Ship in a bottle for my new PC

John Layne

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Mar 27, 2006, 2:39:56 PM3/27/06

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Time 1 - 26.7
Time 2 - 26.0
Time 3 - 20.7
Time 4 - 20.6

CPU - Athlon X2 4600+ Dual Core
Memory - 2Gb Corsair
Mobo - ASUS A8N Premium
Graphics Card - Nvidia FX 1400

Is there anywhere online where I can compare these times, it would be nice
to know I'm getting all my moneys worth :)

John Layne
www.solidengineering.co.nz

Dale Dunn

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Mar 27, 2006, 5:12:12 PM3/27/06

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> Is there anywhere online where I can compare these times, it would be
> nice to know I'm getting all my moneys worth :)

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.cad.solidworks/search?
q=ship+in+a+bottle&start=0&scoring=d&

What resolution did you run it at? I found the benchmark to be somewhat
sensitive to window size.

John Layne

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Mar 27, 2006, 4:56:41 PM3/27/06

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Test was run at 1280 x 1024

John Layne

TOP

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Mar 27, 2006, 6:53:56 PM3/27/06

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John,

Follow the directions at http://www.engtran.com/SWBM001.html

Devon T. Sowell

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Mar 27, 2006, 9:40:36 PM3/27/06

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23.65

1280x960

Biostar 6100-939 nvidia4
4x512 533 RAM
FX540
4400X2
3GB Switch
XP2
Overclocked 20%

Best Regards,
Devon T. Sowell
www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

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Devon T. Sowell

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Mar 27, 2006, 9:42:29 PM3/27/06

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2x 74GB 10K HDs

OS on one HD, Data on the other.

Devon

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dvan...@norgrenauto.com

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Mar 27, 2006, 9:58:24 PM3/27/06

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Test-1....28.8
Test-2....28.0
Test-3....21.1
Test-4....20.1

Alienware Box

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+
2 GB PC3200 RAM

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Adapter RAM: 256MB
DriverVersion: 6.14.10.7777

Hard Drive
HD-HI250GBSATAII
Size: 250GB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

Don

John Layne

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Mar 27, 2006, 9:19:22 PM3/27/06

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Is 23.65 at the slowest setting of time 1?

I'll have to read up on this overclocking business. But I'll leave it a
few weeks to become familiar with SolidWorks 2006 so I don't blame the
crashes on the PC!

John Layne
www.solidengineering.co.nz

TOP

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Mar 28, 2006, 6:07:34 AM3/28/06

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Reprinted from the referenced website:

Make four runs with the following settings:
1. TOOLS/OPTIONS/DOCUMENT PROPERTIES/IMAGE QUALITY -- Shaded to the far
right
Have VIEW/DISPLAY/SHADED WITH HLR checked.
2. TOOLS/OPTIONS/DOCUMENT PROPERTIES/IMAGE QUALITY -- Shaded to the far
right
Have VIEW/DISPLAY/SHADED WITH HLR unchecked.
3. TOOLS/OPTIONS/DOCUMENT PROPERTIES/IMAGE QUALITY -- Shaded to the far
left
Have VIEW/DISPLAY/SHADED WITH HLR checked.
4. TOOLS/OPTIONS/DOCUMENT PROPERTIES/IMAGE QUALITY -- Shaded to the far
left
Have VIEW/DISPLAY/SHADED WITH HLR unchecked.

When reporting results for 50 iterations give the following
information:
CPU make and model
Memory make and quantity
Graphics card make, model and driver
The results of the test as:

RESOLUTION
TIME1/TIME2/TIME3/TIME4

Note:
The different settings in 1 thru 4 above put less load on the graphics
card as they progress. By comparing the different settings you can get
some idea of the effect your graphics processor has on the whole
process. Never save the part, it is not necessary and may give
differing results from run to run.

For Example:

AMD Athlon XP 3000+
1GB Kingston ValueRAM
NVidia FX550 XGL Driver unknown

SW2003
1280x1024
41.625/30.078/40.265/30.328

SW2004
1280x1024
42.45/31.54/40.88/30.91

SW2005
1280x1024
41.484/31.266/40.75/30.88

SW2006
1280x1024
41.55/31.55/41.09/31.39

Brian Putnam

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Mar 28, 2006, 11:29:55 AM3/28/06

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P4 2.53Ghz (2002 Xi system)
1.5GB DDR ECC PC2100 266 MHz Ram
NVidia Quadro4 750XGL

SW2006 SP3.4
1280x1024
51.86/49.94/39.80/39.76

MrSlabaugh

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Mar 28, 2006, 1:54:36 PM3/28/06

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My average was 54 seconds.

Dell Precision 530
2.2Ghz, Xenon
1 Gb Rambus memory
Wildcat III 6110 with 64 Meg Video Memory
Using 6.5.2.9 video driver

Windows XP Pro
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.0

matt

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Mar 28, 2006, 6:09:46 PM3/28/06

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Hypersonic Aviator FX7 (laptop)
AMD X2 4800+ (dual core)
2 Gb RAM
nVidia Quadro Go FX1400

27.2 21.1 edges shown
26.1 20.5 no edges
27.5 21.2 wireframe (not shaded)
27.5 21.4 hlr (not shaded)
27.7 21.4 hlg (not shaded)
21.2 19.0 (graphics window not showing)

Boxx Technologies 3200
AMD FX57 (single core)
3 Gb RAM
nVidia Quadro4 3450

HI LO (image quality)

24.4 18.2 edges shown
23.4 17.5 no edges
26.4 18.5 wireframe (not shaded)
27.3 18.9 hlr (not shaded)
25.3 19.2 hlg (not shaded)
18.5 15.8 (graphics window not showing)

I believe that the ship-in-a-bottle is not a very representative
benchmark, especially when it comes to dual core machines, and also when
it comes to more complex feature types. The dual core averaged between
50-54% CPU usage on this part. I have several parts where the usage at
times climbs to 100%, with different types of features. While the dual
core doesn't look particularly spactacular on this part compared against
the single core FX57, I have other parts where it is considerably faster
than the FX57.

Also see this thread for a more in-depth comparison on a wider variety
of parts:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.cad.solidworks/browse_frm/thread/24e61e4e14a62d18/740b1c9c0c83daae?q=fx57+vs+4800&rnum=1#740b1c9c0c83daae

TOP

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Mar 28, 2006, 10:00:53 PM3/28/06

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Matt,

I'd certainly like to see examples that exercise a dual core. Maybe I
can work them into a decent benchmark.

As far as SIB goes, your BOXX is about the all time fastest I have seen
especially on 2006.

Jerry Steiger

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Mar 29, 2006, 3:43:05 PM3/29/06

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"John Layne" <John(Don'tbugmewithSPAM)@solidengineering.co.nz> wrote in
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> Time 1 - 26.7
> Time 2 - 26.0
> Time 3 - 20.7
> Time 4 - 20.6
>
> CPU - Athlon X2 4600+ Dual Core
> Memory - 2Gb Corsair
> Mobo - ASUS A8N Premium
> Graphics Card - Nvidia FX 1400
>
> Is there anywhere online where I can compare these times, it would be nice
> to know I'm getting all my moneys worth :)

CPU - Athlon 64 X2
RAM - 4GB
Mobo - Abit AN8
Graphics - Nvidia Quadro FX1400
32 Bit OS

Time 1 - 26.7
Time 3 - 20.7

Since we got exactly the same times, either you're getting your money's
worth, or we're both getting screwed.

Running it on the 64 Bit OS, it's slower:

Time 1 - 28.2
Time 3 - 22.1

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear"

Dale Dunn

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Mar 29, 2006, 3:58:00 PM3/29/06

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> Running it on the 64 Bit OS, it's slower:
>
> Time 1 - 28.2
> Time 3 - 22.1

Is that SW06 for 64bit, or 32bit SW on Win 64?

Jerry Steiger

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Mar 30, 2006, 2:41:27 PM3/30/06

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Those numbers were the first time Craig ran it, with 32 bit SW06 SP2.1 on
Win 64, but it didn't make any significant difference when he ran the beta
64 bit SW06.

IYM

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Mar 30, 2006, 3:55:59 PM3/30/06

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Compaq Deskpro Workstation AP230
1000MHz Pentium 3 (yes, that's not a typo)
384 Megs of Ram
NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR/EX
Windows 2K Pro
SWx 2005, SP5.0

114.9
105.2
80.9
80.5

What a screamer, eh??

Let the laughing commence.... :)

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John Layne

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Mar 30, 2006, 5:19:26 PM3/30/06

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I wonder if your boss knows how much money he is losing by making you use an
antique.

John Layne
www.solidengineering.co.nz

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IYM

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Mar 31, 2006, 7:34:08 AM3/31/06

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*Sigh* - I've tried to bring it up in meetings for a very long time now, but
the issue just dies. There are 3 others just like mine. We're supposedly
due for an upgrade this year according to management. Mighty nice of them
to consider Engineering, huh? :)

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MrSlabaugh

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Mar 31, 2006, 2:42:27 PM3/31/06

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Gee, why use a push broom when the toothbrush you are given works just
fine for cleaning the shop floor!

Our company thinks that schedules will be met no matter how long we
have to work into the evening or on weekends to complete the task.
Since we are salaried employees, labor costs will not be saved by
spending money on a capital improvement. It costs the company more to
upgrade then to continue as we are doing now.

IYM

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Mar 31, 2006, 3:48:51 PM3/31/06

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*Bingo!* We have a winner!! :)

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