Hardware Articles Archive | Puget Systems https://www.pugetsystems.com/all-articles/ Workstations for creators. Fri, 13 Nov 2026 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 How Many People Can One NVIDIA DGX Station GB300 Serve? https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/how-many-people-can-one-nvidia-dgx-station-gb300-serve/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/how-many-people-can-one-nvidia-dgx-station-gb300-serve/#respond Wed, 11 Nov 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=51273 Dustin measured how many people one NVIDIA GB300 can serve for chat and coding agents, and built a tool so you can feel the wait at each team size.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/how-many-people-can-one-nvidia-dgx-station-gb300-serve/feed/ 0 Intel Xeon 600 Workstation Content Creation Review https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/intel-xeon-600-workstation-content-creation-review/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/intel-xeon-600-workstation-content-creation-review/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=51200 We examine performance of the most recent Xeon 600 processors, as compared to the previous-generation Xeon W and AMD's Threadripper CPUs.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/intel-xeon-600-workstation-content-creation-review/feed/ 0 Houdini Hardware Performance: CPU and GPU Benchmarks https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/houdini-hardware-performance-cpu-and-gpu-benchmarks/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/houdini-hardware-performance-cpu-and-gpu-benchmarks/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:53:58 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=50845 We tested a range of CPUs and GPUs to see which hardware makes the biggest performance difference across Houdini's simulation and rendering workflows.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/houdini-hardware-performance-cpu-and-gpu-benchmarks/feed/ 0 Noctua’s Debut 240mm AIO Cooler Impresses https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/noctuas-debut-240mm-aio-cooler-impresses/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/noctuas-debut-240mm-aio-cooler-impresses/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:59:52 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=50320 Noctua's first entry into the all-in-one liquid-cooling market is the best AIO cooler we have seen, thanks to their expertise and partnership with Asetek

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/noctuas-debut-240mm-aio-cooler-impresses/feed/ 0 Best Professional GPUs For Topaz’s Starlight Models https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/best-professional-gpus-for-topazs-starlight-models/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/best-professional-gpus-for-topazs-starlight-models/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:48:46 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=50009 We tested the performance of current-generation professional graphics cards from AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA with Topaz Video's Starlight models.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/best-professional-gpus-for-topazs-starlight-models/feed/ 0 Best Consumer GPUs For Topaz’s Starlight Models https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/best-consumer-gpus-for-topazs-starlight-models/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/best-consumer-gpus-for-topazs-starlight-models/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:52:07 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=49646 We tested the performance of current-generation graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA with Topaz Video's Starlight models.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/best-consumer-gpus-for-topazs-starlight-models/feed/ 0 Topaz Video 1.6.1 – Professional GPU Performance Analysis https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/topaz-video-1-6-1-professional-gpu-performance-analysis/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/topaz-video-1-6-1-professional-gpu-performance-analysis/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=49200 We tested the performance of current-generation professional GPUs from AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA in Topaz Video version 1.6.1.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/topaz-video-1-6-1-professional-gpu-performance-analysis/feed/ 0 AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700: Dual-GPU AI Inference Performance https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/amd-radeon-ai-pro-r9700-dual-gpu-ai-inference-performance/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/amd-radeon-ai-pro-r9700-dual-gpu-ai-inference-performance/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:14:11 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=48669 Can two Radeon AI PRO R9700 cards deliver production-quality local LLM inference and image generation? How do they compare against Intel's Arc Pro B70 GPUs?

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/amd-radeon-ai-pro-r9700-dual-gpu-ai-inference-performance/feed/ 0 Topaz Video 1.6.1 – Consumer GPU Performance Analysis https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/topaz-video-1-6-1-consumer-gpu-performance-analysis/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/topaz-video-1-6-1-consumer-gpu-performance-analysis/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:13:46 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=48931 We tested the performance of current-generation GPUs from AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA in Topaz Video version 1.6.1.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/topaz-video-1-6-1-consumer-gpu-performance-analysis/feed/ 0 PIX4Dmatic Gaussian Splatting: Examining GPU Performance https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/pix4dmatic-gaussian-splats-examining-gpu-performance/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/pix4dmatic-gaussian-splats-examining-gpu-performance/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:54:17 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=46670 We examine GPU performance with the new Gaussian splatting method in PIX4Dmatic 2.5 across two datasets and multiple generations of video cards.

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