Need:
An Auto-Cad workstation.
This will be doing mechanical CAD drawings, not rendering The Incredibles II.
The latest version of AutoDesk's AutoCad 2009 will be used.
Can anyone speak to AutoCad and if it's multi-threaded enough to truly harness more than the 2 cores.
Basically Dell is our vendor and I'll be locked into selecting either an OptiPlex line like a 755 or the Dell sales rep is trying to steer towards a Quad Xeon from the Dell Precision line, but Xeon seems like over kill based on cost.
Open to suggestions.
Are 2 faster cores better than 4 slower ones in this case or vice versa?
Rev
An Auto-Cad workstation.
This will be doing mechanical CAD drawings, not rendering The Incredibles II.
The latest version of AutoDesk's AutoCad 2009 will be used.
Can anyone speak to AutoCad and if it's multi-threaded enough to truly harness more than the 2 cores.
Basically Dell is our vendor and I'll be locked into selecting either an OptiPlex line like a 755 or the Dell sales rep is trying to steer towards a Quad Xeon from the Dell Precision line, but Xeon seems like over kill based on cost.
Open to suggestions.
Are 2 faster cores better than 4 slower ones in this case or vice versa?
Rev