There’s new competition in virtual production as Chaos launches Arena and Foundry announces Nuke Stage: dedicated real-time software for ICVFX on LED walls.
2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems
Tariffs have been affecting numerous industries—including ours. This post explains the tariff impact on Puget Systems’ pricing and our strategic approach.
NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell GPUs Unveiled: What You Need to Know
NVIDIA quietly unveiled its new RTX PRO Blackwell workstation and server GPUs, bringing major upgrades in VRAM, cooling, and power efficiency. With up to 96GB of memory and a redesigned Max-Q variant for multi-GPU setups, these cards could be a game-changer for professionals.
Cinedeck Hardware Evaluation
Peter shares insights from a recent customer request to evaluate and validate hardware configurations for broadcast and live production using Cinedeck.
SideFX Houdini: Performance Analysis and Lessons from Production
Saad Moosajee shares some of his hardware testing, experiences, and learnings from tackling the technical aspects of rendering and simulation in Houdini.
Reality Capture Benchmark Testing Methodologies
We have resumed benchmarking Reality Capture with a brand new benchmark. We look at what this new benchmark entails
Samsung 990 Pro Critical Firmware Update
Samsung has promptly addressed concerns from owners of their 990 Pro SSDs with a firmware update that halts any abnormal degradation. We discuss this fix, our plan here at Puget Systems to take care of our customers, and how you can update the firmware on your Samsung SSD.
3rd Party Repair Recommendations
We often get asked how to find a good place to get a system repaired, and I wanted to outline a couple of tips on how to make sure you aren’t being taken advantage of: First, Google Reviews Are a Godsend When searching for a local repair shop, this is always the first place I
Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
We have been very public about how reliable Samsung SSDs have been in the past, so we wanted to explain why we are now moving part of our line to Sabrent.
Threadripper PRO Workstation Pricing Comparison: Puget Systems vs Lenovo
Here at Puget Systems we certainly aren’t always the cheapest option, but I have always believed that we provide a lot of value – from our Labs testing and no-pressure consultations to our in-depth quality control processes and lifetime tech support. Since AMD just launched the new Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series, I thought this would be a great time to go back to my consulting roots and share some real-world price comparisons with one of our competitors: Lenovo.
