Using SketchUp on a New Intel Laptop
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I'm currently looking for a Intel based laptop on which I'll be using SketchUp. I understand the graphics card issue but there is also a note at the bottom of the systems requirement screen that states: "Note: Google SketchUp will run on multiple-processor machines; however, Google SketchUp will only use one processor. Google SketchUp doesn't support hyperthreading or multithreading at this time."
Does this mean that SketchUp will not work with the I3, I5, I7 chips that I understand use hyperthreading and I'll need to get a machine with an older Core2 Duo chip? Or does it just mean that the full functionality of hyperthreading will not work?
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@unknownuser said:
Or does it just mean that the full functionality of hyperthreading will not work?
That.
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It's actually the same as with a core 2 machine - su works fine just does not utilize the full power. Still not a bad solution as your OS and all other, background processes can use one core and SU can fully exploit the other one if you know how to set this up.
Moreover, hyperthreading can be utilized by rendering applications - even by ones that integrate into SU perfectly. So that should not be a major concern (at least in case a single core is powerful enough). Pay extra attention on the video card however. Integrated chipsets are generally notoriously bad solutions with SU no matter what their specs say.
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Thank you!
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@gaieus said:
It's actually the same as with a core 2 machine - su works fine just does not utilize the full power. Still not a bad solution as your OS and all other, background processes can use one core and SU can fully exploit the other one if you know how to set this up.
Nice, any indications on how to set this up?
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I have only been able to set it up for single sessions so far ((true that rarely tried and only out of curiosity). There may be a way to make it "sticky". But bear in mind that this is my first dual core machine.
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The nice thing about the new i... chips (and the newer Xeons too) is that they support what they call turbo boost. This is meant specifically to increase performance of single-threaded applications like SU by selectively overclocking processor cores in use if other cores are idle. My work machine with its 2.66 GHz Xeon runs SU noticeably faster than its predecessor that had a 3.6 GHz Pentium IV.
I remember that some time ago when many people upgraded their computers from P IV s to Core2Duos or Quads, the forums had quite a lot of posts by people underwhelmed by their new ultracool whizbang computers that had a slower clockrate than their previous single-core machines.
Anssi
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I didn't see any performance benefit in assigning SU to one core (the test model still degraded when orbited at the same level of complexity whether SU was assigned to one core or not) which is disappointing - with turbo mode on there is supposed to be a 75% increase in processing power on one core in this machine.
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