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| Thread ID: 113808 | 2010-11-04 21:42:00 | NVIDIA® GeForce® or ATI Mobility Radeon GPU for new laptop? | brig (1359) | Press F1 |
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| 1150404 | 2010-11-05 01:37:00 | Thanks everyone, we are watching all these comments with great interest. Looks like some re-thinking may be needed We are now looking at a: Toshiba Tecra P11 that has an NVIDIA QUADRO® NVS 2100M with CUDA™ technology (512MB dedicated graphics memory) Does this card go anywhere near to doing a decent job - anyone? Thanks again....any more comments are welcome brig That is an Entry Level card, however it is for professionals, this review may help you www.notebookcheck.net |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1150405 | 2010-11-05 01:38:00 | Definitely on the right track now How does the price compare to the vaios? just curious as sony seem to be over priced The HP i showed in the trademe would not struggle with cad products , actually they run well even with Solidworks just to show you the graphics is very important when wanting to use a laptop and cad products What other specs are with this laptop? RAM CPU x64 win7?? |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1150406 | 2010-11-05 01:46:00 | Dell M4500 (www1.ap.dell.com) HP 8440w (h10010.www1.hp.com) Sorry, I should have been clearer. The Quadro NVS cards are not designed for 3D modelling. The FX-series are (though not all bear the FX designator in their name, whereas all the NVS cards do include NVs in their name). Honestly, I think you will struggle to get, brand new, any of the current-generation Quadro FX-based laptops within a $2k budget, so if you are only doing basic CAD use, I would consider going with a GeForce 280M or HD5850-equipped laptop. If you can find some slightly used laptops like the one on TradeMe linked above that are previous gen Quadro FX cards, great! Lets face it, you can spend three times your total budget on JUST the graphics card if you are setting up a serious CAD workstation. I suspect your use will be decidedly entry level, so if you can find a laptop in your price range with a Quadro FX370 or 380, great, if not, I would look for the 5850 or 280M. They are more "consumer" grade / gaming-oriented products, but they will be usable for the task. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1150407 | 2010-11-05 03:47:00 | I suspect your use will be decidedly entry level. You are right inphinity, and I guess it's obvious that we are wallowing in uncharted waters and being overly optimistic. The 3D idea was something of an extra and not at all connected with the real purpose which is to design custom built kitchens and produce line drawings, cutting lists and data for programming the cutting machinery, which is done elsewhere. I think we will shelve the 3D side for now and just go for one of the cards suggested here. When we finally decide what to get I'll post the specs here for anyone to comment on Thanks to all, you've been a great help. brig |
brig (1359) | ||
| 1150408 | 2010-11-05 23:14:00 | if your notebook has a 34mm expresscard slot, you can get expresscard -> pci-e adaptors so you can use desktop graphics cards with your notebook. | utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1150409 | 2010-11-06 05:40:00 | if your notebook has a 34mm expresscard slot, you can get expresscard -> pci-e adaptors so you can use desktop graphics cards with your notebook. Thanks brig |
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