Impact of GPU PCI-e Bandwidth on Content Creation Performance
Installing add-in cards—like capture cards—can limit PCI-e bandwidth to the GPU. Does the reduction of PCI-e bandwidth harm performance in content-creation?
Intel Arc GPU Hardware Decoding and Encoding Performance in Premiere Pro 24 (Beta)
In the Premiere Pro 24.0 beta, Adobe is adding full hardware decoding and encoding support for Intel Arc GPUs. How well does this work, and does it make Intel a viable alternative to AMD and NVIDIA?
AMD Radeon PRO W7600 and W7500 Content Creation Review
The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 and W7500 are the next installments in AMD’s Radeon PRO product line of professional GPUs. How do they compare to the last-gen W6600 and NVIDIAs closest-priced competitors?
Stable Diffusion Performance – NVIDIA RTX vs Radeon PRO
Stable Diffusion is seeing more use for professional content creation work. How do NVIDIA RTX and Radeon PRO cards compare in this workflow?
Stable Diffusion Performance – NVIDIA GeForce VS AMD Radeon
Stable Diffusion is seeing more use for professional content creation work. How do NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon cards compare in this workflow?
Impact of Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling on Content Creation Performance
Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling is a behind-the-scenes change in Windows to move processing GPU requests from the CPU to the GPU. Does enabling the feature have any impact on content creation performance?
Redshift announces new hardware requirements.
Maxon announces new hardware requirements for both CPU and GPUs. How will this impact existing users, and those shopping for new systems?
Hardware Recommendations
Keyshot System Requirements The system requirements for Keyshot can be found online, but they list only “minimum requirements” which don’t help much when it comes to configuring a high-performance workstation. Thankfully, the performance profile of rendering workloads is pretty well understood and there are numerous benchmarks available which focus on this use case. Based on our
AMD Radeon PRO W7800 and W7900 Content Creation Review
AMD’s has released the Radeon PRO 7000 series of graphics cards featuring up to 48 GB of VRAM. How do they compare to NVIDIA’s RTX Ampere and Ada GPUs?
Impact of DDR5 Speed on Content Creation Performance (2023 update)
DDR5 memory has kits rated for up to 8400 Mbps, while desktop CPUs only officially support up to 5600 Mbps. How much does running at official specifications actually impact performance in common content creation applications?