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I am interested in feedback: what are the best hardware specs to get the most out of Revit 7? [I use 2 - 21" monitors, comments on that would be helpful too.]
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although the hardware ideas have been beaten into submission far more times then anything else I can think of, I would say that dual monitors is wasted on revit. I think that a single monitor that was really big would be best (plus your video card memory wouldn't be split??). discuss.
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i aggre with lunchtrayrider, i use a single 30" monitor, works fine for me.
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I must disagree, I have 2 22" monitors and wouldnt have it any other way. I like it for two reasons, one it is easy for coordination with navis on one and revit on the other and 2 i can have 2 sessions open of revit (generally, arch and mep) so that i can see my links reload, or working on dual worksets. either way, i think if you machine can handle it, its nice to have, but certainly not required.
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I use a Dell 690 with a quadro FX gpu and dual Xeon quad-cores with 4 gb ram. Using dual monitors is nice for me as i do alot of design visualization with 3ds max and work in autocad alot as well. I have not had any performance issues on this particular machine, but some projects in my office or limited to only this machine as standard desktops don't have the power under the hood. Holding my breathe for 64-bit revit!!
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have you guys found that using a powerful graphics card (powerful as in workstation class) makes a difference? I feel like any workstation class card just redraws the screen smoother and faster.
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i see no difference in Revit. my laptop has dual 512 mb geforce cards and my workstation has one quadro FX and they run about the same. Where i do see a major difference is running performance drivers on my quadro FX card (Autocad/Powerdraft) (3ds Max.Maxtreme). My laptop can hold a candle to those performance drivers..... but then again my workstation doesn't run Crysis for sh*t!
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I have three machines, my laptop is an HP nw9440, 4 gb ram, Nvidia Quadro FX 1500 (its a mobile workstation) and my better desktop is an HP xw 8400 (64-bit) 8 gb ram, dual quad xeon, and a Nvidia Quadro FX 4600, and my 3rd machine is an HP 6400 (32-bit) 4 gb ram, dual duo core, and a Nvidia Quadro FX 3500. Ive got some jacked up machines  however this is because i do high end energy analysis, 3d max rendering, and some major projects. the girl that sits next to me though she has a HP 6400 (32 bit), 4 gb ram, duo core, and a nvidia 1700 (i think) she sits are her machine more than half the time waiting for it to refresh. so yes there is a major dif in which graphics card you have.
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How do you run Revit on your 64-bit? Do you just run compatibility mode, and do you have any issues with your network or anything like that? I want to go Vista 64 on my dell 690....
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forgive me, i am not a fan of dell's, so i do not know how it would react with a 64 bit. i had one blow up on me. my 64 bit revit is emulated right now for revit. i can run microsoft programs but that is about it, with a few exceptions. I am really lucky to have a 32 bit machine for everything else on a kvm switch. The biggest pain in the curse though was finding all the drivers. i hope your jump to 64 goes well. hth
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I'm runing Vista 64 right now on my PC. QX6800, 4GB Ram, 8800 GTS graphics card (no workstation card for me), and a rediculously large fan keeping things cool. Amazingly it doesn't do as bad as I would have expected with Revit 2009 (Vista 64 is still slow as all get out in general, last resort OS IMO). I think that this OS actually is a bit of a benefit when you pair it up with a decent graphics card and revit 2009. I get a very good rendering speed in general as long as I dont have all the settings cranked up. Might give it a try if you're using the new version of Revit, but Im not so sure that you'd see much benefit using Revit 7 *shrug*.
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i tested some renders REVIT vs. MAX..... Whats takes about 30 minutes in Revit takes about 10 seconds in Max, they look better in Max as well. GOTTA LOVE FBX!!
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