What is an ideal system for Civil 3d?

[tim.ashton]

If you where to spec a Workstation to run Civil 3D what would your specs be?
CPU
Memory
Video card
Make (dell,hp,IBM...)


I need to upgrade my Civil guys for LDD to Civil 3D
Thanks

[mjfarrell]

Get the Fastest Processor (or the one next to it)
2GB RAM
nVidia Quadro Chipset Video Card
Dual Hard Drives (one for the OS, and One as the swap file) SATA, or SCSI is fine.

As to 'make' build them yourself using a Gigabyte Mainboard and
Intel Chipset, you will save at least 500 per workstation.