Hardware for fast AutoCAD 3D modeling
Hardware for fast AutoCAD 3D modeling
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I'm currently running a computer with a 3.4GHz P4 (Pentium 4 630), 1GB PC-4200 DDR 400 RAM, and a Sapphire ATI Radeon X600XT graphics card with 256MB memory and use AutoCAD 2006 to create very complex 3D models of entire facilities including machinery, piping, building structures, etc. As the models get larger and more complex, drawing regeneration slows down dramatically and things like 3dorbit become somewhat painful to use. I am considering upgrading to 2GB of RAM and purchasing an ATI FireGL graphics card to try to get some more speed out of AutoCAD when working in 3D. Can anyone offer any suggestions or tell me what hardware might make a real difference? I am also considering building another machine for the same purpose with a Xeon dual core 3.2GHz processor, faster memory and a FireGL card. Any help is appreciated.





RE: Hardware for fast AutoCAD 3D modeling
It sounds like you need all the power you can get.
Your AutoCAD rep may be able to tell you from experience what computer specs work well for the type of assembly files you are making.
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John
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RE: Hardware for fast AutoCAD 3D modeling
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Dik
RE: Hardware for fast AutoCAD 3D modeling
From what you have posted, a better graphics card would be the first step towards improvemnet followed by an increase in RAM. Your CPU at 3.4Ghz is okay.
If you really do need more RAM, then you need to go to WinXP64bit on a 64bit CPU. Your CPU may be a 64EMT, which will allow you to upgrade to WinXP64bit for the OS and take advantage of increased memory allocation to the AutoCAD process. A 32bit application is limited to 2GB of memory by the OS and will usually crash at about 1.5GB of memory used.
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