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MillimeterBOXX Launches APEXX Visual Effects Workstation
Jan 11, 2006 11:52 AM
BOXX Technologies today launched APEXX 4, a top-of-the-line personal workstation specifically engineered to maximize the productivity of the visual effects professional.
With four Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor architecture, APEXX 4 gives the freedom to smoothly work in realtime on very complex effects and detailed computer-generated objects. As a true 64-bit personal workstation with as much as 64GB of memory, APEXX 4 boosts the efficiency of digital artists working on the large CG scenes and realistic digital characters that constitute much of the attraction of today’s most popular motion pictures, animated features, broadcast television shows, and online content.
BOXX’s APEXX 4 is designed for cutting-edge digital content creation and is based on the innovative integration of non-proprietary PC technologies. APEXX 4 represents a critical investment that can enable radically different digital creation models: a shorter pipeline, more flexibility to make changes later in the design cycle, more streamlined workflow, and ultimately, more satisfied clients.
“APEXX 4 exemplifies BOXX’s commitment to the VFX community: 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,” said François Wolf, director of marketing for BOXX Technologies.
APEXX 4’s performance benchmarks are the result of an extensive certification and optimization program implemented in conjunction with BOXX’s software partners.
Mental Images whose Mental Ray rendering software is a quasi-standard in for VFX, has run APEXX 4 through its paces: “The BOXX APEXX 4 workstation achieves a speedup factor of 7.2 compared to a one processor machine for our standard rendering benchmark. Artists can very efficiently light and tune a scene with Mental Ray on this workstation," said Runa Loeber, director of platforms and security for Mental Images.
APEXX 4 is available now, and BOXX offers flexible financing options.
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