HP announces Z440, Z640 and Z840 workstations
More RAM, newer CPUs and GPUs and faster SSDs than previous Z-Series pro graphics workstations.
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
AMD
Video: AMD demos new GPU-based Maya renderer
Designed to showcase use of OpenCL 2.0 for raytracing, and due for an open-source release.
Monday, September 1st, 2014
Nvidia and AMD overhaul Quadro, FirePro line-ups
Both firms announce replacements for entire current line of pro GPUs. Check out the new cards' stats here.
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Solid Angle to preview GPU version of Arnold
OpenCL-based 'GPU prototype' of the VFX industry-standard renderer to demo on AMD's booth at Siggraph.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
New Mac Pro looks like a trash can, goes like a rocket
Updated: New Apple workstations now available to order, if you have $2,999 or $3,999 going spare.
Thursday, December 19th, 2013
Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs 2013
Jason Lewis puts 11 of the leading current workstation graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
HP unveils the ZBook 14: the 'first workstation Ultrabook'
Slim new ZBook becomes first mobile workstation to meet Ultrabook specs, but trades portability for power.
Friday, September 13th, 2013
Nvidia announces Quadro K6000 GPU
'Fastest GPU ever built' offers 12GB of graphics RAM, and five times the compute power of the Quadro 6000.
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
The Foundry ships Mari 1.6
And you can finally use it with AMD GPUs, if you have a mid-to-high-end card. New vector paint tools, too.
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Review: Professional GPUs - Nvidia vs AMD 2011
Jason Lewis puts Nvidia and AMD's latest professional graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Review: AMD's ATI FirePro professional GPUs
Jason Lewis puts AMD's latest pro graphics cards through their paces. Which one is right for you?
Monday, December 6th, 2010