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2010-09-19 04:55 PM
Jay wrote:What you need depends on the size of the projects you do and how much you need running at one time.
As I'm in the market for a new Mac, and see the offerings for up to 12 cores, I would like a general update on the matter. And some advice.
Does AC benefit by the multi-cores and more RAM, now that the world is 64 bit? Surely AC 15 will make Mac owners happy in this regard, ...right?
-JS
2010-09-19 10:46 PM
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2010-10-06 09:41 PM
CCarter wrote:yes they ones we had a play on were i7s. i7s laptops are fantastic for AC also.
I recently set up a few new 27in i7 quad-core iMacs for some AC13 and AC14 users, and they've been very happy with them.
With the i7 CPU option and a pretty stout video card -- ATI Radeon HD 5750 w/1GB of VRAM (GDDR5) -- they have plenty of horsepower.
You can get them with an i5 processor, but the i7 does hyperthreading (HT), where each core is seen as two "virtual cores" each running its own threads simultaneously. Snow Leopard is HT-savvy, as are recent versions of ArchiCAD. So I'd say the $200 option to upgrade from an i5 to an i7 is worthwhile.
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