BOXX 3DBOXX 4860 Xtreme

Conclusions

This has to have been the most exciting single socket Parts Built System we have tested in a long time.   Generally on looking into review systems they are very well built, though this is an extraordinary unit with the grunt to push things to the extreme – hence the reasoning for the 3DBOXX 4860 marketed name.   Importantly the BOXX brushed aluminium chassis looks the part and will sit under many a desk and not look out of place as part of the furnishings, an important point in today’s fine studio’s where many key customers and new clients come and go.   Appearance is everything within the cutting edge studio of today.  A clean office look equates to a clean operation.

The actual system performance from the I/O was what we had anticipated.  Extremely fast indeed.  Whilst to slightly deviate this unit can be upgraded in many ways in the original build and those looking for the high speed boot should look to putting into place one of Intel’s next generation S510 series SSD’s.   When you are spending monies of this nature, costing will be high but those who will require the ultimate in performance then this is an exceptional option.    Therefore although we have seen extremely fast results from within, there is room to make things faster at the clients request.  



The render speed results from the recent release of POV-Ray was very fast indeed and the BOXX system did almost half some of our current results and these are extremely quick indeed.    One has unequivocal evidence that this standalone unit has the power  to meet the most demanding clients high expectations of fast outputs.

The results obtained from the SPECapc’ s and SPECviewperf are without doubt the fastest we have produced, the Nvidia Quadro’s excelled on this platform.  Whilst the Quadro 4000 returned some very impressive results, it is without doubt that it romped away demonstrating its raw supremacy.   Within SPECapc^SM for Maya 2009 and SPECapc ^SM for 3ds Max 9 ^TM we witnessed what has to have been the fastest results to date by Nvidia’s Quadro® 4000 in both these tests.  On a side note watch these spaces very closely as we hope to have news soon regarding the new  SPECapc ^SM for 3ds Max 2011 ^TM

Within SPECviewperf 11, astonishing to say the least, lightwave-01 pelting away at 67.59 and swiftly following this up was catia-03 score of 42.56.   Overall the SPECviewperf 11 results have been extremely good indeed for a single socket CPU workstation.

At going to print the cost of the BOXX 3DBOXX 4860 Xtreme with the Nvidia® Quadro® 4000 is £3759.00p plus Vat and Delivery and can be purchased direct through Boston’s reseller Escape Studios, please telephone +44 (0)207 348 1920.    Last but no means least the 3DBOXX 4860 Xtreme system comes with a full 3 year warranty that will appease all end-users seriously considering this system.

Penultimately and most importantly the Exclusive Competition where one of our readers can win an esteemed 3DBOXX 4860 system from Escape Studios.  Entry details are here, terms and conditions apply

The Boston BOXX 3DBOXX 4860 Xtreme comes as a neatly well laid out system with plenty of room for future expansion, an important factor in today’s demanding environment.  If you are looking for the fastest single socket systems around that meets your critical success factors in expediting extreme productivity output for that demanding client; then look no further as the BOXX 3DBOXX 4860 Xtreme from Boston completely surpasses those requirements

Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - System Pictures
Page 3 - System Set-up and Software Used
Page 4 - System Tests Part 1
Page 5 - System Tests Part II
Page 6 - Graphic Card Tests
Page 7 - SPECviewperf 11 and SPECapc's
Page 8 - Conclusions and Award