.
