Laptop +£400 for 3D CAD

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Hey

A friend at work needs a laptop for around £400 to run solidworks 3D CAD. I did recommend the vostro to her with an upgraded 8400M GS graphics card, but have jsut seen the thread on all these possibly being faulty.

I can't rememebr is Solidworks will need the best cpu or best gfx card, but 2gb ram is obviously a minimum. Any other choices as I would normally say toshiba?

cheers
 
I have always used the Dell Precision Laptop series for 3D work.
A good GFX is needed to see the model in realtime. Most people I know stick with Nvidia for 3D work. A good processer is needed to make the final render. 2GB ram is minumum.
 
not going to get a new model precision for £400 though. maybe a model or two down on the bay.... yup. quick check says that you'll be hard pressed. there are a couple of m4300s for about that price. thats a quadro 350/360 card in there.
 
Grimgoth said:
not going to get a new model precision for £400 though. maybe a model or two down on the bay.... yup. quick check says that you'll be hard pressed. there are a couple of m4300s for about that price. thats a quadro 350/360 card in there.
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You can get a second hand Precision M70 for under £400 that would do very well.
 
Cheers boys, I knew it would be hard to find a good one for the sum of £400-450.

One purple coloured clothing store has an acer with a 2ghz, ore 2Duo T5750, 3 gig of ram, and x1300 gfx. But the gfx is appauling and looking at a simple review it says that hl2 800x600 ran at 18fps, which is frankly laughable.

Found a sony one her parents can get for around £450 (SONY VGN-NR38S/S.CEK) which has the same cpu as the acer one listed above, 2gig ram, 250gig HDD, but an 8400 128mb card. That seems to be the best spec to be had for this price range.

Also looked at the VOSTRO, and a configured one can be had for under 400 which would be my choice over the sony and would have the same spec.

So the Vostro or sony ? :D
 
I wasn't trying to imply that Sony were a shining beacon of success, but I'm pretty sure Dell are worse. Is there a third option?
 
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Caged said:
I wasn't trying to imply that Sony were a shining beacon of success, but I'm pretty sure Dell are worse. Is there a third option?
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In a general sense you may or may not be right, but you asked about a CAD notebook system.
Dell make dedicated notebook workstations which are way better than sony notebooks for CAD work.

I have had 3 Dell Precision notebook and they have all been great for my 3D work.
 
embalse said:
In a general sense you may or may not be right, but you asked about a CAD notebook system.
Dell make dedicated notebook workstations which are way better than sony notebooks for CAD work.

I have had 3 Dell Precision notebook and they have all been great for my 3D work.
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For £400? Who hasn't read the thread now.
 
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