HDX 3D is also referred to as HDX 3D Pro, although there is some internal debate at Citrix about whether to drop the Pro extension from the name, HDX 3D enables you to deliver desktops and applications that require a GPU for hardware acceleration. HDX 3D is particularly suitable for use with Direct X- and OpenGL-driven applications, and with rich media such as videos.

Ultimately, HDX 3D allows you to replace expensive workstations with simpler, low-end devices, moving the graphics processing to the server. HDX 3D is useful for computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE), geographical information software (GIS), and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) for medical imaging.

A small subset of the market is virtualizing their 3D applications. What these 3D customers and vendors are finding is that even though their solutions are very costly, they can still save some money with HDX. Running a 3D application on a server...