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I'm new to Revit (MEP 2010 mostly, some 2009) and would welcome some input on how best to spend a couple hundred bucks to shore up my system. I'm currently running Windows 7 (x64) on: Intel Core2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz, 4GB RAM, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285, with two monitors. I'll mostly be using 3D views for placement and interference analysis, and then generating 2D views and sheets (no fancy rendering needs); I'll usually be designing over one or more linked models. Not sure how good of an indication it is for Revit, but my 'Windows Experience Index' is: CPU 4.9 / RAM 5.3 / Graphics 3.3 / 3D 3.3 / HDD 5.8 Based on that, I've been thinking that for starters I should replace the video card with something like an NVIDIA 9800 GT. Seem like a good plan? What should my next priority be? Related questions: - Is it true that there's no benefit to enabling the OpenGL Hardware Acceleration option?
- What’s the difference between gaming/consumer grade graphics cards and workstation/business class cards? (aside from the fact that the latter is three times more expensive!). Is there any disadvantage to going with a gaming card like the 9800?
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me! Joel
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i am not a PC guy but your processor is some what small. i do not no how big it should be but u may try one about 2.5-3.0 if u wanted to spend a lot $$$$$ u could go with a quad core but u would have to buy a new motherboard
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Scuba is right, you might want to look into a faster processor, but a couple things i can see, why are you running 64x with only 4gb of ram? go to 8 you will see an improvement. also as far as graphics cards, go with an fx4600,4700, or4800. since opengl is no longer in rme, rac, rst 2010 no. business graphics cards blow...they are mainly made to run word and maybe some other little applications, not alot of graphics intensive calculations. i would say there really isnt a problem with going with a gaming card, but look around thes forumns, people are alway giving great suggestions. also what you will return on your investment is amazing, the cards are well worth the dough. just to tell you what i am running: HP Z800, windows 7 ultimate (64x) and vista ultimate (64x) (2 HDs - 250gb/ dual booting), 16 gb ram, nvidea fx5800, dual quads at 3.2
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I'd go for a mid-range Quadro FX card. You could go for the 580, or even 880. Autodesk products are optimized for the FXs and you should be able to use graphics accelleration, which will drastically improve the standard 3d rotation / zoom / pan in Revit.Classic question - Geforce vs Quadro. Plenty hits on google -in short, the Quadro FXs are at least 200% faster in CAD applications, but slower in gaming performance.
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