Know your bottlenecks
Quick guide to understanding how software works will help you get more from a workstation budget - whether for design, simulation or visualisation
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Greg Corke
Greg Corke is DEVELOP3D’s Managing Editor and resident workstation specialist. There’s nothing he likes more than putting the latest kit through its paces in 3D design, visualisation and simulation tools… well, there’s always travel, cooking, music and Arsenal as well.
Armari Magnetar X64T-G3 FWL [64-core Threadripper] Review
With its new 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, AMD has completely transformed the design viz workstation. Ray trace rendering and CAD have never been such good bedfellows, writes Greg Corke
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Free virtual workstation trials support home workers
WFH 3D CAD users can benefit from free licenses and trials of services and software
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Scan 3XS GWP-CAD Q116C Review
High frequency CPU makes it good for CAD, but plenty of cores help out readily with rendering and simulation
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Microsoft Azure NVv4 Cloud Workstation Review
Which of the new Microsoft Azure NVv4 family of virtual machines are well-suited to 3D CAD?
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BOXX Apexx A3 [3rd Gen AMD Ryzen] Review
Workstation delivers impressive performance for rendering with no compromise for CAD
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DisplayPort – get connected
ATI has just unveiled a brand new high-performance graphics card called the FireGL V7700. But what’s so interesting about that I hear you ask? Well, apart from delivering some impressive…
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Blade runner – workstation power on a thin client
It’s been a long time coming, but HP has finally released a Blade Workstation solution specifically designed for the MCAD market. The concept is that you run all your CAD/CAM/CAE…
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Crystal gazing: the future of wide format colour printing?
It’s not often I get animated about printing, but when I first saw Oce’s new CrystalPoint technology in action on YouTube recently I was genuinely excited – so much so…
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3D without glasses
The first time I used a 3D monitor was at the end of the nineties. The problem was that to see the 3D image clearly I had to sit directly…
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