best for Cad and 3d applications ??

[yaniv1512]

helo

i am new here and need yours help

i going to buy workstation laptop

and i wanted your help for understanding and choosing a laptop

the laptop is insted of my desktop computer (biger=better)

and i going to used it for Cad and 3d applications like :

solidworks 2010

maya

3dmax

whats is more important cpu or graphic card?

i am thinking on:

1. lenovo w700ds with Core 2 Duo processor T9600 (2.8GHz 1066MHz 6MBL2) and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

or

2.lenovo w700 with Core 2 Extreme X9100 (3.06 GHz, 6MB L2, 1066 MHz FSB) and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M

or

3.dell Precision M6400 with Intel Core 2 Duo T9900 (3.06GHz, 6M L2 Cache, 1066MHZ and VIDIA Quadro FX 700M

or

4.asus G73JH A1 with intel i7-720qm 6mb cache 1.6GHz and 1GB ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 5870

the asus got very strong cpu and very strong gaming gpu

and the w700 and dell got stronger graphic card (quetro) but weak cpu (Core 2)

what is the best choice ??

 

[walkingasd]

well i'm not an expert on rendering but isn't it mainly number crunching on the graphics card?

you could consider a mac (and wait for the upgrade to the i5 CPU's since your at it, should come in march?).

I DO know that macs are a blast for graphics but i don't really know how windows handles the hardware...Dual graphics Cards that work in tandem is not stupid

check out Apple Rumors.

if only the 4 on your list are available i would personally go for the

4.asus G73JH A1 with intel i7-720qm 6mb cache 1.6GHz and 1GB ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 5870

 

[killablade]

Number 4 since it's the best all-round performance wise

 

[ppuff]

I say number 2, it has a fast processor and a High-end Quadro FX card. These cards were built for the type of stuff you seem to be interested in. As far as I know the processor does a lot of the work when it comes to 3D rendering and the higher frame rates you would get out of a 5870 play less of a role.

 

[yaniv1512]

I say number 2, it has a fast processor and a High-end Quadro FX card. These cards were built for the type of stuff you seem to be interested in. As far as I know the processor does a lot of the work when it comes to 3D rendering and the higher frame rates you would get out of a 5870 play less of a role.

and if #2 (w700) is with 4GB ram and #4 (asus) is with 8GB ram

is it will change the "picture" ?

 

[lasher]

It's my understanding, that 3D rendering is primaraly RAM driven along with CPU.

Could be wrong ofc

 

[yaniv1512]

what ?

wrong ?

i didnt understand

:-(

 

[lasher]

If you look at the reccommend specs they all point to ram & swap space.

A decent CPU required pentium 4 or above is listed. oddly the gpu as long as it has 128mb should suffice with the three programs you mentioned.

I use autocad 2009 and when I render in 3d it brings my laptop to it's knees as it's the ram limitations I believe.

My laptop is this one

http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe....broadvision.session.new=Yes&PRODUCT_ID=150395

so in summary don't worry too much about the CPU, ram and then gpu is what you should be looking for.

 

[yaniv1512]

but the w700 got only 4 gb and the asus got 8 gb

so its still same problem

asus got biger ram but gaming card and w700 got lower ram but very good cad card

:-(

 

[yaniv1512]

what do u think will be the best for me about the asus :

1.upgrade the cpu from i7 720 to i7 820

or

2.upgrade the ram from 8gb 1066mhz to 12 gb ram 1066mhz

or

3.upgrade the Hard Drive 500GB 7200RPM 3gb/s Cache 32MB to 128gb Solid State Drive Sata2 (its got one more 500gb hard-drive) and the ram from 8gb 1066mhz ram to 8 gb ram 1333mhz