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What would be considered to be the minimum to really run Revit (2008 or newer) smoothly? This includes printing with shadows, rendering etc? I realise that shadow work, rendering can take a long time, but sometimes it feels like a print job (even to pdf) takes forever. (20-30 minutes to print one pdf with shadow work (3 townhouses))
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i have a 3000$ workstation pc and still encounter long waiting times with revit ( not 20min but things like 5min) still a long time to be waiting, so i would say ,,, never enough!!  with what is on the market today.
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I recommend at least one Xeon Quad-core 2.5 gig+ 1333 mhz fsb for a processor. I have had an inifinitely greater amount of success with these types of processors rather than AMDs and Core 2 Duos. For me ideally a dual quad-core with 64 bit OS and 64 bit Revit are the way to go.
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Is Revit a 64 bit software yet, i know Auto CAD Architecture 2009 is as i just had an up date for that but i dont know if Revit is 64bit yet? Can anyone tell me if it is yet? Thanks
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Sept 23 Autodesk release a 64 bit native Revit.
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I agree with Alabaster, at minimum a quad-core processor (+2.5 ghz) with +3 GB ram. If you want it to run smoother visually, especially with regards to shadows, get at least a 512MB graphics card. My specs are Quad-Core2 (2.5 ghz, 1333 fsb, 6 mb cache), 3GB ram (667 mhz), 256MB graphics card, 32 bit OS. Price was an issue, or I would have definitely went with a Xeon Quad, 4 GB ram and a 1GB graphics card. However, the total cost of my system with additional warranties, support, etc. was around $1300...(Dell deal). That thing can crank out a final, high quality, 600 dpi, 50 mb rendering in 20 minutes!
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Go 64 bit, Its faster memory is real cheap, easy to get to 6gb -8gb for a minimal investment, quad core for sure im on a 2.0 xeon quad and it does fine, i have a 3.0ghz quad extreme at home which does better but i only have 2gb of ram at home, so between both machines they equal out just about. Ive been on beta for x64 revit, i ran a Phil Reed Journal File from AU my Revit DVD x64 install (not written in x64 code) did the journal in 368seconds. My x64 Revit beta did the same file in 320seconds. The people in the x64 Beta forums however were getting down to 195seconds, but they were using power macs etc....
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