Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 620 capable of running Autodesk Inventor

[Anonymous]

Hi. I am going to buy a new laptop, which among many other purposes needs to be capable of running Autodesk Inventor. I am considering the Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga X (http://www3.lenovo.com/no/no/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/Thinkpad-X1-Yoga-2nd-Generation/p/22TP2TXX12Y) which I am pretty sure will work appart from the graphic card.

Processor	Up to I7-7600U Intel® Core™ i7 vPro™ processor
Operating System	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Display	14" WQHD OLED (2560 x 1440) Touch 300 nits 14" WQHD IPS (2560 x 1440) Touch 270 nits 14" FHD IPS (1920 x 1080) Touch 270 nits
Graphics	Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 620
Memory	Up to 16 GB 1866 MHz LPDDR3

Will Integrated Intel® HD Graphics 620 manage to rund Autodesk Inventor? 

[Ray_Feiler · Accepted solution]

Yes it will work but not as well as a dedicated card will.

If the performance becomes an issue you could always add a external video card later if your laptop has a Thunderbolt 3 Port. Which the Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga X does.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-external-graphics.html

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the creative solution suggestion!

[Anonymous]

Hi I think to buy this laptop is a wrong decision because in this price you can buy a greater, more powerful,suitable laptop for Inventor. See the system requirements of Inventor Professional 2018 url https://goo.gl/LgzCt7 .

[Anonymous]

If this is true, I am very interested to hear which you would propose.

But before you could be able to give me that recommendation, I need to let you know the criteria for buying this laptop: First of all I need a thin and light laptop to carry with me, secondly I need it to be a 2-in-1 or have detachable display, so I can use it as a tablet, thirdly I need it to have a pressure sensitive pen. The 3D modelling is only something I need it to be able to do from time to time when I am travelig to clients. 

Based on my criteria, do you still have another computer you would recommend for me, I would much appreciate hearing about it. 

[Anonymous]

Hi, Johannes first of all I recommend you to buy mobile workstations but as you mentioned you want 2-in-1 laptop/tablet  instead of mobile workstations.So it is extremely difficult for me to find the proper laptop/tablet of that kind. You may purchase HP Spectre x2 ( https://goo.gl/tTNCwU ) or Surface Pro ( https://goo.gl/tNZDQf ). Feel free if you have any questions.

[Anonymous]

Hi, Saimul both tablets are good.

[Anonymous]

Thanks. If your problem is solved please "Accept as Solution".

[Anonymous]

I have considered both the 2-in-1s you suggest, and believe the yoga x1 is better suited. So I guess I will stick with that. But thank you for your suggestion. 

[Anonymous]

Is this still true of autodesk 2018? 2019? I have 2 * 8 = 16 GB of RAM and an i7 8550 quality processor and decent storage but I am nervous that my UHD 620 graphics card is gonna let the whole cpu down. Any ideas?

[Mark.Lancaster]

@Anonymous

Welcome to the Autodesk User's Community..

What are you planning on doing with Inventor 2018 and/or 2019?  Are you making large models, complex one, or is this for school work?

[Anonymous]

Right now, I am just learning it for my school robotics team, but in the long run I may be working on larg(ish) projects but obviously not entire robots maybe just singular sections or contraptions.

Thanks!