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The Dell PrecisionTM 690 is equipped with up to two Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5000 series 64-bit processors for a total of four execution cores in two sockets.
At the core of Dell Precision 64-bit dual-socket workstations is the Intel 5000x chipset, designed to support the technologies that can open up performance-impacting bottlenecks in primary subsystems. Power users -and the application providers who support them - have access to more bandwidth, more compute power than the previous generation, and to massive memory expansion up to 64GB*.
FB-DIMMs are an improved implementation of the current DDR2 standard for memory. With FB-DIMMs, you get DDR2 technology with a new, higher performance and more reliable, bidirectional serial bus which passes sequentially through every module.
The Benefits:
Up to 5X more memory bandwidth with quad-channel* memory architecture over the previous generation platform
Memory scalability up to 64GB* with new DDR2 fully-buffered ECC DIMMs
Up to 64GB* quad-channel architecture DDR2 Fully-Buffered DIMM 533 and 667MHz ECC memory
(512MB, 1GB, 2GB or 4GB* DIMMS; 512MB 533MHz DIMM not available on the 1KW chassis)
Up to 16 DIMM slots (1KW chassis required for memory expansion greater than 32GB* and greater than 8 DIMM slots)
Dell Precision Graphics Technology
The Dell Precision workstation graphics program is designed to provide customers with lifecycle and image stability from entry Professional 2D thru the Mid-Range 3D graphics cards. In addition, Dell provides the latest and best performing graphics technologies from the price/performance mid range 3D thru high-end 3D graphics card segments. Dell continually evaluates the newest graphics technologies to ensure the most relevant graphics cards are selected for qualification, certification and factory installation in Dell Precision Workstations.
Dual-Graphics Options
Optional dual-graphics configurations allow two graphics cards to work together in the Dell Precision 690 1KW chassis to help improve performance and quality. A high-end NVIDIA® SLITM ready configuration is available, delivering an application-transparent scaling of performance. Several quad-monitor solutions are also available, from 2D to high-end 3D, allowing the use of multiple monitors to help expand available desktop space.
The dual-graphics solutions on the Dell Precision 690 are fully tested, factory installed and supported by Dell.
The latest generation of storage technology is SAS (Serial Attached SCSI), which delivers up to 50% higher performance than SATA 10K.
The Dell Precision 690 supports up to five hard drives (four SAS; four SATA; or four SAS and one SATA boot) and a potential capacity of 2TB**. And with RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 options, you can configure your storage to meet your needs, whether it's for storing extremely large files, backing them up, or improving performance with data-striping.
SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM with 16MB DataBurst CacheTM up to 500GB**
SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM with 8MB DataBurst CacheTM up to 250GB**
SATA 10K RPM with 16MB DataBurst CacheTM up to 160GB**
SAS 10K RPM up to 300GB; SAS 15K RPM up to 146GB**
2 PCI-e x16 slots with optional graphics card riser on 690 1KW chassis
(NOTE: Graphics riser option covers up 2 PCI-e x8 slot wired as x4 and 1 PCI 32bit/33Mhz slot. Remaining slots are 2 PCI-X 64bit/100MHz and 1 PCI-e x8 slot wired as x4. Option must be ordered at system purchase.)
2 PCI-X 64bit/100MHz slots with support for 3.3v or universal cards
1 PCI 32bit/33Mhz slot
Bays
4 internal 3.5" hard disk drive bays
3 external 5.25" optical bays, one of which can accommodate a fifth HDD
1 external 3.5" flex bay for floppy or media card reader
Standard I/O Ports
8 USB 2.0: two on front panel, five on back panel, one internal on motherboard
2 IEEE 1394a: one front, one rear
2 serial, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2, 1 RJ-45, Stereo line-in and headphone line-out (on back panel)
Microphone and headphone connector (on front panel)
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