Round-up: Lenovo, Dell and HP's 2020 mobile workstations
See how the specs stack up for the latest ThinkPad, Precision and ZBook laptops for pro CG work.
Monday, June 22nd, 2020
CPU
Review: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
See how AMD's flagship 64-core workstation CPU performs in Jason Lewis's real-world CG benchmarks.
Thursday, May 28th, 2020
Get finalRender for free
New free edition of the 3ds Max production renderer lacks hybrid CPU/GPU and network rendering, but can be used commercially.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Future Mac versions of Cinema 4D will need Metal support
Controversial macOS Catalina update recommended for anyone wanting to use Cinema 4D R22.
Friday, February 21st, 2020
Lenovo unveils ThinkPad P53 mobile graphics workstation
'World's most powerful' 15" mobile system has 8-core GPU, Quadro RTX 5000 GPU, RAID 5 storage, and 4K HDR display.
Friday, June 14th, 2019
Apple unveils 'modular, flexible' new 2019 Mac Pro
Expansible new replacement for the old trash can design to ship this fall. Check out the key specs here.
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Review: BOXX APEXX T3 workstation
Jason Lewis puts this powerful 3D workstation through a battery of real-world DCC benchmark tests.
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019
Maxon ships Cinebench R20
Popular free tool for benchmarking graphics workstations now properly stresses modern CPUs, but the GPU benchmark has gone entirely.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
Review: Dell Precision 7920 Tower workstation
Jason Lewis puts Dell's top-of-the-range graphics workstation through a battery of real-world DCC tasks.
Thursday, October 4th, 2018
Lenovo unveils the ThinkPad P1
At just 1.7kg, the competitively specced new mobile graphics workstation is the 'thinnest, lightest and sleekest' ThinkPad in history.
Tuesday, August 21st, 2018
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.6 for Modo
Modo edition of the renderer gets hybrid CPU/GPU rendering, V-Ray Fur and support for Cryptomatte.
Saturday, March 24th, 2018
HP announces 'world's most powerful' CG workstation
New Z8 G4 boasts up to 56 CPU cores, triple Quadro P6000 GPUs, 3TB RAM. New Z6 G4 and Z4 G4 models also due.
Sunday, September 17th, 2017
Pixar unveils RenderMan 22 and RenderMan XPU
Heavyweight renderer to get new live link to compatible DCC apps, new hybrid CPU/GPU render tech.
Monday, August 7th, 2017