is there any place that has benchmarks for solidworks? i amsuggesting parts for a friend of mine to replace a older 3GHz P4machine. the machine will need to do more than solidworks and moreof a gaming (light, probably a 7600gt w/ 256MB) graphics card willbe used as this will be his home, not at work machine.

the options on the table are either a c2d 6300-6400, a x2 3800-4200or opteron 939 165-175 depending on availability as these 939 dcsare getting harder to find. the issue is we are trying to keep thebang for buck very high and not wanting to break the bank, thus thedifference in price between a c2d, the c2d board and ddr2 couldsway the outcome based on outcomes vs ddr and a 939 setup. also ihave read that solidworks is not smp/smt capable, so that kind ofrules out the bonus of building a c2d setup with a m/b thatsupports kentsfield...

in all the benches i have seen, the slower c2ds and x2s are within9-10% of each other with the c2d being on top, was just wonderinghow solidworks does with the different cpus. the benches i haveseen are audio/video encoding, gaming and 3dsmax7

price is a concern and my friend keeps his machines for a bit sothe next upgrade i am sure there will be something out besides am2,1207(F) and 775.

thanks in advance for your time and knowledge,
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