GPU Rendering Ready For Prime Time?

GPU rendering has been slowly advancing since arriving on the scene several years ago. While the technology can significantly redude render times, the widespread use of GPU-accelerated engines for final frame production rendering has yet to materialize. In this article, we'll take a look at how the landscape is set to change with Chaos Group's V-Ray 3.0 beta. We'll also talk about the recent launch of BOXX's unique GPU Edition workstations that can get you rendering faster than you’ve ever imagined.

Don't Be A Bottleneck Villain

BOXX exists to serve very specific markets just like yours. Over the past 15 years, we have become experts in addressing the pain points of our customers. Complicated workflows are the norm when it comes to digital content creation, architectural design, engineering, simulation, and product visualization. A "one size fits all" approach to IT, and particularly the hardware chosen to run these applications, will more than likely lead to lost productivity and ultimately, a negative impact on your bottom line.

High Frequency and Redundant Cores

In computing, common sense says that the more CPUs you have at your disposal, the faster your machine will complete its tasks and the more productive you will be. In reality, the ability of a software application to take advantage of multiple CPU cores is dictated by whether the application is single threaded or multi-threaded. Most of you are familiar with this concept, but we think it’s worth digging a little deeper into how this affects CAD applications.

More Cores. New Chassis.

This week Intel launched their new Ivy Bridge E processors. This update opens up a wide variety of configuration options for users of multi-threaded applications. BOXX is now offering single CPU systems with up to 12 cores and dual CPU workstations and render nodes with up to 24 cores.

Siggraph 2013 Recap - Powered By BOXX

Throughout SIGGRAPH 2013, exhibitors like Intel, PNY, Trinity Animation, chaos Group, SideFX, and Imagination Technologies relied on BOXX solutions for their demonstrations. Meanwhile, inside the BOXX booth, guest demo experts from Autodesk, Chaos Group, and Luxion showcased their 2014 software features on the fastest workstations and dedicated rendering systems in the world.

If you couldn't attend the show, here’s a unique opportunity to see the latest applications powered by incredible performance of 3DBOXX and renderPRO.

NVIDIA Quadro K6000 Rendering Benchmarks

7/30/13

The K6000 rendering benchmarks have been temporarily removed. The card which BOXX received for testing was pre-release hardware whose performance may not be consistent with the final product.

In an effort to ensure that the data we provide you is as accurate as possible, BOXX Blogs has decided to temporarily remove the recent K6000 rendering benchmarks until we can run our benchmarks on a more finalized version of the card.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Blinn’s Law and the paradox of increasing performance

Painters have their brushes, sculptors have their chisels and VFX artists have their powerful workstations. All trades rely on specialized tools to get the job done, but what happens when rapidly advancing technology is applied to the modern creative process? As a 3D artist, what are the advantages of upgrading and utilizing the latest processing power? One of the obvious answers would be that your renders will finish in less time. While this is certainly a key advantage, one could argue that it is just the low hanging fruit when deciding whether or not to upgrade your hardware.