Dell Precision 5480 Mobile Workstation
It has been a few years since I have tested and reviewed a laptop. Technology has progressed in the meantime, and systems are dramatically more powerful than they were four… Read more »
Tag Archives: Windows
Introduction to High Bandwidth Fiber Networking
As networking bandwidth needs increase for users processing high resolution media files, especially past 10GbE, it is pushing more and more users from copper twisted pair (Cat6, etc.) toward fiber… Read more »
Boxx’s Apexx S3 – Intel’s Alder Lake Maxxed Out
I have spent the last few weeks using Boxx’s newest iteration of their Apexx S3 Workstation, and it is quite impressive. Based on Intel’s “Alder Lake” CPUs, with DDR5, it… Read more »
NAB 2022
NAB has returned to Las Vegas this week, as an in person event for the first time in three years. Due to this, there are many new products being announced… Read more »
Finding the “Best” Workstation
I have had the unique opportunity to test the two most powerful single socket workstations available on the market today. Last year’s review of the Lenovo Thinkstation P620 looked at… Read more »
The End of Dual Socket Workstations?
High-End Computers and Workstations I have always been a fan of top end computer systems. Truth be told, the reason I originally got involved with digital video production back in… Read more »
Hardware Accelerated HEVC in Premiere Pro
The High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) or H.265 is a very processing intensive codec for both encode and decode, but leads to higher video quality at lower data rates. There… Read more »
Reviewing BOXX’s Apexx Matterhorn
BOXX’s APEXX Matterhorn system is based on Intel’s Xeon W-3300 CPU architecture, and C621A chipset, and it represents the pinnacle of Intel’s single socket system performance, with up to 38… Read more »
Networking for Post-Exceeding 10Gigabit
This article wraps up a series where I have been exploring different networking options for exceeding the bandwidth limitations of Gigabit Ethernet. 10GbE has come down in price, and has… Read more »
Networking for Post-Switches and N-BaseT
My last two articles covered 10GbE networking, and how to set up a direct network connection between two computers without using a switch. Using a switch is actually much simpler,… Read more »
