New Workstation Spec's

[.chad]

thanks for the links hopefully we will have some new systems soon!

[sinc]

quote A:

intel core 2 quad processor Q6600 (2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache)

quote B:

intel core 2 duo processor E6850 (3.00GHz, 1333FSB, 4MB L2 Cache Dual-Core VT EM64t)

i am not sure which is better.

If you are building this machine primarily for Autodesk software, you will get significantly better performance out of the E6850.

Autodesk software makes almost no use of extra processors, outside of some minor benefits afforded by the fact that Windows itself can use them a bit. But a Quad chip is a complete waste of money for a CAD machine that runs Autodesk software, at least as of now.

If Autodesk ever re-writes Autocad to use multiple processors, that will change. But right now, assume that you will only use one of the processors in any new chips you are looking at. So the raw performance per processor is key.