Laptop

Humpmetwice

Would I have any problem running Sketchup or Auto cad with this??

Brand: ASUS.G74sx. Hard Drive Capacity: 500 GB. Operating System: Windows 7. Operating System Edition: Home Premium. Screen Size: 17. Processor Type: Intel Core i7 2nd Gen. Processor Speed: 2.20 GHz. Graphics Processing Type: Integrated/On-Board Graphics. Memory: 16. GBG74sx Hard Drive Capacity: 500 GB

Thanks Kurt

mitcorb

Hi, Kurt:
"Graphics Processing Type: Integrated/On-Board Graphics"
This has been a problem in the past for Sketchup, and there is/was actually a statement to that effect on one of the pages where they list minimum and recommended requirements.
Sketchup uses OpenGL for display graphics. Autocad also has a minimum/ recommended requirements page.

This is Sketchup's min. req. page:
http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/36208

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-AutoCAD.html
This page has info for all versions from 2004

Hope these links help.

Humpmetwice

Thanks

Rich O Brien

That Laptop has a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M with 3GB/2GB GDDR5 VRAM. At least it should have.

I have the G75VW and it is a beast. I don't use it for gaming at all but for CAD and rendering it is great.

It's a bit heavy though

holmes1977

I have had that Laptop for the last 2yrs I think. Its been so good that my next laptop upgrade will be another Asus G(what ever it is then). I still run a desktop with higher spec's at the office. But needed another option for presenting to clients or working from home.

I use Sketchup, Autocad 2012, Vray4Su, Thearender. All of which work fine.

The laptop is a tank. I'd call it more of a mobile desktop rather than a laptop. Like Rich said mine has a GTX560m 2gb which is a good card for a laptop. But I drool over the latest G75 with the GTX780m 4bg. Mmmmmmmmmm very nice.