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Help to buy new Laptop!

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 22:36:40 GMT

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Re: Help to buy new Laptop!

alemanda — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 05:25:03 GMT

Go with ssd. This is a must.
The more ram is better. 8gb it's not a good amount.
15.6 would be my choice, no need for touch a screen.
Pay attention to graphics card. Should be not integrated.

Re: Help to buy new Laptop!

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 09:11:19 GMT

alemanda wrote:
Go with ssd. This is a must.
The more ram is better. 8gb it's not a good amount.
15.6 would be my choice, no need for touch a screen.
Pay attention to graphics card. Should be not integrated.

Thank you for replying but i only have these 4 options. Will any of these run the Archicad 20? And which one will run it faster IF they run it.. I don't know which one to pick

Re: Help to buy new Laptop!

alemanda — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 12:20:01 GMT

You have to pay attention to the graphic card. I think archicad doesn't run on pc with integrated graphic card

Re: Help to buy new Laptop!

Laszlo Nagy — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 14:16:16 GMT

Alemanda is right:

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/technotes/video-cards/recommended-video-cards-for-archicad-20/

Recommended video cards for laptops

For reasons detailed above, we can not recommend any specific card and driver combination for laptops. However, there are professional video cards available for high-end laptops, such as the Nvidia Quadro, which are just as good as their desktop counterparts. We have also good experiences with most of the standard Nvidia cards, somewhat worse experience with AMD/ATI cards, and very bad experience with on-board intel graphic cards. Definitely avoid the latter.

Based on the above, you might want to reconsider the available options.
Actually, the best thing would be for you to install ARCHICAD on the laptop you want to buy (if possible) and test it.

Re: Help to buy new Laptop!

Steve Jepson — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:39:39 GMT

ronni202 wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to buy a laptop for archiCad 19-20. But i have low budget...

I would recommend a Dell Precision Workstation.
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?brandid=2801&c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb&frid=189

Re: Help to buy new Laptop!

Laszlo Nagy — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 05:05:50 GMT

Make sure to read the recommendations of GRAPHISOFT:

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/technotes/setup/hardware-compatibility/recommended-hardware-for-graphisoft-products/#ARCHICAD

Re: Help to buy new Laptop!

Steve Jepson — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 21:43:13 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
Make sure to read the recommendations of GRAPHISOFT:

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/technotes/setup/hardware-compatibility/recommended-hardware-for-graphisoft-products/#ARCHICAD

And be sure you check the dates on some of that info. What they need is a Benchmark file so people can post results based on the hardware people are actually using with ArchiCAD.

Re: Help to buy new Laptop!

Barry Kelly — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 08:47:42 GMT

juliadavid wrote:
I'm about to buy an ASUS ROG Zephyrus M GU502GW-AH76 Laptop with 240Hz display. Need your opinions guys!
Should I go for it?

How would we know?
You didn't list any specs.

Does it meet the minimum requirements as listed by Graphisoft?
If so it should be fine.

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/knowledgebase/25883/

Barry.

Re: Help to buy new Laptop!

Lingwisyer — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:34:48 GMT

There is a model number and it is well beyond minimum spec. So it will work, how well on the other hand we cannot comment on since there are no actual benchmarks for ArchiCAD. We also do not know what you would be doing with it, though that will mean little without the aforementioned benchmarks.

Ling.