A short article covering some of the best computer system configurations for rendering with V-Ray at the close of 2020.
SOLIDWORKS 2020 SP5 AMD Ryzen 5000 Series CPU Performance
AMD’s Ryzen 5000 Series processors have shown stellar performance across a wide range of applications so far, and now we have the opportunity to test them head-to-head against Intel’s Core series in SOLIDWORKS 2020.
Best Workstation PC for Metashape (Winter 2020)
A short article covering the best computer system configurations for photogrammetry in Metashape at the end of 2020.
Agisoft Metashape 1.6.5 SMT Performance Analysis on AMD Ryzen 5000 Series
In the past we have found that Metashape can perform better on high core count processors when SMT is turned off, but the top CPUs at that time were Intel’s 8 & 10-core models which didn’t benefit from this trick. Now that AMD’s Ryzen 5000 Series are the fastest chips for Metashape is it worth turning SMT off on these processors, some of which do have high core counts?
Case Study with Norb Caoili
Norb Caoili is the Seattle Seahawks superfan who created the popular YouTube channel called NorbCam.
Agisoft Metashape 1.6.5 – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Multi-GPU Performance
Agisoft Metashape has had an interesting history with multi-GPU performance. At different points in time, and with different generations of video cards, we have seen both substantial boosts from having multiple video cards as well as next to none. With the latest AMD CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs, we are testing this aspect of Metashape once more.
Best Workstation PC for OctaneRender (Winter 2020)
Here are our best recommendations for OctaneRender workstations at the end of 2020 and going into the new year.
How To Install TensorFlow 1.15 for NVIDIA RTX30 GPUs (without docker or CUDA install)
In this post I will show you how to install NVIDIA’s build of TensorFlow 1.15 into an Anaconda Python conda environment. This is the same TensorFlow 1.15 that you would have in the NGC docker container, but no docker install required and no local system CUDA install needed either.
Best Workstation PC for Adobe Lightroom Classic (Winter 2020)
Lightroom Classic may not be the most intensive application for many workflows, but for those that spend a significant amount of time in it, a properly configured workstation can make a big impact on productivity. In this post, we will go over a few of our recommendations for the best PC for Adobe Lightroom Classic for a range of budgets.
Best Workstation PC for Adobe Photoshop (Winter 2020)
Photoshop may not be the most intensive application for many workflows, but for those that spend a significant amount of time in it, a properly configured workstation can make a big impact on productivity. In this post, we will go over a few of our recommendations in the winter of 2020 for the best PC for Adobe Photoshop for a range of budgets.
