I'm with MCGYVR on this one. Inventor. Just get the fastest single GPU and single CPU processor for Inventor model environment. The only time any additional CPU and GPU's get used is for FEA and Studio.
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AFIAK, the statements from Autodesk in the past have been, and I'm yet to see any press to contradict them:
1) SLI isn't used. Inventor only uses 1 gpu, so there is no benefit with SLI. Those dual gpu cards like the ATI R9 295X2 might be ok, as long as they are reported to Windows a single device in Device Manager.
2) there is no gpu computing used within Inventor, so an extra gpu for that will not be used. The only statement I know of from Autodesk regarding GPU processing was back in 2009: http://investors.autodesk.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117861&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1301645 which announced CUDA support for Moldflow. I think there was also a similar statement at the time that Ansys FEA would get CUDA support too.
So, as of the moment, a Tesla card or SLI setup would pretty much be wasted for Inventor.
Whether there will be any changes in the future, no idea, I hope so... I thought DirectX 11 had some gpu computation support natively, so I guess/hope they could aproach it via that, but as the main program is predominately single-threaded, I would only guess FEA and Studio/raytrace rendering would benefit.
While talking about graphics cards - why have you gone Quadro? Again, I believe the general thought these days was they're a waste of cash. Inventor is now DirectX and Quadro excel in OpenGL. So, unless you're using other applications that need an OpenGL gpu then it would be FAR cheaper to stick to gaming GeForce cards.
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Hate to torpedo your boat, but server-style workstations aren't more or less stable than conventional computers. Used to be that way waaaay back in the day before playing games was considered a career (... still can't wrap my head around THAT). But these days there are gamers who push their hardware faster, harder, and longer than *anything* you will be doing, and they do it with relatively sedate hardware. Thanks to that and vastly improved quality controls there is virtually no difference between a "workstation" and "gaming computer" in terms of stability for desktop applications.
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I agree with the other "EE's" and there posts, spec'ing our ECC memory and Quadro cards is a waste of money. The difference between Quado cards and GeForce cards comes down to more memory on the Quado card and better testing certification with OpenGL. Since Inventor went away from OpenGL over 7 releases ago there is not need.
I used to spec my machines with Quadro cards but after doing some bench tests (you could select either OpenGL or Direct3d within Inventor) I found the Direct3D to be slightly faster with the same model on the same machine.
ECC memory is great for "mission critical" servers that require a 100% up time. You can cut your systems costs in half by spec'ing out good "gaming" PC's and not notice any difference in performance at half the cost.
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One of the few reasons to go with a workstation is when you need to source truly large numbers of computers, like our business unit. In that case you'll be going with one of the big vendors like Dell or HP and they only source those kinds of numbers with their workstation lines. Bulk and corporate discounts along with support credits bring the numbers down to competetive but for short runs the gaming vendors are a better choice, and for single or very small runs self-build is even more cost effective.
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If you are going to fly by the seat of your pants, expect friction burns.
"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
If you are going to fly by the seat of your pants, expect friction burns.
"I don't know" is the beginning of knowledge, not the end.
Tesla won't help Inventor as it's not written to take advantage of it. Software such as 3dMax will take advantage of aditional cores, both CPU and GPU as you can select which cores you with to use.
I would look at option 4
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