System for speed and stability?

[Guest]

Hi

I am spec'ing a system for heavy 2D CAD and number crunching and need some opinions.

I have had "exprience" with NT and compatibility issues before.

My current thinking is:
Athlon 1 to 1.2 GHz
Asus A7V motherboard
256 MB RAM
IBM 30 or 45 GB HDD
Asus V7100 32MB
etc.

OS's will include 98SE, NT4 and possibly DOS (don't ask).

I assume the superiority of the Athlon FPU makes it the obvious choise for serious 2D CAD and third party number crunching software but I am concerned about driver and stability issues with these various components.

Any opinions?

Thanks in advance

Johnny Walker

 

[mpjesse]

You'll be ok, esp. with Windows 2000. Also, think dual processors. Dual processors tend to make the system a lot more stable.

-MP Jesse

 

[ledzepp98]

the system sounds good but i'm not too sure about the vid card. as much as i like the geforce (i have a geforce2 gts, the 7100 you mentioned is an mx, right?), i think there are better cards out there for 2D work. i wouldn't know which one to recommend, but i think the geforce series has great fps but isn't at the top of the list for 2D applications.