The workstation PC market got a shot in the arm last fall when AMD launched its Ryzen Threadripper platform, offering a 16-core CPU for a reasonable price. That led many to ponder what should be in their next machine. Join us as we pit comparable AMD and Intel machines against each other in over twenty workstation scenarios.

Continuing our workstation performance analysis, we’re tossing our usual fleet of GPUs against eight separate tests, all made possible through SPECgpc’s SPECviewperf 13. With this testing, we can show current state of viewport performance in SolidWorks, CATIA, Maya, 3ds Max, Creo, and Siemens NX – as well as visualization tools for medical and energy.

We test a lot of software to get a good gauge on workstation performance, but there’s always room for more – or at least possible replacements. In this article, we’re exploring performance of three applications readers encouraged us to test: Blender and Redshift for rendering, and MAGIX’s Vegas for video encoding.

The hottest phone of the summer might just be OnePlus’ latest flagship, the aptly named OnePlus 6. It deserves the top spot on that list for a number of reasons: it offers a lot of features for the price (including advanced slo-mo and 4K/60 video capture), and boasts the most eye-catching design the company has ever released.

Most of us don’t think too much about our air quality. As long as we can breathe, why think about it? Poor indoor air quality can have some pretty significant effects on you, ranging from poor sleeping, fatigue, and even focus. Monitoring your air quality can be just as easy as it is important, thanks to modern technology.

If you like to travel a lot and listen to music, earbuds and IEMs are some of the best options going. Not only do they passively block out noise, they’re incredibly compact, too. Creative’s Aurvana Trio is a premium pair of IEMs with a detachable cable, and strong musicality for bass-heads. We take them for a ride half-way across the country.