NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs Quadro RTX 8000 Creative Professional Review

The new Ampere-based GPUs from NVIDIA are here and if you’re lucky, you might actually get to buy one. As of this writing in February of 2021, stock of new GPUs is still extremely scarce and isn’t expected to return to normal until at least Q3 of this year. But are you really missing out on that much if you can’t get your hands on a new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 for your workstation? There are, of course, a lot of factors to know if you need to upgrade. (more…)
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Home Lab Deep Dive: IT and Entertainment

Hi, my name is Alex and this a look into my homelab. I have always been passionate about tech, but my interest in IT started about 13 years ago. My first home lab setup consisted of just a Dell Dimension E521 desktop. Back then, the OS to play with was Windows Server 2003. This setup allowed me to pass some Microsoft certifications and land my first helpdesk job. With some on-the-job experience, I was able to obtain the MCSE 2003 certification and that same computer was later on repurposed to become a Media Center PC. HDDs were added and my media catalog started growing. Funny enough this machine still powers on with no issues, but it is not currently in production. (more…)
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