CFX hardware and operating system choosing?

Ghazi Malkawi

Hi every body. I am getting a separate work station for CFX . I am considering a desktop with Intel 64 bit machine with 8 GB memory, 300GB hard disk and 2 processors.Actually I need help on three things:

1. Shall I go for 2.8 GHZ dual processor or 3.8 GHZ single processor for each of the two processors. Which one will have better and faster performance with CFX . 2. I am considering a 256MB PCIe*16 nVidia Quadro FX3450 card. Is this card supported by CFX? Any other suggestions/feed back on card selection will be appreciated. 3. Is Intel em64t with window XP64 bit the best compared with the Opteron and others hardware and operating systems and within the same price range (~$10,000). Your help and feedback will be much appreciated. Thank you.