daddu2000 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Hey guys, I'm planning to buy this laptop and I wanna know your opinions on wheather it's gonna be good enough for my work or not. I'm an architect working mainly with AutoCAD 2010 2D/3D and 3Ds MAX 2010 for Rendering and Light. The laptop specs are as follows: Toshiba Satellite : A505-S6986 Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6600 - 2.20GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) 4GB DDR3 800MHz memory NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 230M - 1GB 400GB HDD (5400rpm) DVD-SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash™ drive 16.0" widescreen More details here http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/satellite/A500/A505-S6986 I would really appreciate your comments and feedback. Thank you Daddu2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryG Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 We just bought that model over the weekend and it seams more than capable to run autocad. I have not actually loaded it on the laptop yet however but so far we are very happy with it. Her are tha basic requirements for 2010 if running Windows 7 (which that laptop should come with) Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology 2 GB RAM 1 GB free disk space for installation 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color What I'm not sure about is the 2.2 ghz were it specs out that you will need 3 GHZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddu2000 Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Thank you JerryG for the reply I would also like to point out that the process is 64bit , I wonder if that means better performance in AutoCad 3D work or not ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 This laptop should work fine for Autocad 2D work, but you will probably have problems trying to do 3D work and you will definitely experience very long render times, if you can even render at all. It's good that you have the 64 bit OS, but you need to take advantage of it. Bump up your RAM to 8GB. You should upgrade the processor also. The Intel Core i7 is a good choice. More cores equals faster render times. Is there any reason why you are going with a laptop instead of a desktop workstation? Laptops are just not ideal for 3D work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Love my Lenovo Thinkpad™ laptops. Take a peek-a-boo at the new dual monitor Lenovo laptops if price isn't an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddu2000 Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 OK thnx for the help guys, how about the following specs for a desktop : Intel® Core i5 - 750 Processor GIGABYTE Motherboard GA-P55 UD4P GIGABYTE NVIDIA GTX285 - 1GB 6GB RAM - (expandable to 16GB) 500 GB HDD FSP Power Supply 700W EPSILON700 This desktop is twice as much in price as the laptop above, and I'm really tight on budget right now, so I would really appreciate your comments on whether it is worth it to go for the desktop ? My work is 70% 2D and 30% 3D, in my 3D work I'm mainly doing some exterior renders to the building that I design and not so much interior shots. I'll be looking foreword to your comments. Regards, Daddu2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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