We are looking to deploy AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014. The system requirements (http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-civil-3d/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticle... do not list the Intel i5 or i7 processors as a supported hardware platform.
After reading online, it appears that many peopel are running Civil 3D on the i5 and i7 series CPU's.
Are the system requirements incorrect? Do people simply overlook this requirement? Or what am I missing here?
I'm a seasoned IT person.
I have no desire to run this software on a P4 (I thought it was funny the CPU was even listed). That said, I thought it was funny that they listed the Xeon processor but didn't include the i3, i5 or i7 series.
Our plan is to go with 3.4Ghz or faster i7 series CPU's, with 16GB of ram, and a dedicated video card with 1GB of memory.
Any thoughts on that?
Hello
Fast (and modern) Cores i5 or Cores i7 with a standard speed > 3.2 Ghz and a Turbo-Mode giving +300/+400/+500 Mhz are OK !
The Hyper-Threading of the Core i7 will accelerate a little bit ACAD/LT/MAP/CIVIL/AA/MEP/etc ... about 10% !
As said Pendean, please consider a better graphic card : 2 Gb dedicated Ram please !
If you plan to work with large 3D model on CIVIL 2013/2014/2015, please consider TOO having 24 Gb Ram ...
For small/medium Models, 16 Gb is OK !
Patrice BRAUD