Computer Question
Computer Question
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I know a lot of you have purchased new AMD boxes. Are any of you running a Pentium D or know how it rates with the AMD chip. I am currently getting an AMD box quoted by our computer builder with all the bells and whistles. He normally builds Pentium 4 computers and asked why I didn't want to use the Pentium D chip. I have tried to keep up to date but haven't read any comparison's between the AMD chip and the Pentium D. He told me he was going to do some research but thought the pentium computer would be a little faster.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Jason Forward
Solidworks 2006 sp2.1






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Check the dates of each article you read--often these go back to mid-2005 and are already out of date in terms of what chip is "leading edge".
The interesting thing about these reviews is that sometimes Intel comes out on top--it really depends what you need. SolidWorks doesn't make use of a second core (or processor) for its normal modeling tasks--perhaps most of what you need. However, if you render or animate rendered scenes, the second core becomes very useful.
Also, if you're like me, you have more than one process happening in your computer at any one given time. Between firewall and anti-virus software, email, word processing, etc. I often have at least 50 processes going on in the background. In this case, clearly another core/processor could help in stability and performance.
I'm using an AMD Opteron (64 bit) system that's now two years old and quite stable. I plan to purchase another system from Xi Computer quite soon, since from my own benchmarks and review checks my system excels in what I need it to do for little cost per performance. Intel seems to be stumbling in the non-consumer market and AMD certainly has a jump on them in many fronts.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.
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Jeff thats what makes these decisions somewhat difficult. If I am understanding the reviews correctly. I would choose the fastest single core chip for just running Solidworks. However, I am constantly running AV, FW, Outlook, Solidworks, Viewer, Internet Explorer and a bunch of other stuff at the same time. I am not looking to have the best, but I am looking to be able to use 64 bit software and be able to possibly upgrade this box in the future.
Jason Forward
Solidworks 2006 sp2.1
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Get at least 2GB of RAM.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.
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". ..less than a year away now. .."
HA! It was last year, too!
Intel:Microsoft as AMD:Linux ?
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Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reality is no respecter of good intentions.