choose a Mobile workstation for Revit

[dreamk]

Hi, all,

I am looking for a mobile workstation for running Revit, and I am considering the Thinkpad W510 with the following cpu, ram, and graphic card

Processor:  Intel Core i5-560M Processor (2.66GHz, 3MB L3, 1066MHz)

Total memory: 4 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)

System Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M with 1GB DDR3 Memory for Dual Core Processors

Is it capable to run Revit on it? Do I need to increase the CPU to i7 or the Ram to 8 GB?

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[ryan.duell]

For reference I wanted to include the performance recommendations for Revit Architecture 2011:

-Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium
-Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor (2.50 GHz, 2X6M L2, 1333) or equivalent AMD processor
-8 GB RAM (or more)
-1,280 x 1,024 monitor with true color
-1 GB (or more) DirectX® 9-capable graphics card with Shader Model 3. Find out more about recommended graphics hardware.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=12431819

Thank you,

[dreamk]

Hi, Ryan,

Thanks a lot for your information. But I am not very clear about the detail difference of CPU. Can I choose i5 Processor or I should change it to i7?

Thanks in advance.

Kai

[ryan.duell · Accepted solution]

Both i5 and i7 are multi-core processors, so they would be adequate for the system requirements:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7

Thank you,

[dreamk]

Thanks a lot.  : )