AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X flexes as world’s most powerful HEDT CPU by powering past all Xeon and EPYC chips on PassMark

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Via NotebookCheck “The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X has turned up on PassMark and immediately left its mark near the top of the CPU Mark table. The Zen 4-based Storm Peak part defeated all EPYC and Xeon chips in its path and was only kept off the top spot by Threadripper PRO 7000 SKUs. AMD calls the Ryzen Threadripper 7980X the … Read More

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X & 7970X Review: Many-Core Desktop Supremacy

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Via hothardware.com PC enthusiasts, workstation users, and regular readers will no doubt be aware of Threadripper. They are AMD’s ultra-powerful, many-core processors that target the professional workstation or High End Desktop (HEDT) markets. With the introduction of the Threadripper Pro and Threadripper 7000 series, AMD leverages its Zen 4 architecture and has re-introduced an HEDT-focused selection of processors to address … Read More

The Best GPUs for Deep Learning

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PhD student from the University of Washington, Luke Zettlemoyer, has written a comprehensive and insightful article on the best GPUs for deep learning. Deep learning is a field with intense computational requirements, and your choice of GPU will fundamentally determine your deep learning experience. When it comes to the most important GPU specs for deep learning processing speed, Tensor Cores … Read More

Intel’s Xeon W9-3495X processor claims world record

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Via https://www.techradar.com/news/intel-breaks-cinebench-r23-world-record-with-its-super-powerful-sapphire-rapids-chip Intel’s Xeon W9-3495X 56-core workstation processor has claimed a new world record in rendering using the Cinebench R23 benchmark. Despite having 8 fewer cores and 16 fewer threads than the previous record holder, the W9-3495X managed to achieve 132,484 points in Cinebench R23’s multicore performance. This is more than 10,000 points higher than the previous world-record holder. Though … Read More

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Tested

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NextComputing offers portable workstations for video encoding and live video streaming with vMix and the latest NVIDIA GPUs. Check out VideoCardz.com test of the RTX 3060 below. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Tested

Best solid-state drives (SSDs) 2022

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via XDA-Developers.com NextComputing offers SSD RAID and JBOD workstation configurations with I-O optimization for developers. Take a look at the best solid-state drives of 2022 tested by XDA-Developers.com. https://www.xda-developers.com/best-ssds-sata-nvme/

Intel Confirms Sapphire Rapids Coming to Workstations

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via Tom’s Hardware Intel officially confirmed that its Sapphire Rapids processors are coming to workstations in a teaser video published on Twitter. This is the first official confirmation that the company intends to address this market with its upcoming Sapphire Rapids CPUs. However, Intel is still tight-lipped about the specifications of these upcoming products. Read more at https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-confirms-sapphire-rapids-coming-to-workstations NextComputing’s powerhouse … Read More

Intel Launches Raptor Lake: 24-core i9-13900K

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via Tom’s Hardware Intel shared specs, pricing, benchmarks, and architectural details for its 13th-Gen Raptor Lake lineup today, touting its flagship Core i9-13900K as the ‘world’s fastest desktop processor.’ The lineup includes three new processors with frequencies that jump up to 5.8 GHz, a new record for the mainstream desktop, and more e-cores. Read more at https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-launches-raptor-lake-at-amd-24-core-i9-13900k-arrives-oct-20-for-dollar589