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    which dv5 for 3d CAD??

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nima13195, Oct 7, 2008.

  1. nima13195

    nima13195 Newbie

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    which one???

    AMD 2.1 ghz(zm-80) + ATI Radeon 3450(256 mb)
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    intel 2.26 ghz(P8400) + Geforce 9600(512 mb)


    1.I'm going to have mechanical 3d CAD software like CATIA and a little Photoshop work.
    2.I'm going to use windows 64bit.
    3.Ram is not important for me. because i will upgrade it to "more than 4gb".
    4.price is important for me but not everything.
     
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    Aleman Notebook Evangelist

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    There's not going to be a noticeable performance difference unless you plan on doing huge (hundreds of parts) assemblies.

    Consider that a lot of the engineering computer labs at my school have desktops with Radeon X1300 graphics cards and people use them for Pro Engineer/SolidWorks/Catia/etc. without problems.
     
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    in most tests intel perform better and faster...! but price is higher.
     
    nima13195, Oct 8, 2008
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