Dell Releases Precision T5500, T7500 and T3500 Workstations

By DE Editors

Dell has unveiled the Dell Precision T7500, T5500, and T3500 tower workstations. One of the first workstation lines to ship with Intel Xeon 5500 Nehalem processors, the Dell Precision T5500 and T7500 deliver up to 90 percent better multi-threaded application performance. The new systems are purpose-engineered for professionals in engineering, media, entertainment, biosciences, exploration, economic modeling, and risk analysis. 

Designed for performance, reliability and scalability, the three new Dell Precision tower systems are available for order and include:

• The Dell Precision T7500 is the most powerful Dell workstation. It offers up to two quad-core processors, 192GB of three-channel DDR3 ECC memory at 1066 or 1333MHz, dual native Gen 2 PCIe x16 graphics slots with up to 450 watts (two 225W or single 300W) and support for NVIDIA SLI technology without a riser. The system starts at $1,800.
• The Dell Precision T5500 offers dual-socket Intel Xeon performance in a small footprint system with memory capacity of up to 72GB3 and graphics slots that scale up to 300 watts (two 150W or single 225W). Prices start at $1,620.
• The Dell Precision T3500 offers a balance of performance, scalability, and affordability. The T3500 features up to 24GB DDR3 ECC memory and an integrated memory controller, resulting in low latency and excellent application performance, according to Dell. It starts at $999.

Dell partners with at least 35 leading independent software vendors (ISVs) to test and certify compatibility for 90 applications in areas such as mechanical computer-aided design, architecture, engineering, construction, digital content creation, biosciences, financial services, and oil and gas. Broad-based ISV certification helps customers create a complete, customized solution for the specific single- or multi-threaded application they use.

Application-based performance gains over previous generation workstations include up to 82 percent better Catia application performance. There is also up to 350 percent more memory bandwidth on the Dell Precision T7500 and up to 282 percent more bandwidth on the T5500 with dual processors using the SiSoft Sandra 2009 Bandwidth benchmark test.

Product features of the Dell Precision T3500, T5500 and T7500 include:

• Intel QuickPath, Direct Cache Access help significantly improve performance
• Intel Turbo Mode is designed to adapt processor speed based on application needs
• E-SATA port for fast external storage
• 1.5TB hard-drives for generous local storage
• Dual- and quad-monitor support, DisplayPort connectors
• Support for NVIDIA Tesla GPU compute solutions (T5500 and T7500)
• NVIDIA NVS 295, NVIDIA QUADRO FX 580, FX 1800, FX 3800, FX 4800, and FX 5800 (T5500 and T7500) graphics card
• ATI FIREPRO V3750, V5700, and V8700 graphics cards

For more information, visit Dell Workstations.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.