A friend is using the following machine at work (specs indside), what can he buy?

[freedon]

I collected the following specs from a friends machine that he is using at work. So what can he buy to 'equal' his machine at work?

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System Information
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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195) Service Pack 3
Language: English (Regional Setting: Spanish)
System Manufacturer: IBM
System Model: 686626U
BIOS: IBM BIOS Ver PFKT38.0
Processor: Intel Pentium III Xeon, ~733MHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 267MB used, 980MB available
Primary File System: NTFS
DirectX Version: DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0881)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.01.2600.0881 32bit Unicode


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Display Devices
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Card name: 3Dlabs Wildcat Pro 4110
Manufacturer: 3Dlabs
Chip type: Wildcat Pro
DAC type: ADV716x (220 MHz)


As you can see this machine is for desiging stuff; 3D studio, Macromedia products and Adobe products


Buying a Xeon and a 3Dlabs wildcat are expensive, but what can almost produce almost the same power. Like a p4 compared to this p3 xeon (as example). Or is the performance to great that there is no equal?

[Big_Mac]

grab a P4-2.0 or better, 512/1024 MB of quick ram, a moderatly fast HDD, and a new springdale or canterwood board, and he'll be fine. Only thing he'll actually have to spend a decent chunk of cash on is a pro level vid card, because you can't skimp if you want really good openGL quality.