Forum: Hardware & Operating Systems

Helloo,, Im starting CAD course next term in university then 3dmax the following one, so I need to upgrade, I currently own an ASUS Intel(R) core(TM) 2 Duo CPU 8400 @2.26 GHZ 4 GB with 32 bit...

A recent blog gave me food for thought. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/134760-pc-obsolescence-is-obsolete The guy seems to have a point. For the last few years there's not been the...

Hi I have a HP Draftmaster RX 7596B HP-GL/2 and AutoCAD R14. What do i need to do to hook it up to my USB port. I have a HP 24542G cable.

Hi ppl i am looking at getting a new computer, just wondered what you views are of getting? Im currently looking at getting a macbook pro or something like that? - just want advice of what...

I am a beginning bioengineering student and need to purchase a capable laptop for the next 4 years. The one i'm looking at has the following specs: intel i5 2450M-2.50-GHz-is dual core, standard...

Hey there. Long story short: we have 2 old computers running autocad 2002, because we have an old plotter, Synergix 8825, and it was/is going to cost us a ton of money to revamp our CAD...

what kind of computer should i buy to use it for autocad, revit, mep and some other application ?:glare:

We have one specific cad machine in the office with Autotrack. Rather than keeping on switching from my computer and this one, a colleague said why dont I try remote desktop connection. I have done...

Windows 7 changed the explorer serach parameters by supposedly making it plain talking questions. I get the idea of System.Keywords:"sunset" basicly they removed the filter options to allow smarter...

Want some suggestions for making a new Computer. Any recommendations for on the web shopping personal computer parts ? tia.

Hi all Due to start a new role next month and in the interim, have been asked to specify my own hardware. I thought this would be great fun but it's giving me some unforseen headaches! My main...

Hi, First of all, I apologize for posting this question here. I have been looking around in search of an A0 Flatbed Scanner for some CAD drawings we received from our clients but to no avail. I'm...

Specs are as follows: 2.3GHz quad core processor (Intel i7) 8GB DDR3 RAM nVIDIA GeForce GT 630M (2GB dedicated graphics) 1365x768 HD screen Also, sorry if I'm in the wrong forum. This is my...

My coworker and I are looking to upgrade to the Dell M6600 workstations. He runs Civil 3D, arcview, Xmap, and Carlson. I run Map 3D 2012, Raster Design 2012, Bentley Substation, PLS-Cadd, and a...

Hi, thought I'd try here for help as Nvidia appear to be useless at helping me. I have a new Quadro 2000 which in 3D Autocad performs no better than the Geforce 9600 GT it replaces, but in 3dsMAX...

I just Got a Calcomp Drawing board II, and the tech support guy @ Calcomp tells me I need to find Tablet Works 7.46 for Calcomp off the internet. The file name is TWSER2kXp.exe Apparently Calcomp...

Have been looking for a 24" roll feed plotter but with no results. Does any one know of one? I figured HP, Oce or KIP would have one but they are either color ink jets or much larger all in ones. TIA

I am working in autocad civil3d 2011. Will working, I must have accidently hit a wrong key and now my mouse is gone. I have my cursor but I've only got my mouse in my ribbon area and my command...

Dear all, i recently decided purchase new pc can u suggestion which better hardware processor = AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition FX-8150 or intel i7 mother board = ???...

Hi Everyone, I'm IT support for a large company. I have 3 users that have HP 6200's with i3 CPU's and 4GB's of RAM using AutoCAD 2013, 2012 and 2011. They are complaining about lag issues which I...

I have got an old laptop (2004 model) with an old 2GHz cpu and 2GB of ram. Which version should you suggest i would install? Is it possible to go more than 2010? Or is 2010 even going to be demanding?

Im am interested to learn what advantage there is in using a dual monitor setup for AutoCad aplication. Look forward to receiving your reply.

I'm thinking of building my own desktop computer with the main aim doing 3D AutoCAD. I've made a few phone calls to various suppliers of components but on the whole, they haven't been particularly...