Published on February 15, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (0) Those looking for a new five-bay NAS would do well to check out Synology’s newest DiskStation, the DS1019+. This new NAS replaces the DS1517+, and offers five bays as well as a quad-core CPU and 8GB of memory as standard. It also includes dual M.2 slots for super-fast SSD access, and supports…..
Published on February 11, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (0) At the ongoing SOLIDWORKS World 2019, NVIDIA, along with a number of partners, rolled out a slew of Quadro RTX workstations. As you might expect, given the location, these workstations are perfectly suited for SolidWorks use, allowing users to edit inside of a fluid viewport in SW, and then render or animate…..
Published on February 11, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (0) With three articles on launch day, we can honestly say that Radeon VII’s launch has kept us busy. What’s been most exhausting, though, has been keeping track of details. I can’t remember the last time there was so much miscommunication surrounding a new GPU launch, and it seems like nothing is stopping…..
Published on February 11, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (0) Just in time for SOLIDWORKS World in Dallas, Texas, AMD has released its latest Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise driver, which among many things improves performance in Dassault Systèmes’ flagship design suite. According to AMD, the 19.Q1 driver represents a 46% performance increase in SolidWorks, over last year’s 18.Q1 driver. Similarly, a…..
Published on February 5, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (0) DRM is one of the worst plagues to hit ever hit consumer goods. To purchase a product and be locked out of it due to draconian DRM is, to me, inexcusable. It was BS when S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky had a five-time activation limit, and it was likewise BS when the much-hyped Spore…..
Published on February 1, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (5) Last week, publisher Deep Silver made the interesting announcement that it would be moving Metro Exodus from Steam and other platforms to become an exclusive at Epic Games Store. For gamers, this move generally works out well because there is a cost savings of $10, but it of course comes at the…..
Published on January 31, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (0) Following months of anticipation and uncertainty, Intel has today named interim CEO Bob Swan as the company’s new full-time CEO. The move isn’t going to change too much for Swan, but it finally adds some stability to the company to help it move forward more effectively, and efficiently. Admittedly, the fact that…..
Published on January 30, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (0) For many, smartphones have largely replaced desktops and notebooks, because they can get everything they need to get done right on that little screen. If you’re someone who fits into that mold, your hunger for more storage likely never goes away. Currently, the top storage device you can get today is 512GB,…..
Published on January 30, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (0) Intel’s new 28-core Xeon W-3175X is a beast of a processor. It’s a chip that’s meant for the most serious of workloads, and that means lots of memory would be helpful. Leave it to G.SKILL to give us an absolute lust-worthy memory kit on day 1, with its beautiful Trident Z Royal…..
Published on January 30, 2019 by Rob Williams | Comment (0) At last summer’s Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, Intel teased its 28-core Xeon W processor that would cater to enthusiasts instead of the server market. With as much time as we’ve been waiting for this chip to become a reality, no one could blame you if you thought it’d never see the light of…..