Want this CAD workstaion

[0iD]

I'm trying (and failing) to get my boss to let me buy one of these babies

http://www.cad2.com/workstations/wsx208-tesla-psc.html

Yummy.

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[staffsMike]

The POWerrrrrr

Looks awesome.

[scaryjim]

Odd that it's Core2 Extreme, rather than Core i7, based... if you're marketing something as a cutting edge solution you'd expect the latest processor class, surely...?

[matty-hodgson]

i'll buy you one OiD

[dave87]

Did you mention he can get the tax back on business purchases?


That might help your argument slightly

(drop in the ocean slightly, but slightly nonetheless)

[Badbonji]

I would wait for dual socket Nehalem, 16 theads 8 cores and will be about 30-50% faster than that workstation at same clock speed

[handscombmp]

Perhaps if you can do this to your boss and pc at work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jKzX7wuLGo

[dave87]

I would wait for dual socket Nehalem, 16 theads 8 cores and will be about 30-50% faster than that workstation at same clock speed

Can you imagine the price hike though? I don't even want to think about it


That said, I don't think it would exactly be lacking in performance at any point, and if you are spending that much then whats a few more quid?

[madman045]

You can get a Dell system with a 4GB Video card and a Tesla card in it for around £10,000

I'd love to see the 3D video modelling on a system like that

[Pob255]

I would wait for dual socket Nehalem, 16 theads 8 cores and will be about 30-50% faster than that workstation at same clock speed

No check the specs
It's the 3 Tesla cards that are doing the majority of the work there.
Tesla cards are basically a gpu (240streams) and a load of memory (4gb per card) but setup not to be able to do direct video outputting but purely other forms of multi-stream processing.

Must say that's a hunky beast of a machine.
What's the price tag?

[Zak33]

I'd love to see the 3D video modelling on a system like that

that is EXACTLY what 0iD wants it for,.... to model every weld, bolt and screw in big monster machines....

I offered him my ZX Spectrum, but it was only the 16k version and he turned me down... oh well

[0iD]

Yeah, those wobbly expansion packs, cutting edge.

But yes, for large scale ProE/Solid Works/CATIA parametreic models & FEA it'd be the dog's danglybits.

[Pob255]

Yeah, those wobbly expansion packs, cutting edge.

But yes, for large scale ProE/Solid Works/CATIA parametreic models & FEA it'd be the dog's danglybits.

If that's the case, then why not save a bunch of cash and just wire up a bunch of dog's to your current rig?