HP Envy 1.8 GHz Sufficient?

[Anonymous]

I am looking at the following computer to run Revit for small to small/medium size projects in Revit 2019: https://www.newegg.com/silver-hp-envy-x360/p/1XV-000B-00252.

I have 2 questions:

1. Is a 8550U (1.80 GHz) going to be sufficient for this purpose?
2. Is this 2-in-1 laptop a good choice? 

Thanks,

Keith

[bill_gilliss]

You should check out

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles...

That said, with regard to your projects, how small is small? The system has plenty of memory and storage, but the CPU and graphics are a concern:

1.8 GHz is on the slow end, especially for rendering. When Autodesk says "CPU as fast as you can afford" the goal is usually in the 3.0 GHz range.

"Intel integrated graphics" is another. As I understand it, this means that the graphics card shares system memory with running apps, as opposed to having its own dedicated memory, as with nVidia or ATI graphics cards. The result would be less fluid real-time rotations, especially in Realistic visual style, and perhaps sluggishness in other modes. (I advise my university students to avoid integrated graphics.)

[Anonymous]

Bill,

Thank you for the thorough and quick response! I will be using Revit primarily for residential projects. A couple of questions:

1. I am perplexed by the Turbo Boost GHz number at the following site: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/122589/intel-core-i7-8550u-processor-8m-cache-u... . It notes that the turbo boost max is 4.0 GHz, which I assumed would be sufficient unless I'm not understanding this correctly (see below for definition). Would the "Max turbo frequency" of 4.0 GHz be sufficient?
   1. "Max turbo frequency is the maximum single core frequency at which the processor is capable of operating using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and, if present, Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost. Frequency is measured in gigahertz (GHz), or billion cycles per second."
2. The following site lists the graphics card with this laptop as a "Tier 1." https://picknotebook.com/blog/best-laptop-revit/ . Not the best, but not the worst either. Thoughts?

-Keith

[bill_gilliss]

Keith -

I regret to say that I do not know exactly what Turbo Boost means or
does. It SOUNDS great -- what's not to like? -- so I guess my question
would be: does the HP you are looking at actually make use of this
processor capability? There should be an indication somewhere down in
the system specs if so. Or -- call HP.

Good hunting!

- Bill

[ToanDN]

The CPU is fine. But the video card is very slow, relatively. I would go with something with nVidia or AMD. 2-in-1 is not an issue in itself, but the form factor may limit upgrading in the future.