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Pro/engineer WildFire on dual-processor machine ???

Pro/engineer WildFire on dual-processor machine ???

Pro/engineer WildFire on dual-processor machine ???

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Hi

Does ProE WildFire make use of dual-processor machines ?

I am asking about both versions - for UNIX/Linux and MS Windows 2k/XP....

Thanks !

Best Regards,
RSth

RE: Pro/engineer WildFire on dual-processor machine ???

In regards to Windows - No (short answer).

Dual processor and Hyper-threaded machines do not directly improve the performance of Pro/E. We tested a few HP Workstations last August, and found that there was no significant improvement in Pro/E's performance.

There was an improvement in the performance of other programs running at the same time as Pro/E, however. Web browsing, e-mail clients and other programs ran as though Pro/E was not running at all. Also, we found that switching between applications was less likely to cause system lag.

I may be wrong on this - There might be a way to allow Pro/E to utilize this additional power. I did not run any benchmarks on the machines due to the short span of time that I had them.

Can't speak for UNIX/Linux. One good thing to note though, is that there is no 2 GB cap on RAM when using either of these platforms.

Mark

RE: Pro/engineer WildFire on dual-processor machine ???

Look at the benchmarks like www.proesite.com there is no difference between the dual processor machines and the singles. For Pro/E they are a waste of money.

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