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So I've been limping along with laptops, and not really all that smart about the needs for Revit. I knew I needed a better computer with rendering etc. My cousin has a Dell D800 and it renders better than my Acer (both are laptops). So anyway his laptop crashed, I took it in and got a new hard drive installed then went to reload Revit 2011, well since they have 2012 I thought why not? Well the requirments wouldn't let it install, my guess is because it only has one GB of RAM, it didn't really tell me.
So my question is this, I was already planning on buying new computers for me and him for Christmas I was looking at a netbook from Walmart for him at about $220 and a new laptop within or less than $700 for me (mostly for revit everything else is cool on my laptop-Revit 2011 works ok, I only have 2 GB RAM). Does anyone have advice on what I should buy? Where I should invest the money and where I shouldn't? I LOVE laptops...but maybe it would be better and cheaper??? to build my own desktop???
Any advice except telling me I'm an idiot, would be appreciated.
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I'm afraid less than 4 gigs of ram will give you problems. You'll see more hard crashes that way. even with 4. Idling, revit 2012 is consuming 1.9GB of ram on my machine. Firing up the rendering engine would consume 600k more, minimum.
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Phil- do you really want to know the truth about revit and computer hardware? okay then- you better write down this three letter word "ANY"- (in CAPS).. ANY computer hardware- (that's working properly)- all the way back to a pentium 3- will run revit swimmingly wonderful.. that's the truth.. if you really don't want to wait too many milliseconds for a few of the revit operations to finish- then by all means buy a more up-to-date computer.. the most practical thing to buy at this moment- (if you have any money at all)- is the new intel "sandy bridge" setup.. 16 gig of ram- good cooling etc. etc.. now go do the right thing..
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Sometimes I think vector answers just to answer. He also seems to only work on small projects.
Prior to Revit 10/11, Revit ran fine on almost anything as long as you had 4 gig and the switch set. With 2008, we had a 200+ meg project plus linked in Revit and CAD consultant project. But this is no longer true. We still primarily run 2011 on our old 32 bit systems and we run into lots of problems. Revit has a memory leak and that is part of the problem but that is not all. We have users who leave their systems idle during lunch only to find that Revit crashed while they were gone. Revit was not doing anything!
Revit 11 and for sure 12 really wants more memory. The problem is 32 bit systems don't handle more than 4 gig. So given the opportunity, I would follow AutoDESK's advice and get a 64 bit system with a minimum of 8 gig of memory. If you do intensive renderings, I would get even more memory.
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If you invest in a nice desktop you can use it as a cloud server with the laptop you already have, all you need is an internet connection. its super easy, works great, its affordable and it extends the life of the equipment you already have.
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thanks Hub- i'm hoping that's what you will start doing.. jk
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cloud salesman --------> alabaster2513- jk..
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I'm afraid less than 4 gigs of ram will give you problems.
less than 4 gig of memory give problem only if swap file no work proper.. also render uses no memory.. all my little computer children.. i like it when one of them gets unprofessional and throws a jealous fit.. lol
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for one cloud computing doesnt cost anything, its just a couple words. The technology has been around for 10 years and comes free on Windows XP, Vista and 7. Its called Remote Desktop Connection. There are better softwares than this, but this one is free and very easy.
and I think you confuse your delusion with others jealousy. but hey... at least your persistant right?
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yes alabaster- i'm persistantly right- spank you..
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Its called Remote Desktop Connection.
now that you mentioned it- you do look like a remote connection..
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i wonder what it is with so many revit users who want to believe something that's not true and constantly make false claims and attack anyone who tells the truth? i'm talking about the hardware revit runs on.. ANY hardware that's working properly- all the way back to a pentium 3 running the 32 bit version of revit 2011- will not cause any problems for revit.. and it doesn't matter if you are building a small house or the freedom towers.. wake up chickens..
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"also render uses no memory.. all my little computer children.. i like it when one of them gets unprofessional and throws a jealous fit.."
Nothing uses no memory. The FBX render process consumes around 600-900k of ram. Firefox consumes 100k. Itunes, 60k. Etc. You can watch your computer resource usage though ctrl-alt-del. These amounts cannot exceed the ram in your machine. Virtual memory sucks, and is severely limited in 32bit machines and of course hard drive r/w speeds anyway.
Umm.. I don't know what to say..
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The FBX render process consumes around 600-900k of ram. Firefox consumes 100k. Itunes, 60k. Etc.
that's what i call "no memory" in relation to CPU usage at 100% while rendering.. of course some memory is used for anything.. try taking the memory out and see how the computer runs.. lol and what does this mean "virtual memory sucks"? does that somehow translate into me being wrong about virtual memory takes over and you won't have any problems with revit? where's the problems all these ducks are quacking about? step right up folks- three shots for a dollar..
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Sorry. 900 megabytes. Not kilobytes.
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