Rob Williams

Oct 2, 2023 | techgage.com | Rob Williams

One of the most popular performance benchmarks on the planet is Maxon’s Cinebench. We’ve been taking advantage of it for CPU-bound rendering tests for ages – it’s actually difficult to recall a time when we didn’t use it. So, when a new version launches, it tends to grab the attention of anyone who loves performance-testing hardware. The latest version of Cinebench released last month, and it brought about some major changes.

Aug 21, 2023 | techgage.com | Rob Williams

Being a company laser-focused on performance, it’s no surprise that Intel loves talking about it – whether it involve its CPUs, or GPUs. That became ever-more evident after the launch of its Arc-series graphics cards last year, and it was for a reason. While Arc’s debut was rough around the edges, vast improvement was seen in the months that followed as more optimized drivers released. Today, based on what we see being said around the community, Arc is in a great state.

Jul 26, 2023 | techgage.com | Rob Williams

by Rob Williams on July 26, 2023 in Graphics & DisplaysBlender 3.6 has recently launched, and from a performance perspective, it’s one of the biggest releases in a while. Both AMD and Intel gain ray tracing acceleration to render your scene faster, and other subtle improvements have been made as well, including the speed of viewport shader compiling.

Jun 28, 2023 | techgage.com | Rob Williams

Jun 26, 2023 | techgage.com | Rob Williams