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Hardware

Just how fast is your graphics card?

Posted by Greg Corke - May 27, 2008

SPECviewperf is a worldwide standard for assessing graphics performance. It’s easy to use, freely downloadable and doesn’t require a design…

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SPEC/GWPG seeks applications and workloads for proposed workstation performance benchmark

Posted by Greg Corke - January 4, 2012

The Catia viewset used in SPECviewperf 11, could play a role in SPEC’s forthcoming workstation benchmark The Standard Performance Evaluation…

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SPECapc releases brand new benchmark to test workstations running SolidWorks 2013

Posted by Greg Corke - March 14, 2013

Just one of ten new models sourced from the SolidWorks community for the new SPECapc for SolidWorks 2013 benchmark SolidWorks…

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SIGGRAPH 2013 #4: SPEC unveils Siemens NX 8.5 benchmark

Posted by Greg Corke - July 24, 2013

The new SPECapc NX 8.5 benchmark includes four models ranging in size from approximately 87MB to 347MB. So it turns…

Hardware

Remote control

Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 16, 2013

With a growing trend to centralise compute resources, there's a good chance your future workstation won't be under your desk.…

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New reach for SPECviewperf 12, the professional 3D benchmarking tool

Posted by Greg Corke - December 19, 2013

The new Autodesk Showcase viewset SPECviewperf 12, the 3D graphics benchmark based on professional applications, includes fully updated viewsets representing…

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SPECviewperf benchmark extended to measure 3D graphics performance for virtualised workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - February 26, 2015

SPECviewperf 12’s Catia viewset The latest 12.0.2 release of the SPECviewperf benchmark extends performance measurement from physical to virtualised workstation…