PUNCH UP YOUR CAD POWER: New athlon, pentium systems pay off with performance

摘要

This workstation review produced record performance numbers, with scores well above 160 on our C2001 Cadalyst Labs benchmark-this just after the 150 barrier was broken in the November 2004 roundup. In terms of price and performance, a number of systems clustered at the top of the heap, reflecting a growing maturity as vendors put together ever-speedier PCI Express systems with fast (and often expensive) new graphics cards. For the first time since I've been reviewing workstations for Cadalyst, all the systems reviewed earned the Cadalyst Labs Highly Recommended rating. Whenever a given system had a deficiency such as, for example, slightly limited expandability, another characteristic of the system offset that lower grade. Because all the systems evaluated here are excellent, I was loathe to split hairs on which got a marginally higher or lower grade. L wouldn't mind having any of them sitting under my workbench-they're all that good.