In this post I’ll take a brief look at the numerical computing performance of three very capable 8-core processors — i9 9900K, i9 9800X and Xeon 2145W All three are great CPU’s but there are some significant differences that can cause confusion. I’ll discuss these differences and see how the processors stack up when running Linpack and NAMD molecular dynamics simulations.

Windows 10 1903 Feature Update
Windows 10 version 1903 will release soon, and with it comes a new ‘feature’ they are referring to as “reserved storage”. This reserved storage will ensure proper performance and successful updates, hopefully eliminating the possibility of another data loss like the 1809 update fiasco.

Replacing a HDD/SSD in Fractal R5
This article will guide you through the process of replacing the HDD/SSD in the Fractal Define R5. This article has an instruction break down along with a full video produced by Chris Shreve.

Replacing a Power Supply (PSU) in the Fractal R6
This article will guide you through the process of replacing the Power Supply (PSU) in the Fractal Define R6. This article has an instruction break down along with a full video produced by Chris Shreve.

Replacing a GPU in the Fractal R6
This article will guide you through the process of replacing the GPU in the Fractal Define R6. This article has an instruction break down along with a full video produced by Chris Shreve.

NVIDIA NVLink Bridge Compatibility Chart
Using NVLink requires a physical bridge between two identical NVIDIA graphics cards, but several models of bridges have been sold with different branding. Which versions work with which GeForce, Titan, and Quadro graphics cards?

Helpful Hints for Wireless Devices & Peripherals
As manufacturers offer more devices and peripherals that are wireless, we have seen an increase in the number of our customers who report running into various communication / connection issues with such devices. In this article, I will provide some general information about wireless connections, share common causes for these issues, and offer some solutions.

OctaneRender 4.00: NVIDIA GeForce & Titan RTX GPU Rendering Performance Roundup
OctaneRender is a GPU-based rendering engine, utilizing the CUDA programming language on NVIDIA-based graphics cards. An update to their benchmark, OctaneBench 4.00, was recently released – so we gathered most of the current and recent GeForce and Titan series video cards and tested them to see how they perform in this version of OctaneRender.

Redshift 2.6.22: NVIDIA Titan RTX Performance
Redshift is a GPU-based rendering engine, compatible with NVIDIA’s CUDA graphics programming language. We recently saw how GeForce RTX cards perform in this renderer, but now the Titan RTX is out with a staggering 24GB of memory onboard. That sounds great for rendering complex 3D scenes, but how does it actually perform? And are there any caveats?
P2P peer-to-peer on NVIDIA RTX 2080Ti vs GTX 1080Ti GPUs
There has been some concern about Peer-to-Peer (P2P) on the NVIDIA RTX Turing GPU’s. P2P is not available over PCIe as it has been in past cards. It is available with very good performance when using NVLINK with 2 cards. I did some testing to see how the performance compared between the GTX 1080Ti and RTX 2080Ti. There were some interesting results!




