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Laptop Reccommendation, Laptop recommendations for Autocad Revit
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astria
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 Dec 13 2012, 12:50 PM
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do take note laptops with professional graphic cards often falls into the business category and costs a bomb even for one with half decent performance...
these GPU are essentially the same ones that we see in the consumer market, the only difference is in the driver optimized for difference purposes... professional GPU drivers are designed with stability an power efficiency, while consumer GPU drivers are tuned for performance instead... u can probably find modded drivers or perhaps modded VBIOS on the Internet to suit ur work...
it's best that u read the fine prints on AutoCAD and see which type of GPU is more suited... but with OpenCL and GPGPU being a mainstream now, it probably doesn't really matter much now...
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astria
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Dec 15 2012, 08:07 AM
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regarding pt 2), u should ve insisted that the laptop is "uncomfortably hot"... keep bugging them without a precise description of the issue... merely tell them "too hot" is good enough... as long as the CPU is unable to boil water, no laptop maker will mark it as faulty since the CPU is designed to handle up to 100C...
being dumb at the right time is necessary when dealing with warranty service staff, especially with remote diagnostic like Dell's... the more vague ur description is, the less information they get, the less accurate their diagnostic, the more likely they'll send a technician...
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astria
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Dec 15 2012, 09:25 AM
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QUOTE(nexus2238 @ Dec 15 2012, 08:25 AM) My suggestion to any professional: If you are relying on your laptop to make a living, good warranty support service is one of the most important consideration in your purchase dicision. Go to any reputable corporation in Malaysia which IT department is worth their salt. You will only find Dell, Lenovo, HP (less so). If a user could not afford lengthy down time, these are the brand that is able to provide the professional level of warranty support service. put it short, get a business laptop... even a humble Dell Vostro wins in warranty compared to Alienware...  |
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astria
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Dec 15 2012, 02:40 PM
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as far as i am aware, SLi (and CrossFire) are only used in games so far... just look at the business laptops, none of them offer multi-GPU solution, for 2 very obvious reasons: performance-per-watt drops drastically, and inconsistent performance...
unless, u re looking to build sth like a server farm to crunch data, but by then u will need a Tesla already...
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astria
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Dec 16 2012, 11:01 AM
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QUOTE(T3N5AI @ Dec 15 2012, 07:14 PM) Working, dude. CPU - i7 is suffcient for current uses. RAM - 12GB is alot. Can the CPU support that much RAM? Mostly are running at 8gb. GPU - advice taken HDD - Ugrade to SDD, agreed. I would probably do away with the optical drive as it is occupying too much space and less usage. My sis just bought a new laptop which she also traded away the optical drive. Screen - Care to explain how FHD increases the workspace? If it becomes smaller, isn't it harder to see? Currently looking at Y500, coz i'd rather purchase a laptop which comes is assembled by 1 manufacturer rather than assembled with different parts of different brand. Later owuld face compatibility and space issues, not to mention overheating issues. Lastly, any recommendations on where can I get a good price for a laptop? I'm currently living in Shah Alam. Tq RAM - all current CPU supports up to 32GB in a 4x 8GB configuration... depending on the SO-DIMM slots available on the motherboard, usually 14" and below comes with 2 slots only (thus max 16GB), while 15" and above comes with 4 slots... Monitor - I am guessing that one with good image quality is more essential for ur work... most consumer laptops in the market comes with the normal but lousy TN panel... Dell used to offer RGB LED monitor in their XPS line, which is the best monitor u can get as far as image quality is concerned... Asus also offers IPS monitor, but only limited to Zenbook line... u may need to ask around if this is what u need... |
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