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Autocad on Intel vs AMD

For what type of drawings?

I doubt it would make much difference if you compared an Intel to AMD chip of the same speed when running AutoCAD. I would focus mainly on just pure processor power, and not be concerned with optimizations (if any).

However, all of my AC experience comes from structural and civil work, which is only 2D plan views. I have never done any 3D or wireframe drawings....
 
Thanks for the response. I have no idea. This person wants me to build a computer for them and insists on all this stuff that is 5x the requirements on autocad's website. He also insisted that Intel is better than amd for autocad. I want to prove otherwise or they will need to shell out a hell of a lot more cash.
 
Just build him the intel machine he wants, he obviously has the cash to pay for it.

The customer is always right.
 
Well I'm not sure if autocad supports SMP but if it does and they "want" to spend a load of cash, then maybe do a 3.06HT setup.
 
I'm fine building an intel box but they want it cheap.

Wish they would just make up there mind on EVERYTHING so I can get the green light on this sucker.
 
What are the general specs for the system you are building? Amount of RAM, HD space, video card, etc.?

The workstations at my engineering firm are currently P3 1ghz, 256mb RAM, GF2 cvideo cards, running W2K Pro. I prefer AutoCAD v14, but we are currently making the transition to 2002. While it does not suprise me, I have noticed that AC 2002 is a huge memory hog compared to v14.

The kind of drawings that we design do not require a high-end workstation because they are all 2D and relatively small in size. However, we get alot of dwgs from architects that contain multiple plans/sections and have extremely large filesizes (8+ megabytes). I have seen my memory usage soar to over 400mb when I am using AC 2002 and have several of the architectural dwgs open.

To make a long story short, I would not go with less than 512mb RAM for the system, regardless of what version of AC they plan on using. With the price of memory currently dropping again, its a no brainer. You might want to ask them specifically how they will be using the system, and consider going with even more RAM.
 
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
What are the general specs for the system you are building? Amount of RAM, HD space, video card, etc.?

The workstations at my engineering firm are currently P3 1ghz, 256mb RAM, GF2 cvideo cards, running W2K Pro. I prefer AutoCAD v14, but we are currently making the transition to 2002. While it does not suprise me, I have noticed that AC 2002 is a huge memory hog compared to v14.

The kind of drawings that we design do not require a high-end workstation because they are all 2D and relatively small in size. However, we get alot of dwgs from architects that contain multiple plans/sections and have extremely large filesizes (8+ megabytes). I have seen my memory usage soar to over 400mb when I am using AC 2002 and have several of the architectural dwgs open.

To make a long story short, I would not go with less than 512mb RAM for the system, regardless of what version of AC they plan on using. With the price of memory currently dropping again, its a no brainer. You might want to ask them specifically how they will be using the system, and consider going with even more RAM.
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My exact specs are at home but it includes an athlon 2100, I am certain of the 512 megs of DDR PC2100 (crucial) and the graphics card is an ati 9000 with 128 megs of DDR. It will run Windows XP pro.
 
Originally posted by: MrMaster
Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
What are the general specs for the system you are building? Amount of RAM, HD space, video card, etc.?

The workstations at my engineering firm are currently P3 1ghz, 256mb RAM, GF2 cvideo cards, running W2K Pro. I prefer AutoCAD v14, but we are currently making the transition to 2002. While it does not suprise me, I have noticed that AC 2002 is a huge memory hog compared to v14.

The kind of drawings that we design do not require a high-end workstation because they are all 2D and relatively small in size. However, we get alot of dwgs from architects that contain multiple plans/sections and have extremely large filesizes (8+ megabytes). I have seen my memory usage soar to over 400mb when I am using AC 2002 and have several of the architectural dwgs open.

To make a long story short, I would not go with less than 512mb RAM for the system, regardless of what version of AC they plan on using. With the price of memory currently dropping again, its a no brainer. You might want to ask them specifically how they will be using the system, and consider going with even more RAM.
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My exact specs are at home but it includes an athlon 2100, I am certain of the 512 megs of DDR PC2100 (crucial) and the graphics card is an ati 9000 with 128 megs of DDR. It will run Windows XP pro.
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That will run Acad nicely....regardless of what you throw at it.... 🙂
 
Dig around AcesHardware, they've done a number of AutoCad benches.
The AthlonXP generally outperformed the P4 under AutoCad if I recall correctly.
 
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