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  1. christhorn82

    Dell Precision 490 system specs - any thoughts?

    I'm no expert but when you're paying $1200 for a Quadro FX card I think the amount of memory (256MB) is one of the less significant features of the card... My home PCs video card is 512MB, but it there's no comparison between it and one of the nVIDIA Quadro FX cards... If you're solely looking...
  2. christhorn82

    Dell Precision 490 system specs - any thoughts?

    Ah, that makes sense. I shall have a think about it! I already have a Sony 19" so if I got a Dell 19" to go with the system and stole someone else's Sony 19" from the office I guess at least then I could have matching monitors :) Cheers, Chris
  3. christhorn82

    Dell Precision 490 system specs - any thoughts?

    Hmm OK... I've heard quite a lot about this I guess... What are the main advantages of dual monitor then? What would I have being displayed on each monitor and how would it "improve" my work? Where my company is coming from is mainly that I can be spending a lot of time (a couple of hours a...
  4. christhorn82

    Dell Precision 490 system specs - any thoughts?

    Thanks Anna. To be honest I'd made my mind up about the 3500 - seems like the best choice for the time being.
  5. christhorn82

    Dell Precision 490 system specs - any thoughts?

    Thanks ever so much for the reply - I'm sure you've just saved my company quite a bit of cash! Although they'll probably say "Ah good, money saved" instead of "Great, get two monitors with the remaining cash" ;) C'est la vie!
  6. christhorn82

    Dell Precision 490 system specs - any thoughts?

    Blimey that is quick! 4 channels simultaneously - quad channel - of course :) thanks!
  7. christhorn82

    Dell Precision 490 system specs - any thoughts?

    Thanks very much for the info guys - exactly what I'm looking for :) I was wondering about quad-core/lower clock vs dual-core/higher clock. At the moment I have a Pentium D 3.40GHz processor with two cores - I take it I should notice quite a difference between that and the Xeon 5160 (when...
  8. christhorn82

    Dell Precision 490 system specs - any thoughts?

    Ah of course, good point! Thanks Eric.
  9. christhorn82

    Dell Precision 490 system specs - any thoughts?

    Hi there, thanks for taking the time to help. I'm to get a new Dell workstation at work with a budget of around £2000. I've specced the following system and would appreciate some comments (i.e. over the top, lacking in certain areas...) I tend to work with assemblies of 500-1000 parts and...
  10. christhorn82

    Worm speed reducer and helical multiplier

    Hi Mike thanks for the reply! I understand what you're saying and it makes perfect sense - the lid would only need to be wound open once a month or so. I'll give BG a shout just to confirm all of this, and I'll have a look at the motorbike chain! Really appreciate the help, cheers :) Chris
  11. christhorn82

    Worm speed reducer and helical multiplier

    Hi - thanks for taking the time to help. I'm having trouble understanding how a speed reducer (Boston Gear HF738-30-B7-H-P39) and a helical multiplier (Boston Gear HMF2-5-B7-B7) can produce the required torque for an application. Speed reducer Single stage reduction, output rpm @ 1750rpm =...
  12. christhorn82

    Simple 2-D truss in ANSYS Workbench 10

    Hi there. I've just started using ANSYS Workbench 10.0. I want to make a simple truss structure in 2-D of a bridge with loads at different nodes on the truss. I started DesignModeller and made a 2-D sketch, but have no idea how to get it to mesh etc! I have looked through all the help files...
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