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New Laptop Opinion - HP Pavilion 15-bc202na

  • 12-06-2017 4:23pm
    #1
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,346 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?sel=NTB&id=1DN37EA&opt=ABU

    Need to upgrade my 7 year old Dell Inspiron 1545.
    Not really knowing about processors etc when I bought, it has become slow and unforgiving with my use. Although I can't complain about 7 years use for my job etc


    I'm thinking of the above HP.
    I can get it on a friends Employee Scheme so price is lower than advertised. Will most likely cost about €950 delivered depending on stg rate on the day.

    My main use is AutoCAD. Currently running 2017 and it's 99% use is floor plans, elevations etc. Planning Applications. Small testing of Revit but I haven't got fully into that yet although be nice to have the performance to try it (the Dell suffered here).

    Any opinion on it or is there another That would come recommended.


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  • #2
    Digitalirish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7 ✭Digitalirish


    OK got ya, since no one replied i'll give you my honest opinion I have to learn AutoCad myself for river modeling and analysis soon so I did plenty of research.

    Since you not only need autocad but revit a graphics card is a must, the reason why autocad wa doing fine on your old laptop was because autocad is the least demanding 3d modeling software there is.

    Some can get away with a decent integrated card the surface pro for example can run autocad of course if you don't go overboard with large models.
    Revit however does take a lot of advantage from dedicated graphics card so the laptop you posted is actually quite good for it. The card is one of the latest but you might not need to go that far. The most popular graphic card for autocad (besides the workstation cards out there) is the geforce 960GTX and anything above that should be fine for both revit and autocad. You can try looking around google to read buying guides for laptops that can run Autocad because autodesk's website is not very helpful (doesn't list all the supported cards). 

    Check out the buying guide section from this site for example it tells you exactly what you need for AutoCad and all of AutoDesk products. 
    I was going to recommend you the ASUS with the 960GTX card shown there but your HP actually sounds like a better deal for a few more hundred bucks you get the latest generation processor, better card and more RAM and even an SSD.


     I would go for your HP even without the discount. I have an HP myself right now with a GTX 940 card and can run AutoCad with no problems I can only imagine how better yours will be with the 1050ti. I hope you went for it.


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,346 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Still debating!
    Thanks for the reply.

    Even looked at a MacBook Pro 2016/2017 model, but I think I'm paying a premium for that machine.

    I can still get the HP once I decide to pull the plug. The Dell XPS 15 looks good spec wise too, but it will cost 1799.


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