I'm curious what hardware people would choose if you were purposely
building a workstation for rendering in Photoworks.
We typically buy HP or Dell workstations outfitted to our
specifications for Operating System, video cards, RAM and hard drives
and processors.
Does anyone have any great advice on these components as specifically
meant for maximum Photoworks productivity?
Keeping in mind the new functionality in SolidWorks 2008, what would
you recommend for the above mentioned components, including OS.
Thanks for the input!
--Matt Schroeder
My current system is configured as follows:
Processor
Model : 2x Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.20GHz
Speed : 3.19GHz
Cores per Processor : 1 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Internal Data Cache : 8kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 4-way set, 64 byte
line size, 2 lines per sector
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way set, 64 byte
line size, 2 lines per sector
L3 On-board Cache : 2MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way set, 64 byte
line size, 2 lines per sector
System
System : Dell Computer Corporation Precision WorkStation 450
Mainboard : Dell Computer Corp. 0F1263
Bus(es) : X-Bus AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : 2 Processor(s)
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
System BIOS : Dell Computer Corporation A04
Total Memory : 2GB ECC DDR-SDRAM
Chipset 1
Model : Dell Computer Corp E7505 Host Controller
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 2GB ECC DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)
Video System
Monitor/Panel : Plug and Play Monitor
Adapter : 3Dlabs Wildcat4 7110
Adapter : 3Dlabs Wildcat4 7110
Physical Storage Devices
PERC Array (SCSI) : 102GB (C:)
SONY DVD RW DW-Q120A (ATAPI) : N/A (D:)
Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C:) : 102GB (86GB, 85% Free Space) (NTFS) @ PERC Array
(SCSI)
CD-ROM/DVD (D:) : N/A @ SONY DVD RW DW-Q120A (ATAPI)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:) : N/A
Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP (2002) Professional 5.01.2600
(Service Pack 2)
Platform Compliance : Win32 x86
Network Services
Adapter : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MTW Network Connection
- posted
14 years ago