William was recently a guest on the Photo Taco podcast, hosted by Jeff Harmon. You can listen to the podcast on the Improve Photography website, with William’s interview starting at about 13 minutes in.
Buy It For Life
A few weeks ago, I called a customer who had recently purchased a computer from us. She explained to me she’d configured this new system to run Adobe Creative Cloud to support her business. I had her profile on my screen and noticed she’d purchased a computer from us back in 2008. I said, “Did the last computer we built for you finally stop working?”
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015.3 Pascal GPU Performance
Video card launches often get a lot of press, but unfortunately for content creators, it is almost impossible to find any non-gaming benchmarks. In this article we will be looking at the GTX 1060 through Titan X perform in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Installing Windows 10 with a Microsoft Windows 10 USB Key
This article describes the process of installing and setting up a new clean installation of windows, or an upgrade install from a Pre-made Windows 10 USB key that has been supplied by Microsoft. It also includes information on using the media creation tool for upgrading.
NVIDIA Titan GPUs (3 generations) – CUDA 8 rc performance on Ubuntu 16.04
I have a Titan Black, Titan X (Maxwell) and a new Titan X (Pascal) in a system for a quick CUDA performance test. Install is on Ubuntu 16.04 with CUDA 8.0rc. We’ll look at nbody from the CUDA samples code and NAMD Molecular Dynamics. It is stunning to see how much the CUDA performance has increased on these wonderful GPU’s in just 3 years.
New Keyboard and Mouse options
In a continued effort to offer higher quality components and better options, we recently took a look at our keyboard and mouse selection in answer to some recent feedback from customers.
Loyalty
About six months ago, a new grocery store opened a few blocks from my home. On my first visit, I was handed a loyalty card and told to attach it to my key-chain, which I did without much thought. The checker explained that rewards would automatically appear on my card depending on how much I spent at the store. She also mentioned that using my loyalty card would give me a discount at their gas station.
AutoDesk 3ds Max 2017 Quadro GPU Performance
Even though AutoDesk officially recommends professional-class video cards like the NVIDIA Quadro series, it can be extremely difficult to determine which card withing that series you should use in your workstation. In this article we will be looking at a number of video cards from the NVIDIA Quadro product lines to see how they perform in 3ds Max.
AutoDesk 3ds Max 2017 GeForce GPU Performance
Video cards often get a ton of reviews and benchmarks, but unfortunately for content creators (and other professionals), it is almost impossible to find any non-gaming benchmarks. In this article we will be looking at a number of video cards from the NVIDIA GeForce product line to see how they perform in 3ds Max.
AutoDesk 3ds Max 2017 CPU Performance
Processors often get a ton of reviews and benchmarks, but unfortunately for content creators (and other professionals), it is difficult to find benchmarks that focus on professional applications. In this article we will be looking at a number of Intel CPUs and how they perform in Autodesk 3ds Max.
