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- Blender 2.90 Releases With Improved CPU Rendering, OptiX Denoising Support For Older NVIDIA GPUs
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- NVIDIA Teases Video On Its GPU Product Design Process
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming At 4K, Ultrawide & With RTX On
We were left impressed with our look at NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3080 in creative applications, so now it’s time to turn our attention to gaming! In this article, we’re going to take a look at 4K and ultrawide performance in a selection of current games, as well as explore some RTX titles, including Fortnite, Minecraft, and Control.
September 18, 2020 | Rob Williams | Graphics & Displays -
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Performance In Blender, Octane, V-Ray, & More
NVIDIA’s first Ampere GeForce has landed, and it’s proving itself to be quite a beast. For our first look at the performance of NVIDIA’s new RTX 3080, we’re tackling rendering with the help of Octane, Blender, V-Ray, KeyShot, Arnold, and Redshift, comparing it against the previous generation of RTX cards, and also the $699 GPU from two generations ago: The GTX 1080 Ti.
September 16, 2020 | Rob Williams | Graphics & Displays -
MAGIX Vegas Pro 18 Processor & Graphics Card Performance
MAGIX’s Vegas Pro 18 has recently launched, so we’ve decided to not just pay it a visit, but throw a dozen or so CPUs and GPUs at it, and see where strengths from each vendor pop up. In addition to the encode and playback tests we’ve run before, we’re adding three new tests to this round, each revolving around one of the new FX filters: Colorize, Style Transfer, and Black Bar Fill.
September 7, 2020 | Rob Williams | Graphics & Displays, Processors -
NVIDIA Ampere: Delivering A 2080 Ti Killer For $700?
NVIDIA has just unveiled its Ampere-based GeForce launch models: RTX 3070, RTX 3080, and the monstrous 24GB RTX 3090. In addition to the promise that gamers will be getting more bang for their buck with this new series, NVIDIA had a number of other technologies to show off as well, including Reflex, Broadcast, IO, and Omniverse Machinima.
September 1, 2020 | Rob Williams | Graphics & Displays -
Summer 2020 GPU Rendering Performance In Arnold, KeyShot & Octane
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve taken a look at current performance for a couple of CUDA-only renderers, V-Ray and Redshift. For this article, we’re going to group a trio of others together, and bring is up-to-date on current CUDA and OptiX rendering with Autodesk Arnold, Luxion KeyShot, as well as OTOY Octane.
July 6, 2020 | Rob Williams | Graphics & Displays -
Redshift 3.0 Massive Performance Boost Tested – Comparing Redshift 2.6 & NVIDIA Optix
With the release of Redshift 3.0 set in the not-so-distant future, we’ve decided to finally dive in and take a look at its performance improvements over the current 2.6 version. As we did with V-Ray last week, we’re also taking this opportunity to render with NVIDIA’s OptiX, and see what further performance gains might be in store.
June 29, 2020 | Rob Williams | Graphics & Displays
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NVIDIA Set To Announce New GeForces Tomorrow, Sept 1
As we reported on earlier this month, NVIDIA has been planning to unveil its next-gen GeForce graphics cards on September 1. While the wait to this point has been a little painful, we’re on the cusp of learning all about these new GPUs, and see how many of the rumors floating about…..
August 31, 2020 | Rob WilliamsChaos Czech Releases Corona Renderer 6, Addressing Everything ‘From Foam To Sky’
The folks at Chaos Czech have been busy, having released Corona Renderer 6 for Maxon’s Cinema 4D last week, and now a follow-up of version 6 for 3ds Max users. The company says that this latest update addresses “everything from foam to the sky”, and it’s really not kidding. A new sky…..
August 31, 2020 | Rob WilliamsBlender 2.90 Releases With Improved CPU Rendering, OptiX Denoising Support For Older NVIDIA GPUs
Right on schedule, the Blender Foundation has released the latest major version of its popular open-source 3D design toolkit, 2.90. This is the first release since the launch of the 2.83 LTS, and naturally won’t replace that LTS, but instead sit alongside it. Users who want Blender to remain as close to…..
August 31, 2020 | Rob WilliamsUltra-fast 360Hz ASUS PG259QN To Launch In September For $699
High-refresh gaming has been a thing for a while, but in recent years, the number of options have skyrocketed, and not to mention have brought us to new heights. It used to be that 144Hz was as drool-worthy as it got for high-refresh, but today, 240Hz is really common – even on…..
August 26, 2020 | Rob WilliamsNVIDIA Teases Video On Its GPU Product Design Process
As part of its build-up to a new GPU launch, NVIDIA released today a short, documentary-style video on how it goes about product design, and the challenges that need to be overcome when building a new graphics card. While there is nothing particularly ground-breaking on show, the video does provide a high-level…..
August 26, 2020 | Jamie FletcherMicrosoft’s Flight Simulator Poised To Drive $2.6 Billion To PC Hardware Sales
We wrote last week that Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator release has taken off in a really big way. The reviews up to this point paint a favorable picture of the new game (or should we call it a simulator?), and after having played it ourselves, we totally get why. The game is…..
August 24, 2020 | Rob Williams12-pin Power Connector Cable For NVIDIA’s Next Top-End GPU Teased
With NVIDIA expected to announced its next-gen GeForce series of graphics cards at the start of the month, we’re naturally hearing one rumor after another about what it may bring. To NVIDIA’s credit, the company does pretty well overall to keep most things hush-hush, though there are some details that escape that…..
August 24, 2020 | Rob WilliamsWD Releases New NVMe-infused Portable My Passport SSD Models
We’ve sure come a long way where portable storage is concerned. It used to be that an external hard drive was one of the coolest peripherals attached to a PC – and then not attached to a PC as it’s transported to another. When SSDs came along, it took a little while…..
August 20, 2020 | Rob WilliamsMicrosoft Flight Simulator Takes Off With Cabin Full Of Positive Reviews
To say that the release of Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator has been hyped would be quite an understatement – and fortunately, it seems to have been justified. While the game releases tomorrow, reviews have hit the web today, and in a big way. As of the time of writing, the aggregated reviews…..
August 17, 2020 | Rob WilliamsQuick Thoughts On Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Warehouse Demo
Late last week, and as we expected, the much-hyped Warehouse demo for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 released – but only to those who’ve preordered the game. That part is unfortunate, but if there’s any consolation in not being able to access the demo, it’s the fact that there are no goals…..
August 17, 2020 | Rob Williams