Quarantine life has hit all of us pretty drastically. At first, it was a bit of a shock to realize that businesses were even thinking about shutting down. “Is this real?” “There’s no way the virus could be that deadly, right?”
Prepping Pandemic Puppers
The lock-downs have changed a lot of things for all of us. For someone who already works from home, it doesn’t seem a whole lot different. For now, I’m using my spare time to better train our foster animals. We regularly have a foster or two in our home and the Coronavirus won’t change that!
Best Workstation PC for OctaneRender (Spring 2020)
In a new series of short articles we will be looking at the best computer system specs for a variety of popular applications, starting with OctaneRender by OTOY.
Case Study with Maxim Jago
Maxim Jago is a consultant, filmmaker, and author. He has been a regular speaker at events such as Cannes, TIFF, Sundance, Berlinale, and Raindance. He worked with Puget Systems to create a computer that would cover his wide-ranging needs.
Sometimes Autodesk throws you a curveball.
Believing that I was almost done with creating the new 3ds Max benchmark, I suddenly learn I’m not, in fact, almost done. Licensing, and extra software prove to be tricky.
Inventor 2020 GPU Performance
We put several Quadro video cards to the test in Autodesk Inventor 2020.2, using Inventor Bench, to see if there is a benefit to having a higher performance GPU in this application.
Revit 2020 GPU Performance
We put several Quadro video cards to the test in Autodesk Revit 2020.2, using RFO Benchmark, to see if there is a benefit to having a higher performance GPU in this application.
Metashape 1.6.1: Running Simultaneous Instances
In our past testing of Metashape, we have found that it only effectively uses around 8-16 cores. More than that doesn’t help, and so the focus for best performance is on high clock speeds within that range. What if you were running multiple photogrammetry jobs at the same time, though? Would that end up better utilizing a high core count processor?
You Have Questions
Most of my day is spent talking to customers on the phone, over email, and sometimes in person at events or personal visits. I collect feedback about our products and services and take it back to the management at Puget Systems so that we can learn what’s working and what we need to improve.
The Great (Windows) Defender
Microsoft Windows Defender is an Anti-Virus software built into Windows 10. Updated frequently, found to be extremely safe and secure this AV software comes highly recommended in the industry. Puget Systems routinely advises the use of Windows Defender as the solitary means of protection.
