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    • L Offline
      lucifer1101
      last edited by

      oo i may have to upgrade to vue 7 from vue 5.

      I had never thaught of using that with sketchup cool idea....

      Some of my 3d

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        thomthom
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        I just tried the candle light test Solo did. Replicating his moves. I looked to get similar behaviour. Upon the beginning of an orbit there was a small lag, but thereafter it was smooth.

        ASUS P5Q-E
        Intel Q9450 2.66GHz Overclocked to 3.3GHz
        8GB 800MHz RAM
        Geforce 8800GT 512MB - 4X AA
        Windows7 RC 64bit
        Sketchup7
        22" Monitor 1680x1050 (Primary which SU runs maximized on)
        17" Monior 1280x1024

        Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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          thomthom
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          Crud! Something went wrong when I made the computer go to Sleep. I refused to reboot until I reset the CMOS. Then my OC settings where lost. Fortunaly, the guy who helped me OC saved the settings which I then could load. Unfortunately, it was saved when it was set to 3.2GHz, and not when we pushed it up to 3.3GHz... ๐Ÿ˜ž meh!

          Thomas Thomassen โ€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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            Sir
            last edited by

            I just had a new computor built for me so i could get a project done in time... did it, but had to take the tower home for some weekend work!

            Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3

                  Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz with HT tech
                     Memory: 2046MB DDR3 corsair RAM
                Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512.0 MB
            

            gotta say it works like a dream for SKP, but other things that can actually use multi procs are a bit slower... AutoCAD 2010 im looking at you you pice of RAM hoggin VM sucking piece of c***

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              Wazzer
              last edited by

              Hi Guys My search for a new company laptop continues

              I would like your opinion on this note book for use with Sketchup and AutoCAD.

              Its a Lenovo W500
              Intel Core 2Duo T9400
              4GB Ram DDR3 1066Mhz
              ATI mobility FireGL V5700 512mb
              200gb Hard drive at 7200rpm

              I use it primarily for Designing Mechanical components with AutoCAD and Sketchup.

              Cheers

              Ben

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              • R Offline
                remus
                last edited by

                Looks good, although you might want to try and find out how well the graphics card will work with SU.

                http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                  Anssi
                  last edited by

                  It seems that if you must have a 15-inch Lenovo workstation, you are stuck with the FireGL - all the models with QuadroFX seem to be with 17-inch screens. You should definitely test it.

                  Anssi

                  securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                    Wazzer
                    last edited by

                    Thanks for the reply guys

                    The problem is that the Lenovo notebooks with QuadroFX and 17inch screens are Massivly more expensive than the 15 inch notebooks. I mean they are about 4 times the price!!!
                    They tell me we just dont have the budget for one.

                    I am also concernd that the FireGL graphics card wont play nicely with sketchup

                    Does anyone have any experience of these cards with SketchUp?

                    I wont have access to one to run any tests on it until we order it and recieve it. This is obviously far too late if its no good.

                    The problem is I am being pushed into making a decsion very soon and i cant afford to make a mistake.

                    Cheers All

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                      remus
                      last edited by

                      The only info i can find on it is the following:

                      @unknownuser said:

                      FireGL v3100 - 128MB; Windows XP sp3
                      Problems selecting and painting.
                      Shadows display incorrectly.
                      OpenGL version 6.14.10.7660
                      2D driver version 6.14.10.6822

                      Not looking good so far ๐Ÿ˜ž

                      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                        Wazzer
                        last edited by

                        OK i think we may have a winner

                        I have resigned to the fact that i will not find a suitable Notebook with the performance i want within the budget the company has set so i have relented adn decided on a Desk Top
                        Please can you check out the specs of the following PC and let me know what you think, I quite like it.

                        Processor Intel Xeon W3570 Processor ( 3.20GHz 1333MHz 8MB )
                        Operating system Windows XP pro SP3
                        System graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 768MB
                        Total memory 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz
                        Hard drive device 500GB 7200rpm

                        Cheers guys

                        Ben

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                          Anssi
                          last edited by

                          @wazzer said:

                          Processor Intel Xeon W3570 Processor ( 3.20GHz 1333MHz 8MB )
                          Operating system Windows XP pro SP3
                          System graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 768MB
                          Total memory 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz
                          Hard drive device 500GB 7200rpm

                          Last week I tested a desktop with a four-core Xeon with a clockspeed of 2.53 GHz and the same video card that you are contemplating. IMO SU worked OK with it. Comparing to a 3.6 GHz P IV with a QFX 1300 card it was somewhat faster but not stratospherically. So you should be OK. Frankly, as things now stand, it is about the fastest system for SU that money can buy at the moment. The graphics card is not the most expensive one but I am not convinced that it should be.

                          Anssi

                          securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                            chango70
                            last edited by

                            If you are only using SU then I strongly recommend against Quadro FX cards. The performance gain from optimzed openGL is marginal at best which doesn't justify the price difference. I have tested both Quadro FX 3700 and Geforce 9800 GT on my system (They are roughly equivalent hardware wise) and there is no difference in SU performance, however, Quadro is 6x the price. Don't fall for it. Quadro does play nicely with Rhino though thats why I stuck with it.

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                              Wazzer
                              last edited by

                              HI Guys

                              Thanks for the responses.

                              The problem i have is that this is a company computer and they have to buy something "off the shelf" and it has to be from Lenovo.

                              So far the above specification is the best i can find for a reasonable outlay. If you guys know of a better spec lenovo Computer for a reasonable price please let m eknow as i am now Desparate!!!

                              Thanks again for the feed back

                              Ben

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                                Anssi
                                last edited by

                                Hi Ben,

                                In fact I am in the same fix as you. Company policy limits our choice to a particular make. The model range that I have to choose from does not even carry the CPU that you chose, so we are settling to a somewhat slower clockrate and a more expensive video card instead.

                                However, as I said in my previous post, your choice is about the fastest desktop computer that you can get, and choosing a different make will not help, as adding a second CPU does nothing for SU. The Lenovo workstation I tested was a bit noisy, though. The modern Xeon processors are based on the same technology as the i7 range, and the new features really seem to help single-threaded apps work faster than with the Core2Duo-range CPUs.

                                Anssi

                                securi adversus homines, securi adversus deos rem difficillimam adsecuti sunt, ut illis ne voto quidem opus esset

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                                  Khai
                                  last edited by

                                  One hardware addon I'm finding a joy to use with Sketchup is the Belkin N52te gamepad. it's basically a programmable keypad for the left hand. once setup it's lovely to use with SU ๐Ÿ˜„

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                                    Wazzer
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi guys

                                    Thanks for the feedback

                                    Our IT manager has changed his mind again and I am now getting the Lenovo W700 DS Work station Note Book. And its actually been ordered!!

                                    Will let you know how it runs when it arrives next week.

                                    Thanks for the help guys

                                    Ben

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                                    • GaieusG Offline
                                      Gaieus
                                      last edited by

                                      Well, I finally join the hardware club now. Thinking about this desktop:

                                      • Processor: INTEL Core2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz
                                      • Memory: 4GbDDR3 1333Mhz
                                      • Video card: nVidia 9600GT / HTD I / 1Gb
                                        (plus all the rest but the above are the essential).
                                        I'll be using it with a 32 bit Windows XP (for the time being) so no "need" for much more RAM ATM for instance.

                                      Gai...

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                                        remus
                                        last edited by

                                        Thats quite a nice little setup youve got there gai looks envious

                                        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                        • GaieusG Offline
                                          Gaieus
                                          last edited by

                                          Ah well, I really hope so. My laptop (I've been using for a year now but had got it from Mike so it's a rather old piece despite of its originally good specs) is really dying. It took about an hour and a half today to get it to start! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
                                          Also it keeps shutting down at the most unexpected moments (probably due to overheating) so forget about rendering for instance. I now put a big "family fan" against its back and also put it on "legs" so that the air stream can blow under its bottom... ๐Ÿ˜•

                                          Gai...

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                                          • GaieusG Offline
                                            Gaieus
                                            last edited by

                                            @jackson said:

                                            Csaba, considering your laptop's current AND previous owners, could explain a lot! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                                            ๐Ÿ˜„

                                            Yes, indeed. I know I'll have to do the whole cleaning job, really. Once my new machine is up and running (hopefully some time early next week), I'll do it with the lappy. I just don't want to risk ending up with no computer at all as I have ongoing works (and of course, SCF ๐Ÿ˜’ ).

                                            As for the reinstall; yeah, that will also happen. Although I think it was just about half a year or so when I last did it. However I'm afraid the lappy-lady is actually dying so I may even get it checked and if it's worth, maybe change a part or two.

                                            Gai...

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