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Intel Dragon Canyon NUC 12 Extreme - Content Creation Review

Intel Dragon Canyon NUC 12 Extreme – Content Creation Review

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Matt Bach

Intel’s “Dragon Canyon” NUC 12 Extreme is a highly compact PC that is still capable of hosting high-end hardware like an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, 64GB of RAM, and multiple M.2 NVMe storage drives. However, the form factor does meant that the performance will not be as good as a standard desktop workstation. The question is, how much performance should you expect to lose by going with the ultra-compact Dragon Canyon NUC?

Intel Core i9 12900KS Adobe After Effects Article

Adobe After Effects: Intel Core i9 12900KS Performance

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Matt Bach

Intel is expanding their “Core” series lineup with the new top-end Core i9 12900KS. Compared to the 12900K, this new CPU has a slightly higher base and boost frequency, but in exchange requires a bit more power. Even with the new multi-frame rendering feature, After Effects is still very sensitive to CPU frequency – so is the new 12900KS worth the investment?

Adobe After Effects: 12th Gen Intel Core vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Matt Bach

Intel has launched their new 12th Gen Intel Core desktop processors (code-named “Alder Lake”) featuring support for DDR5, PCIe 5.0, as well as a completely new hybrid architecture using a mix of Performance and Efficient-cores. This is a lot of new technologies in one product, so we are excited to see how much of a performance boost the 12th Gen CPUs will see in Adobe After Effects – especially in light of the new multi-frame rendering feature in After Effects 22.0.

Should you upgrade to Windows 11 for Video Editing?

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Matt Bach

Windows 11 is finally here, although many popular editing applications like Premiere Pro and After Effects do not yet have full official support. But, is there a reason to go ahead and upgrade to Windows 11 for video editing even before full support is added?

After Effects Multi-Frame Rendering Processor Performance Analysis

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Matt Bach

Multi-Frame Rendering is making its way into Adobe After Effects, often giving a 2-4x boost to performance with its greatly improved multi-threading capability. Will this make higher core count CPUs, or platforms with more RAM bandwidth, worth it?

Adobe After Effects – Intel Xeon W-3300 Processor Performance

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Matt Bach

Intel’s new Xeon W-3330 series of workstation CPUs are here, ranging from 12 to 38 cores, touting up to 18% IPC improvement, and support for 4TB of RAM. The amount of RAM you have available for After Effects is often critical, but is Xeon W worth the cost in order to get up to 4TB of RAM, or should you stick with the Intel and AMD’s consumer line of processors?

Adobe After Effects: 11th Gen Intel Core vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Matt Bach

Earlier this month, Intel announced the initial launch of their new 11th Gen Intel Core desktop processors (code-named “Rocket Lake”). These new processors are marketed as having substantially better per-core performance compared to their previous 10th Gen Core models, but will that be enough for Intel to overtake AMD in After Effects?

How Fast is the new Multi-Frame Rendering in After Effects 18.1 BETA?

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Matt Bach

One of the most common hardware complaint you will hear about After Effects is that it doesn’t take advantage of the higher core count CPUs that are common in today’s workstations. In the new After Effects 18.1 BETA, however, Adobe is introducing a new feature called Multi-Frame Rendering which should vastly speed up render times when you have a higher core count processor.

Adobe After Effects – AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 Series CPU Performance

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Matt Bach

AMD’s new Threadripper Pro CPUs are here, combining many of the features from their Threadripper and EPYC CPU lines including increased memory and PCI-E capability. The amount of RAM you have available for After Effects is often critical, but is Threadripper Pro worth the cost in order to get up to 2TB of RAM, or should you stick with the Ryzen or Threadripper line of processors?

Apple M1 MacBook vs PC Desktop Workstation for Adobe Creative Cloud

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Matt Bach

Apple has recently launched MacBook Air and Pro models using the new Apple M1 chip based on the Arm instruction set. While we do not usually examine performance for laptops, we wanted to see how these new chips compare to a desktop PC.

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