Matt Bach | Puget Systems https://www.pugetsystems.com/bios/mattbach/ Workstations for creators. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:55:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.pugetsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Puget-Systems-2020-logomark-color-500-48x48.png Matt Bach | Puget Systems https://www.pugetsystems.com/bios/mattbach/ 32 32 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series | Missing ROPs Issue https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2025/02/26/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-series-missing-rops-issue/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2025/02/26/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-series-missing-rops-issue/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:10:05 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?p=34620 Recently, a small number of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs have been found to be missing ROPs which can lead to reduced performance. This post outlines how to check your GPU, and what we are doing to address the issue in our workstations.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2025/02/26/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-series-missing-rops-issue/feed/ 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-Series | Known Software Issues https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2025/01/27/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-series-known-software-issues/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2025/01/27/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-series-known-software-issues/#respond Mon, 27 Jan 2025 23:28:51 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?p=33700 NVIDIA is in the process of launching their newest graphics card product family, the GeForce RTX 50-series. However, as with many hardware launches, there are a number of software issues currently present.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2025/01/27/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-series-known-software-issues/feed/ 0 After Effects 25.2 Beta CPU Roundup https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/after-effects-25-2-beta-cpu-roudup/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/after-effects-25-2-beta-cpu-roudup/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:54:29 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=33123 With the recent overhaul of our After Effects benchmark, we thought it was a good time to do an in-depth analysis of the current CPUs on the market to see how they compare.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/after-effects-25-2-beta-cpu-roudup/feed/ 0 After Effects 25.2 Beta GPU Roundup https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/after-effects-25-2-beta-gpu-roundup/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/after-effects-25-2-beta-gpu-roundup/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:54:05 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=33163 Our new After Effects benchmark includes a number of 3D-based tests which make heavy use of the GPU. Because of the change compared to previous benchmark versions, we thought it was a good time to do an in-depth analysis of the current GPUs on the market to see how they compare.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/after-effects-25-2-beta-gpu-roundup/feed/ 0 Puget Systems Most Reliable Hardware of 2024 https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/puget-systems-most-reliable-hardware-of-2024/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/puget-systems-most-reliable-hardware-of-2024/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:32:10 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=33109 With 2024 wrapped up, we want to take the opportunity to call out specific brands and models that had exceptional reliability over the last year.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/puget-systems-most-reliable-hardware-of-2024/feed/ 0 Puget Systems Hardware Trends of 2024 https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/puget-systems-hardware-trends-of-2024/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/puget-systems-hardware-trends-of-2024/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:49:40 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=32972 With 2024 at a close, we wanted to look back at the sales trends we saw for CPUs, GPUs, storage, RAM and operating systems.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/puget-systems-hardware-trends-of-2024/feed/ 0 What H.264 and H.265 Hardware Decoding is Supported in Premiere Pro? https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-premiere-pro-2120/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-premiere-pro-2120/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:26:02 +0000 https://wp.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-premiere-pro-2120/ Premiere Pro supports hardware-based decoding for H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) which can significantly improve performance with these codecs, but not all "flavors" of these codecs are supported depending on the bit depth and chroma subsampling used. In addition, support can change depending on the capability of the hardware in your system. In order to determine exactly what is supported, we decided to do our own testing to see exactly what types of H.264/5 media has hardware decoding support in Premiere Pro.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-premiere-pro-2120/feed/ 0 What H.264 and H.265 Hardware Decoding is Supported in DaVinci Resolve Studio? https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-davinci-resolve-studio-2122/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-davinci-resolve-studio-2122/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:25:46 +0000 https://wp.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-davinci-resolve-studio-2122/ Davinci Resolve Studio supports hardware-based decoding for H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) which can significantly improve performance with these codecs, but not all "flavors" of these codecs are supported depending on the bit depth and chroma subsampling used. In addition, support can change depending on the capability of the hardware in your system. In order to determine exactly what is supported, we decided to do our own testing to see exactly what types of H.264/5 media has hardware decoding support in DaVinci Resolve Studio.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/what-h-264-and-h-265-hardware-decoding-is-supported-in-davinci-resolve-studio-2122/feed/ 5 Is it Worth Upgrading to Intel Core Ultra 200S Processors for Graphic Design https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/is-it-worth-upgrading-to-intel-core-ultra-200s-processors-for-graphic-design/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/is-it-worth-upgrading-to-intel-core-ultra-200s-processors-for-graphic-design/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:43:23 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=31485 Intel's new Core Ultra 200S processors have been launched, but are they good for graphic design workflows and worth the upgrade?

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/is-it-worth-upgrading-to-intel-core-ultra-200s-processors-for-graphic-design/feed/ 0 Is it Worth Upgrading to Intel Core Ultra 200S Processors for Video Editing? https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/is-it-worth-upgrading-to-intel-core-ultra-200s-processors-for-video-editing/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/is-it-worth-upgrading-to-intel-core-ultra-200s-processors-for-video-editing/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:01:00 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=article&p=31146 Intel's new Core Ultra 200S processors have been launched, but are they good for video editing workflows and worth the upgrade?

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