BOXX Technologies today introduced APEXX 4, a top-of-the-line personal workstation specifically engineered to maximize the productivity of visual effects professionals. The true 64-bit machine offers four Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor architecture and as much as 64GB of memory to boost the efficiency of artists working on the large CG scenes and realistic digital characters.
BOXX’s APEXX 4 promises to deliver a high-end computing experience that has been the exclusive domain of proprietary UNIX workstations, for a fraction of the price. According to BOXX , studios that invest in these workstations can enjoy a shorter pipeline, a more streamlined workflow and more flexibility to make changes later in the design cycle.
‘APEXX 4 exemplifies BOXX’s commitment to the VFX community,’ states Fran’ois Wolf, director of marketing for BOXX Technologies. ‘It is an innovative product based on intelligently integrated, cutting-edge technology that makes sense for digital artists that trust BOXX to help them meet their challenges.’ The machines are designed to be quiet and compact enough to run right next to the artist.
Mental Images, maker of the industry-leading Mental Ray rendering software, had the opportunity to put the new model through its paces. ‘The BOXX APEXX4 workstation achieves a speedup factor of 7.2 compared to a one-processor machine for our standard rendering benchmark,’ notes Runa Loeber, director of platforms security for mental images. ‘Artists can very efficiently light and tune a scene with mental ray on this workstation. Instead of waiting seven minutes for the rendering of a complex scene, it will now take less than a minute.”
APEXX 4 workstations are now available from BOXX, which offers flexible financing options. For more information, go to www.boxxtech.com/apexx4.
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