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Dell has infused its Precision workstations and PowerEdge servers with the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors. The Precision 690 and 490 workstations, for work involving massive data sets, can now be configured with the new Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, whereas the Dell Precision 390 supports the new Intel Core 2 Extreme CPU. The added processor cores benefit users with increased computing performance in multi-threaded applications, such as Autodesk's 3ds Max and Maya. The Dell Precision 690 and 490, equipped with Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPUs, are said to achieve hardware performance gains of up to 54 percent on multi-threaded applications.
The 690 model features a dual CPU socket and dual front-side buses to provide up to eight processor cores with Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, in addition to support for up to 64GB of memory and enhanced graphics via an optional dual-graphics riser card via Nvidia SLI technology. The Precision 490 also offers dual CPU socket and dual front-side buses for up to eight processor ...