Intel Xe graphics

[Karol_Piroska]

I'm looking for a new laptop and ideally it would be 2in1 with 32GB RAM and Nvidia, but unfortunately they seem to do only 16GB RAM max (as my current 2in1). There are some 2in1 laptops with 32GB RAM but the graphics are all integrated Intel Xe. Has anyone experience using such laptop on medium to large projects with such graphics?
Thank you

[barthbradley]

FWIW:

AutoCAD frequently crashes or freezes with Intel Iris Xe graphics device | AutoCAD | Autodesk Knowle...

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[RDAOU]

@Karol_Piroska 

Intel's Xe GPUs are a newcomer to the dedicated graphic card market and I do not believe they are tested and certified yet (not just by Autodesk)...Is is compatible for Revit, that I can't tell....but from experience, I have used many GPUs which were not certified by Autodesk yet they performed far more better than most of the Autodesk certified ones. 

How good will it perform with Revit...the size of the project is a factor yes (but laptops even overclocked ones are simply not meant for large projects) HOWEVER, performance is also dependent on the workflows, one doesn't always need an Overclocked CPU/GPU with maxed VRAMs to work on a large project a core i5 with 16GB and an integrated GPU might be just fine

[MartenSKBISAB]

We are currently evaluating a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 9.

CPU Intel Core i7-1185G7

RAM 32 GB LPDDR4x 4 266 MHz

As with any laptop (have tested several) it opens a revit-project 5-10 times slower than a high-end desktop (Intel 9900K or better with 64GB).

Other than general laptop issues we have indeed noticed a GPU-problem, in som views graphics are drawn mot not erased, so when dragging an object we get a trail of copies of that object, resets when zooming or otherwize redraw the view. Not possible to work like this when placing tags, moving instances etc. So for now, nVidia anything seems a better choice.

[MartenSKBISAB]

Disabling hardware acceleration solved the issue.

[Karol_Piroska · Accepted solution]

thank you @barthbradley @RDAOU @MartenSKBISAB 
I decided not to risk it with the Xe and go with smth like Asus Zenbook Duo Pro. It is not a 2in1 but at least it is has a touch screen(s). Trying to find a good laptop (CPU, RAM, GPU) with numeric pad and a touch screen is kinda impossible.

[Anonymous]

In your second reply you said turning off hardware acceleration fixed the issue. Does that mean iris xe is good for Revit? I am a third year civil engineering student & thinking of a basic configuration like 11th gen i5/iris xe with 16 GB ram. Is it good for revit

[Anonymous]

In your second reply you said turning off hardware acceleration fixed the issue. Does that mean iris xe is good for Revit? I am a third year civil engineering student & thinking of a basic configuration like 11th gen i5/iris xe with 16 GB ram. Is it good for revit?

[WGAJohn]

By disabling hardware acceleration Revit is no longer using the graphics chip for acceleration, so no, Intel Xe chips just do not have the drivers or optimization to be certain they will work well with Revit at this time.  We saw similar issues when the new AMD Ryzen/Threadripper CPUs came out, and now I've heard they work well.