Best Laptop for Revit and Autocad 2015

[athar.baig495]

Hi all,

What do you recommend for me as a student if I want to install both AutoCad and Revit on it? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[braudpat]

Hello

Welcome to the Autodesk/AutoCAD Forums !

1) If you plan to run ACAD and REVIT, you must consider having 16 Gb Ram - 8 Gb is not enough especially for REVIT ...

2) A fast Core i5/i7 Mobile Serie (Laptop so Basic speed > 2.5 Ghz if possible and TurboMode > 3 Ghz if possible)

3) A correct graphic card with a minimum of 1 Gb Ram (Better: 2 Gb)

4) A fast Hard Disk (7200 Rnd/mn if possible) or better (but expensive) a SSD (Minimum 200/300 Gb)

So the Laptop will be expensive ...

[AdolfvanKoert]

Hi,

I need some your opinion regarding the specs on my laptop due to that AutoCAD 2015 just freezes up and I have to reboot the laptop frequently

I’m currently using a DELL 15R – i7

          Intel R core i7 4500U CPU @ 1.8GHz - 2,4GHz

          16 GB RAM

          64 based processor

          Windows 8.1 Pro

Working with AutoCAD 2015 in 3D drawings with file size of 50MB

Just got going with AutoCAD PLANT 3D and same problems

I can confirm that my video card software is up to date and hardware acceleration is on.

Thanks

[pendean]

Your laptop graphics card is most likely inadequate for the task: and your processor is on the low end for both 3D and your new software.

[AdolfvanKoert]

Thanks Pendean for the feedback. 

Next question, I don’t like Dell laptops period.

What would you recommend I get the company to purchase? Its needs to be a laptop for I move from site to site and a tower is just out of the question.  

Regards

Dolf

[a_saldivar91]

If you really don't like dells then the elitebook from HP or the Lenovo Thinkbook 500 series are both REVIT certified laptops. I persosnally own a Dell Precision M4800 and works great.

I would just stick with what Autodesk reccomends:

CPU: The best Multi-core or Xeon processor you can get.

RAM: 8GB-16GB Depending on the complexity of your typical model

Graphics card: DirectX 11 Capable with Shader Model 3

Lastly I recommend you take a look at the following links:

REVIT 2015 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

AUTODESK CERTIFIED HARDWARE

[m_kingdon]

I have a Asus N550LF. Good all rounder for less than £1000, I replaced the standard HDD and replaced it with a SSD, totally worth the upgrade.

Overall it runs CAD fine, not amazing but good enough for general tasks.

Really it all depends on your budget. Maybe have a look at PC Specialist? There are some very geeky laptops on sale. They are most likely to be substance over style, i.e. have a horrid case but good amount of power.

[AdolfvanKoert]

Thank you for the information
Will get it done.
Regards
Dolf

[frantz.laedan001]

I need help please. Can I buy an USUS NOTEBOOK: 32 GB RAM and 1TB storage memory for AUTOCA, RAVIT SKETCHUP AND PHOTOSHOP

[pendean]

Sure, why not!

[frantz.laedan001]

Thank you much

[yujin.toma]

Hi,

I read all the post to educate myself with the necessary specs to run autocad and revit and contacted a dell representative and got this quote for a Dell Mobil Precision M2800CTO ($1724) with the following specs below. I have to admit I am not well knowledged in this area so I really do not want to make a wrong purchase. Would this be a good buy? Any help would be appreciated. (Sorry I know the list is long)

Dell Mobile Precision M2800 CTO      

4th Gen. Intel Core i7-4710MQ(Quad Core 2.50GHz, 3.50GHz Turbo, 6MB 47W, w/HD Graphics 4600)

16GB 1600MHz DDR3L (2x8GB)    

Internal English Dual Pointing Keyboard    

AMD FirePro W4170M with 2GB GDDR5 memory      

Intel Wireless 7260 Driver      

256GB Mobility Solid State Drive

Windows 7 Professional English/French 64bit (Includes Windows 8.1 Pro license)  

8X DVD-ROM Optical Drive  

Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 802.11ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 + Bluetooth 4.0 LE Half Mini Card    

15.6inch HD (1366x768) Anti-Glare LED-backlit  

[braudpat]

Hello

1) The processor is "correct" - Not very fast but the speed (on notebook) is very expensive !

2) 16 Gb = OK

3) Specific graphic card like ATI or NVidia with 2 Gb dedicated = OK

For me NVidia is better but why not AMD !?

4) SSD = OK

5) Display with ONLY 1366x768 could be a problem on some dialog box, but higher display is expensive !?

- 1366 for width is OK

- Maybe could you get 900 pixels for height ??

So Good Luck, Happy WE, Regards, Patrice (I am not an Autodesk Advisor)

[leeminardi]

I have satisfactorily used a Dell Precision laptop for several years running AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, and 3DS Max but not with very large files. The Dell site lists the M3800 as the current model (not M2800).  I think you should expect to pay close to $2000 for it. I think you are correct in going with Windows 7 64 bit for now.  YOu can upgrade to Windows 10 after it has a proven record.

~Lee 

[frantz.laedan001]

Thanks Patrice, I've just bought an ASUS 32 GB it works great.

[gcockwell]

Hi,

Can anyone update this as I need to buy a new laptop as start studying in 2016 and have to run Revit on it, or use Bootcamp and load Windows 10 onto my MacBook which has 16GB Ram etc, I bought in early 2015, Processor 3.1GHz, Intel Core i7, Graphics Intel RIAS Graphics 6100 1536 mb.

Can someone recommend the best option between Lenovo, Toshiba and Asus.

Regards,

[nrz13]

If it were me, I'd just use Boot Camp.  The only thing that's not that great is the onboard graphics (although they're a lot better than they used to be), but it may take some time before you're getting into models large enough to need it.  In a year or two maybe you'll need more power and you'll be able to get a better computer for the same or lower price at that time.  And in the meantime, you don't have to lug around and maintain two separate laptops.

I'm not sure if Autodesk has released an update to support Revit on Windows 10 yet, but AutoCAD 2016 SP1 adds compatibility for Windows 10.

[gcockwell]

Hi thanks just realized my MacBook Pro is actually a 13.7 screen

Gordon Cockwell

[nrz13]

That screen may be a bit small to work with long-term.  If it doesn't work out for you, you could always hook it up to a cheap external monitor when working for extended periods of time.

[wilsondarshi]

I completely agree with you.