The highly anticipated 3.20GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon Processor is upon us. Based on the award winning 'Harpertown' Quad Core CPU Architecture, these new ultra high performance Dual Processor Solutions bring true 3.20GHz Quad Core Power to intense computer environments.

CAD2 are pleased to feature these new processors through their range of design and rendering workstations (available in their DQX64 & RX8 Systems); transforming the speed at which customers can render and preview complex images and animations. Aimed at creative 3D professionals that require the ultimate in workstation performance CAD2's bespoke workstation range excel in the most demanding of 3D environments.

Quad Core Intel Xeon Processors 5400 Series 'Harpertown' (Dual CPU Support)
The breakthrough performance, energy efficiency, and reliability of Intel® Xeon® processor based workstations systems make them the ideal choice for all of your data demanding or standard enterprise infrastructure applications.

Experience over 50% greater performance than industry leading Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processors (Dual-Core 5100 Series) in the same power bracket and up to 150% (percent) greater performance than the equivalent AMD Opteron Processor. All this translates into greater performance with fewer cooling challenges, enabling quad-core-based workstations, rendering systems & blade servers to run more applications with a smaller footprint, giving you revolutionary ways to achieve more with less.

Processor No.	Cache	Clock Speed	Front Side Bus	Power	Quad Core
45-nm technology
E5405	12MB	2.00GHz	1333MHz	80W
E5410	12MB	2.33GHz	1333MHz	80W
E5420	12MB	2.50GHz	1333MHz	80W
E5430	12MB	2.66GHz	1333MHz	80W
E5440	12MB	2.83GHz	1333MHz	80W
E5450	12MB	3.00GHz	1333MHz	80W
E5462	12MB	2.80GHz	1600MHz	80W
E5472	12MB	3.00GHz	1600MHz	80W
X5450	12MB	3.00GHz	1333MHz	120W
X5460	12MB	3.16GHz	1333MHz	120W
X5472	12MB	3.00GHz	1600MHz	120W
X5482	12MB	3.20Ghz	1600MHz	150W

Now Available in Our DQX64 Workstation Series & RX8 Render Nodes. For further information please contact us on 0800 180 4801.

For further information please contact us on 0800 180 4801.

CAD2 today announced the launch of their highly anticipated Extreme Workstation Series based on the latest Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Processor. Built on the very latest Intel X38 Performance Chipset & Featuring a 1333MHz Front Side Bus & 12MB of Level 2 Cache Memory for enhanced power & performance.

Intel's new Core 2 Extreme processors incorporate some great technological enhancements that will introduce a new level of performance for today's design professionals. Maximize your pre-view rendering, complex mathematical calculations or FEA analysis tasks in record time. Available as part of our Q64 Workstation series the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 provides the fastest, most powerful levels of performance available in any single CPU based workstation.

Please contact us on 0800 180 4801 for further details.

The highly anticipated 3.0GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon Processor is upon us. Based on the award winning 'Clovertown' Quad Core Architecture and code named V8, these new ultra high performance Dual Processor Solutions bring true 3.0GHz Quad Core Power to intense computer environments.

CAD2 are pleased to feature these new processors through their range of design and rendering workstations; transforming the speed at which customers can render and preview complex images and animations. Aimed at creative 3D professionals that require the ultimate in workstation performance CAD2's bespoke workstation range excel in the most demanding of 3D environments.

Quad Core Intel Xeon Processors 5300 Series 'Clovertown' (Dual CPU Support)
Experience up to 50% (percent) greater performance than industry leading Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processors (Dual-Core 5100 Series) in the same power bracket and up to 150% (percent) greater performance than the equivalent AMD Opteron Processor. All this translates into greater performance with fewer cooling challenges, enabling quad-core-based workstations, render nodes and blade servers to run more applications with a smaller footprint, giving you revolutionary ways to achieve more with less.

Processor Number	Cache	Clock Speed	Front Side Bus	System Type	Power	Quad Core
65-nm technology
E5335	8MB	2 GHz	1333 MHz	DP	80W
E5345	8MB	2.33 GHz	1333 MHz	DP	80W
X5355	8MB	2.66 GHz	1333 MHz	DP	120W
X5365	8MB	3.00 GHz	1333 MHz	DP	150W

For further information on our range of Dual Processor, Quad Core Intel Xeon Workstations, Render Nodes & Servers please contact us on 0800 180 4801.

CAD2 today announced the launch of their highly anticipated 3.0GHz Workstations, featuring the latest Intel Bearlake P35 Performance Chipset & 1333MHz Front Side Bus Processors. Available throughout their workstation range these new processors introduce anew level of price/performance and are set to re-write the entry/mid-range workstation market place, allowing 3D creative professionals to do more work in less time (on a more cost effective budget).

Intel P35 Bearlake Chipset
This high performance chipset will replace the current top end Intel 975X and will contain support for: -

• 5.0GHz Clock Speed (up from 2.5GHz on the 975X)
• 1333MHz Front Side Bus CPU Support
• Dual Channel DDR2 800MHz & DDR3 1066/1333MHz Memory
• 16x PCI Express Graphics
• Gigabit LAN, High Definition Audio and much more...

3.0GHz 1333MHz FSB Processors
Intel's new Core 2 Duo & Extreme processors incorporate some great technological enhancements that will introduce a new level of performance for today's design professionals. Available in two versions code named E6850 (Dual-Core) and QX6850 (Quad-Core) these new processors offer a standard 3.0GHz clock speed and a improved 1333MHz Front Side Bus (up from 1066MHz on all previous generations).

Here at CAD2 as one of Intel's' top 5 product integrators we are pleased to offer the very latest cutting edge computer workstation technologies. Providing customers with the fastest, most powerful workstation solutions that money can buy.

Please contact us on 0800 180 4801 for further details.

CAD2 today announced they would be implementing the new Intel Core 2 Duo/Extreme Processor and Bearlake-X motherboard chipset's throughout its high performance dual & quad core workstation range.

Due for release sometime during the 3rd quarter of 2007 Intel's new series of Core 2 Duo/Quad Core Extreme Processors and high performance Bearlake motherboard chipset's will revolutionize the entry to mid range graphics workstation market and provide customers with even more performance per pound.

Motherboard Chipset's
Code-named Bearlake-X the high performance chipset will replace the current top end Intel 975X and will contain support for: -

• 5.0GHz Clock Speed (up from 2.5GHz on the 975X)
• 1333MHz Front Side Bus CPU Support
• Dual Channel DDR2 800MHz & DDR3 1066/1333MHz Memory
• PCI Express 2.0
• 2x PCI Express x16 lanes

Processors
Intel's new Core 2 Duo & Extreme processors incorporate some great technological enhancements that are set to bring some fantastic performance improvements to users of professional applications. Code named the QX6850, E6850, E6750 and E6650 these new processors offer a maximum 3.0GHz standard clock speed and a improved 1333MHz Front Side Bus (up from 1066MHz on the previous generation).

Here at CAD2 as one of Intel's' top 5 product integrators we are pleased to offer the very latest cutting edge computer workstation technologies. Providing our customers with the fastest, most power workstation solutions that money can buy.

Please contact us on 0800 180 4801 for further details.

CAD2 today announced they would be implementing the very latest NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 & FX5600 Ultra High-End Workstation Graphics Cards in their IMAGINE Workstation Range.

Nvidia Quadro FX4600 768MB Ultra High-end Workstation Certified Graphics Card

• 768MB Ultra High Performance Graphics DDR-3 Memory
• 384Bit Memory Controller Interface
• 67.2GB/Sec Memory Bandwidth
• 250 Million Triangles & 12.0 Billion Texels Per Second
• Fast 3D Textures with Ultimate 8K Texture Processing
• Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability with Shader Model 4.0
• Full 128-Bit Precision Graphics Pipeline
• 32-Bit Floating Point Precision with 12-Bit Sub-Pixel Precision
• 32-Bit Filtering and Blending
• Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA)
• Rotated-Grid Full-Scene Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
• Advanced Color Compression, Early Z-Cull
• Cg High-Level Graphics Shader Language
• Frame Synchronization (G-Sync Option) + Quad Buffered Stereo
• GPU Computing Technology for Visualization & Rendering with NVIDIA® CUDA™
• Multi-Display Solution (DVI + DVI) with 2x Dual-Link Support
• Highest Workstation Application Performance
• NVIDIA High Precision, High Dynamic-Range Technology
• NVIDIA SLI™ Technology Compatible

Nvidia Quadro FX5600 1.5GB Ultra High-end Workstation Certified Graphics Card

• 1.5GB Ultra High Performance Graphics DDR-3 Memory
• 384Bit Memory Controller Interface
• 76.8GB/Sec Memory Bandwidth
• 250 Million Triangles & 12.0 Billion Texels Per Second
• Fast 3D Textures with Ultimate 8K Texture Processing
• Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability with Shader Model 4.0
• Full 128-Bit Precision Graphics Pipeline
• 32-Bit Floating Point Precision with 12-Bit Sub-Pixel Precision
• 32-Bit Filtering and Blending
• Full-Scene Antialiasing (FSAA)
• Rotated-Grid Full-Scene Antialiasing (RG FSAA)
• Advanced Color Compression, Early Z-Cull
• Cg High-Level Graphics Shader Language
• Frame Synchronization (G-Sync Option) + Quad Buffered Stereo
• GPU Computing Technology for Visualization & Rendering with NVIDIA® CUDA™
• Multi-Display Solution (DVI + DVI) with 2x Dual-Link Support
• Highest Workstation Application Performance
• NVIDIA High Precision, High Dynamic-Range Technology
• NVIDIA SLI™ Technology Compatible

"Building on NVIDIA's current range of entry, mid-range & High-end Graphics Cards these new Ultra High-end solutions provide industry leading visual processing performance. The FX4600 768MB has re-written benchmark scores for a sub £1500 graphics Card!." - CAD2 Workstation Specialist

Please contact us on 0800 180 4801 for further details.

CAD2 today announced they would be implementing the very latest Intel Core 2 & Xeon 5300 Series Quad Core Processors throughout there Workstation & Rendering product range.

These unique, ultra high performance quad core processor brings you the world's first quad-core processors for desktop and mainstream workstation & servers, leading the industry in multi-core technology. Providing blistering performance on desktop VFX & Digital Content Workstations & Render Nodes. Intel® quad-core technology delivers unprecedented performance to high-end computers.

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor - View Product brief (PDF 213KB)

Intel’s most advanced processor just got an upgrade to the power of four—four processing cores for the ultimate in demanding entertainment

• Up to 54% better performance for intense multimedia applications, streaming movies, music, and more with powerful Intel quad-core technology
• Up to 53% better performance when enjoying immersive 3-D gaming
• Up to 79% faster performance for highly-threaded applications when creating & rendering multimedia and 3D content
• Up to 8MB of L2 cache and 1066 MHz Front Side Bus for an unrivaled multitasking experience

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad Core Processor - View Product brief (PDF 199KB)

The world's best desktop processor for multimedia applications and the first to quad-core∇

• Up to 80% faster performance for highly-threaded applications
• Four processing cores to handle massive throughput
• Based on leading Intel® Core™ micro architecture
• Industry-first 8MB total cache

Intel® Xeon® 5300 Series Quad Core Processor - View Product brief (PDF 536KB)

Breakthrough performance from the world's first quad-core processor for mainstream servers—faster, more powerful, and more efficient

• Great performance with energy efficiency
• Run applications with a smaller footprint
• Up to 50% better performance than Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series within the same power envelope
• Delivers the multitasking performance you need to maximize your virtualization efforts—enabling your enterprise applications to be responsive, even as you consolidate server resources

More instructions can be carried out per clock cycle, shorter and wider pipelines execute commands more quickly, and improved bus lanes move data throughout the system faster. This quad-core processor represents Intel’s continued leadership and drive of multi-core processing and more parallel computing.

Features and Benefits of the Intel® Core™2 Quad & Extreme Processor

• Quad-Core Processors Provides four complete execution cores in a single Processor with 8 MB of L2 cache and a 1066/1333 MHz Front Side Bus - Four dedicated, physical threads help operating systems and applications deliver additional performance, so end users can experience better multi-tasking and multi-threaded performance across many types of applications and work loads.
• Intel® Wide Dynamic Improves execution speed and efficiency, delivering more instructions per clock cycle. Each of the four Execution cores can complete up to four full instructions simultaneously.
• Intel® Smart Memory Access Optimizes the use of the data bandwidth from the memory subsystem to accelerate out-of-order execution. A newly designed prediction mechanism reduces the time in-flight instructions have to wait for data. New pre-fetch algorithms move data from system memory into fast L2 cache in advance of execution. These functions keep the pipeline full, improving instruction throughput & performance.
• Intel® Advanced Smart Shared Level 2 cache across each pair of cores that can be dynamically allocated to each processor core, Cache within the pair, based on workload. This efficient implementation increases the probability that each core within the pair can access data from fast L2 cache, significantly reducing latency to frequently used data and improving performance.
• Intel® Advanced Digital Accelerates the execution of Streaming SIMD Extension (SSE) instructions to significantly improve the Media Boost performance on a broad range of applications, including video, audio, image and photo processing, multimedia, encryption, financial, engineering and scientific applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions are now issued at a throughput rate of one per clock cycle effectively doubling their speed of execution over previous generation processors.
• Intel® Virtualization Allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. Intel® VT improves manageability, limiting downtime and maintaining worker productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions.
• Intel® 64 Allows the processor to access larger amounts of memory. With appropriate 64-bit hardware and software, platforms based on an Intel processor supporting Intel® 64 can allow the use of extended virtual and physical memory.
• Execute Disable Bit Provides extended virus defense when deployed with a supported operating system. Memory can be marked as executable or non-executable, allowing the processor to raise an error to the operating system if malicious code attempts to run in non-executable memory. This can prevent the code from infecting the system.
• Digital Thermal Sensor (DTS) Provides for more efficient processor and platform thermal control improving system acoustics. The DTS continuously measures the temperature at each processing core. The ability to continuously measure and detect variations in processor temperature enables system fans to spin only as fast as needed to cool the system. The combination of these technologies can result in significantly lower noise emissions from your workstation.

"Building on Intel's Core 2 Duo desktop CPU's these new Quad-Core Extreme processors will provide Digital Content, Graphics & VFX users with the performance that they need to concur the moist demanding of creative challenges." - CAD2 Workstation Specialist

Please contact us on 0800 180 4801 for further details.

CAD2 today announced they would be implementing the very latest NVIDIA Quadro FX3500M in their ultimate high performance mobile workstation range - Available imminently. Designed for ultimate performance and portability the CAD2 IMAGINE Go series of laptop workstation offer the worlds fastest possible performance on any mobile/laptop platform.

Uncompromised Professional Graphics to Go
The NVIDIA Quadro® FX 3500M Mobile professional graphics card is the ultimate notebook workstation graphics solution for digital content creators and engineers - from effects creators on a movie set, to engineers at the plant, to the geoscientist on a remote oil rig. NVIDIA Quadro® FX Mobile graphics processing units (GPUs) are the standard mobile workstation graphics solution for professional 3D applications.

"Building on Nvidia's track record of ultra high performance workstation graphics, we are pleased to announce the use of their top-end 512MB Quadro FX3500M Graphics Card in our IMAGINE Go Duo laptop workstations" - CAD2 Workstation Specialist

Please visit our Laptop Workstation pages or contact us on 0800 180 4801 for details.

CAD2 today launched the new NVIDIA Quadro Plex Visual Computing System (VCS).

With the introduction of the NVIDIA Quadro® Plex 1000 visual computing system (VCS), NVIDIA delivers a quantum leap in visual compute density, enabling breakthrough levels of productivity and capability. Professionals ranging from manufacturing designers and stylists to earth scientists to digital content creators can solve their most complex, graphics-intensive problems using an unconstrained dedicated visual computing system based on proven, industry standard architectures.

NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 represents a 20x leap in visual compute density -- graphics computation per cubic inch. Its compact, ultra-quiet design can be quickly deployed in any desktop workspace or can be easily transformed to fit into any standard 19" rack environment.

• Featuring NVIDIA® SLI™ multi-GPU technology, this dedicated VCS, scales graphics computing to meet the most demanding professional CAD, DCC, and visualization application requirements. Multiple NVIDIA Quadro Plex VCSs can be combined to further scale performance, quality and channels.
• Based on proven, industry standard architectures, NVIDIA Quadro Plex provides the flexibility to be deployed with any certified PCI Express® x16 platform.

Specifications: -

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