CPU specs.
I'm having to order a new desktop system and was wondering if a Intel i5 2.8 GHz. was enough cpu muscle for 3D work (no 10,000 part assemblies). If not I'll have to go for broke and get a i7 and pay the premium.
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For day to day work I think you will find an i5 more than adequate. I can't remember the details, but most i5 and i3 have built in graphics. These may present an issue if you plan to upgrade to a stand alone graphics card later, as this could result in slower graphics than the internal one. Bricscad is currently 32bit, so not a lot of advantage in having more than 3GB of ram or running 64bit windows.
Regards,
Jason Bourhill
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According to ther Knowledge Base running V11 on 64 bit Windows the memory limit for drawings is 4GB.
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Yes your right. details below.
INCREASED MEMORY LIMIT: until V10 the limit of the amount of memory that could be used by Bricscad was around 1.6 GB. In V11 this limit has been increased to 4 GB on 64 bit systems and 3 GB on 32 bit systems. On 32 bit systems additional manual changes to the boot process are required.
- 32 bit XP: set /3GB flag in boot.ini. It is recommended to back up your boot.ini beforehand.
- 32 bit Vista/Windows7: on windows commandline run 'bcdedit /set increaseuserva nnnn', nnnn being a number between 2048 and 3072. The default value is 2048, to allow for 3 GB set it to 3072.
That said, however I would think most people wouldn't need this day to day. One of the nice things about Bricscad is it runs happily on low spec machines. The high school I run training courses out of uses Asus eee PCs, which aren't that powerful, but Bricscad runs fine.
Regards,
Jason Bourhill
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