SOFTIMAGE|XSI Certified Graphics Cards

XSI 7.x - Certified Graphics Cards

Card	XP	XP64	Vista	Vista 64	Linux
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4700x2
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
NVIDIA Quadro FX 570
NVIDIA Quadro FX 370
ATI FireGL V8650*
ATI FireGL V8600*
ATI FireGL V7700*
ATI FireGL V7600*
ATI FireGL V5600*
ATI FireGL V3600*
ATI FireGL V7350*
ATI FireGL V7300*

* There are known compatibility issues with XSI 6.x/7.x and ATI FireGL release driver version 8.502. ATI is in the process of releasing a new driver that addresses these issues. We have provided these beta drivers for you to use in the meantime. We recommend that you upgrade to these drivers until the official drivers are released by ATI.

• Vista 32 and 64 bit - 8.523-Beta-FireGL-Vista32-64.zip
• XP 32 and 64 bit - 8.523-Beta-FireGL-XP32-64.zip

XSI 5.x / 6.x - Certified Graphics Cards

• Windows XP Pro
• Windows XP Pro x64 Edition
• Linux

Notes on XSI Realtime Shader support:

The most advanced types of XSI Realtime Shaders require:

• OpenGL 1.5 compliant graphics card
• Cg Compiler 1.4 for XSI v.5.0 or Cg Compiler 1.5 for XSI v.5.1/v.6.x
• DirectX 9c or DirectX 10 for DirectX 10 realtime shaders in XSI v.6.x (not applicable for Linux)

Some of the older generation graphics cards may not support all the above and thus may be missing certain Realtime Shader functionality.

Notes on 64-Bit: 

It is recommended that you install the 32-bit version of XSI on a supported 32-bit operating system, and the 64-bit version of XSI on a supported 64-bit operating system. Softimage does not officially support 32-bit applications running on 64-bit operating systems.

Notes on Linux:

For officially supported OS flavors and other details, please see the guidelines from our System Requirements section.

XSI 4.x - Certified Graphics Cards

• Windows XP Pro
• Linux

Notes on XSI Realtime Shader support:

The most advanced types of XSI v.4.2/v.4.0 Realtime Shaders require:

• OpenGL 1.5 compliant graphics card
• Cg Compiler 1.2.1
• DirectX 9b (not applicable for Linux)

Some of the older generation graphics cards may not support all the above and thus may be missing certain Realtime Shader functionality.

Notes on Windows 2000:

Although all Windows OS based testing is now performed on Windows XP Pro, most XSI v.4.2/v.4.0 card/driver certifications for Windows XP Pro are also valid for Windows 2000.  In fact, most display drivers for both Windows XP Pro and Windows 2000 are actually contained within the same driver package.

Notes on Linux:

Softimage officially only supports Red Hat Linux flavors. But, by following the guidelines from our System Requirements section, you should also be able to run XSI on other Linux distributions/flavors.

Notes on Certification

Certification is performed at 1920x1200, 32bit color.

Certification Program

Do you have hardware that you wish to have certified for XSI? Check out our certification program.