Hello everyone, new person here to the forums. I was hoping to get some insight on finding an acceptable Laptop for use with 3D CAD software such as Solid Works and Autodesk Inventor. Additionally, I'm looking in the $600 range. I have a series of questions that I was hoping to get some feedback on from everyone...please understand I'm a bit of a newb to all the computer hardware components. Thanks in advance! - Raj
Here are a handful of the options I am looking at:
A) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+ENVY+Sleekbook+15.6%2522+Laptop+-+6GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive+-+Modern+Silver/9268048.p?skuId=9268048&productCategoryId=pcmcat247400050000&id=1219007786107#tab=specifications
B) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/envy-touchsmart-sleekbook-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-6gb-memory-750gb-hard-drive/1732077.p?id=1219061838846&skuId=1732077&st=categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=6
C) http://shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/902171?ENVY-15z-j100-Notebook-Smart-Buy
So from a processor perspective, I believe an AMD A10 quad core processor should have enough horse power right?
I do have questions regarding the graphics processing though. I am really confused on the AMD APU - are these all integrated graphics? When they say discrete graphics is that a dedicated graphics card? For example: Options A and B above show AMD Radeon 8610G graphics with 3 GB of memory - what is this integrated or discrete? Option C notes 2 GB AMD Radeon HD 8750 Discrete - is that a dedicated graphics processor? Is 2 GB good enough for 3D CAD application and use? Are all AMD Radeon HD 8750 dedicated GPUs? Which of these are better graphics processors?
Do you all feel any of these are feasible for engineering 3D CAD design and work including part development, drawing development, and 3D model assemblies?
Here are a handful of the options I am looking at:
A) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+ENVY+Sleekbook+15.6%2522+Laptop+-+6GB+Memory+-+750GB+Hard+Drive+-+Modern+Silver/9268048.p?skuId=9268048&productCategoryId=pcmcat247400050000&id=1219007786107#tab=specifications
B) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/envy-touchsmart-sleekbook-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-6gb-memory-750gb-hard-drive/1732077.p?id=1219061838846&skuId=1732077&st=categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=6
C) http://shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/902171?ENVY-15z-j100-Notebook-Smart-Buy
So from a processor perspective, I believe an AMD A10 quad core processor should have enough horse power right?
I do have questions regarding the graphics processing though. I am really confused on the AMD APU - are these all integrated graphics? When they say discrete graphics is that a dedicated graphics card? For example: Options A and B above show AMD Radeon 8610G graphics with 3 GB of memory - what is this integrated or discrete? Option C notes 2 GB AMD Radeon HD 8750 Discrete - is that a dedicated graphics processor? Is 2 GB good enough for 3D CAD application and use? Are all AMD Radeon HD 8750 dedicated GPUs? Which of these are better graphics processors?
Do you all feel any of these are feasible for engineering 3D CAD design and work including part development, drawing development, and 3D model assemblies?
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