Workstation
Having just recently crossed the one-year anniversary of AMD’s first Zen 4 architecture CPUs – the Ryzen 7000 series – we’re now at the point where the final Zen 4 products are landing in place. Thus far AMD has launched consumer desktop CPUs, multiple classes of mobile CPUs, and a bevy of server CPUs big (Genoa) and small (Siena). The one remaining gap in AMD’s product roadmap has been the workstation and high-end desktop market, which AMD will be filling next month with the launch of a pair of Threadripper product lineups. Being announced today by AMD for a November 21st launch, this morning AMD is taking the wraps off of their Ryzen 7000 Threadripper CPUs. These high-end chips are being split up into two...
Dell Precision T1650 Workstation Review: Ivy Bridge Xeons Bring Performance
This year has seen a revitalized Dell aggressively attacking HP on the enterprise workstation front. While HP has been content to recycle last year's models, Dell has made substantial...
38 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/31/2012HP Z420 Workstation Review: Competition Heats Up
Recently we had a chance to review Dell's Precision T3600, and we found it impressive. A company that seemed content to be an also-ran in the enterprise desktop space...
35 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/21/2012Dell Precision T3600 Review: Dell's New Enterprise
As far as enterprise-class workstations go, we're at the point now where there are fundamentally two major competitors: an entrenched HP, and a very hungry Dell. We've had a...
26 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/23/2012iBuyPower Professional Series: Reversal of Fortune
When it comes to buying a pre-built desktop for the average consumer or gamer, about the only thing the big box manufacturers really have going for them is price...
21 by Dustin Sklavos on 10/21/2011HP Z210 SFF Workstation: Serious Power in Cramped Quarters
We're taking our second excursion into enterprise-class desktop territory with the kind of machine that should be of interest both to IT management and enthusiasts alike: HP's Z210 SFF...
26 by Dustin Sklavos on 8/29/2011Intel's Haswell IGP to Feature DirectX 11.1, Increased Professional Application Support
Intel's integrated graphics processors have long had a poor reputation when it comes to gaming, and while the IGPs get a little closer to competitiveness with each iteration, that...
9 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/5/2011Dell Precision T1600: Workstation Class
We've spent a lot of time dissecting boutique gaming desktops, but there's another class of hardware that we only rarely get to discuss. Today that changes with the first...
29 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/2/2011