Visualisation

NVIDIA launches GPU based ray tracing at Siggraph

Posted by Al Dean - August 14, 2008

NVIDIA has announced that it can calculate ray traced imagery on the fly using its GPUs, claiming an industry first.…

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Hardware

FirePro V5700 vs Quadro FX 1700 with Catia

Posted by Al Dean - November 11, 2008

DEVELOP3D’s hardware expert, Greg Corke, has been playing with graphics hardware again (it keeps him out of trouble). This time…

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Hardware

nVidia launches 4GB beast

Posted by Greg Corke - November 24, 2008

Nvidia has again upped the ante in the professional graphics sector with the launch of a new monster of a…

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Workstations

Lenovo unveils new workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - March 25, 2009

Today Lenovo became the first of the dedicated workstation manufacturers to announce its new generation Intel Xeon (Nehalem) based workstation…

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Workstations

Dell unveils new Precision workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - March 30, 2009

Dell officially unveiled its new range of workstation-class systems today with the launch of the Precision T3500, T5500 and T7500.…

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Hardware

Nvidia unveils new Quadro FX line up

Posted by Greg Corke - March 30, 2009

With two of these new Nvidia Quadro FX3800 graphics cards you can run Windows and Linux at the same timer…

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Workstations

HP Workstation Event: Z Series take serviceability to new levels

Posted by Greg Corke - March 30, 2009

#4: It’s been a frustrating few days for me. Not only because I had to leave sunny LA at the…

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Hardware

PNY Nvidia Quadro FX testing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 29, 2009

Nvidia recently updated its CAD-focused Quadro FX family of professional graphics cards. Greg Corke put all four cards through their…

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Hardware

Autodesk takes lead in harnessing graphics power for CPU tasks

Posted by Greg Corke - June 24, 2009

Over the past couple of years there’s been an incredible amount of hype surrounding the use of GPUs (Graphics Processing…

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Hardware

The best graphics cards for running Solidworks

Posted by DEVELOP3D - August 14, 2009

When choosing a professional graphics card for SolidWorks bigger is not always better. It depends on the types of models…

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