[John Layne]

My SolidWorks / Maxwell Render Workstation?

Dell Precision T7500

Dual Intel(R) Xeon(R) X5680 3.33GHz, 12M cache, 6.4 GT/s QPI, Turbo, HT, 6C 1 (total of 12 cores!!!) Wondering if I only need one licence, for two cpus?
2GB nVIDIA Quadro 4000,Dual Monitor,2DP & 1DVI,Dell Precision
24GB (6x4GB) DDR3 RDIMM Memory, 1333MHz, ECC
300GB SATA (10,000RPM)
1.5TB SATA (7200RPM)

Can't play with it until 7 February -- when I start at new client. Looking forward to hitting the render button!

[numerobis]

Wondering if I only need one licence, for two cpus?

yes

[Richard]

What a beast! Wish I was pushing that same button!

[yolk]

keep your old computer around. because the first two days you will think: wow! that machine is sooo fast! a week later you'll think it's normal. then go back and work on your old computer and wait in agony for your renders to finish

[Richard]

keep your old computer around. because the first two days you will think: wow! that machine is sooo fast! a week later you'll think it's normal. then go back and work on your old computer and wait in agony for your renders to finish

I'm spring for new machine this month and will do just that! Nice idea! I quick reminder will ease the pain of investment!