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Anonymous
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‎07-21-2003 11:16 PM
‎07-21-2003 11:16 PM

processor speed

I am purchasing a laptop for IV and work with medium sized assemblies mostly (less than 500 parts) and was considering two different models. They are both HP and have 40 gig hard drives, 256 mb RAM, etc. Only one has a AMD Athelon 1+ ghz processor and one has a pentium four 2.4 ghz processor. Would there be a tremendous performance difference running IV on the slower machine? How much does the processor affect overall usability once the assembly is open? I asked the salesman and as soon as I mentioned IV I got blank stares. Figured I'd try here. Thanks, Dan.
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Anonymous
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‎07-21-2003 11:31 PM
‎07-21-2003 11:31 PM

I know that when I went from 500mghz to 800 mghz
there was a huge increase in performance.

What I don't know is if there is a tapering bell
curve in the increase in performance between 1ghz and 2.4 ghz, but I don't see
why there would be.

You might want to increase your RAM though, it's
pretty low to be running Inventor no matter what size assembly you
have.


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am purchasing a laptop for IV and work with medium sized assemblies mostly
(less than 500 parts) and was considering two different models. They are both
HP and have 40 gig hard drives, 256 mb RAM, etc. Only one has a AMD Athelon 1+
ghz processor and one has a pentium four 2.4 ghz processor. Would there be a
tremendous performance difference running IV on the slower machine? How much
does the processor affect overall usability once the assembly is open? I asked
the salesman and as soon as I mentioned IV I got blank stares. Figured I'd try
here. Thanks, Dan.
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Anonymous
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‎07-22-2003 12:25 AM
‎07-22-2003 12:25 AM

Actually it still appears to be a linear relationship as long as things like faster memory and more bandwith changes with the processor. In other words the new Intel 800 FSB is necessary on the 3.2 chip to really see it act twice as fast as the 1.6.
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Anonymous
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‎07-22-2003 01:07 AM
‎07-22-2003 01:07 AM

If it's the same price, obviously go for the faster
CPU. More important might be the graphics card.

You would want at least a 32 MB card. Preferably
NVIDIA. As stated before, also see if you can upgrade to 512 MB of
RAM

right away. Just my $.02!

 

Good luck.

 

Peter


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I
am purchasing a laptop for IV and work with medium sized assemblies mostly
(less than 500 parts) and was considering two different models. They are both
HP and have 40 gig hard drives, 256 mb RAM, etc. Only one has a AMD Athelon 1+
ghz processor and one has a pentium four 2.4 ghz processor. Would there be a
tremendous performance difference running IV on the slower machine? How much
does the processor affect overall usability once the assembly is open? I asked
the salesman and as soon as I mentioned IV I got blank stares. Figured I'd try
here. Thanks, Dan.
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Anonymous
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‎07-22-2003 01:07 AM
‎07-22-2003 01:07 AM

Thank you both, Dan.
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Anonymous
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‎07-22-2003 01:10 AM
‎07-22-2003 01:10 AM

Dan,

I would seriously consider looking at a Dell M50 or the new
M60. We evaluated HP & Compaq & IBM and found the Dell's gave us the
best performance with the least amount of headaches (graphics).

 

Mike Gauvin

CADsoft Consulting


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