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T61P and 3D Cad
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:24 pm
by jeffo
I am looking for a 15.4" laptop that will be able to handle Solidworks & Inventor 3D solidmodels. I have a Dell Inspiron that I am not happy with. Dell no longer makes the M90. I don't care for the M4300. So, I al looking at Lenovoes T61P or HP 8510. I would like to heard some feed back on the Lenovo if possible. Thanks
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:36 pm
by erik
my T61p runs solidworks 2007 and autocad 2008 64-bit just fine under vista ultimate x64. machine specs are in my signature.
15.4" laptop for Cad
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:36 am
by jeffo
We are not talking just parts. You can do assemblies too. What video card do you have? I am looking at the Quadro 570.
Re: 15.4" laptop for Cad
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:24 am
by barrywohl
jeffo wrote:What video card do you have? I am looking at the Quadro 570.
Erik has the Nvidia Quadro FX 570M that came standard with his T61p with a WUXGA 1920 x 1200 screen.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:08 am
by erik
parts, assemblies, drawings, etc. -- none of it is a problem for me.
all T61p models come with the quadro FX 570M. the 15.4" WUXGA/WSXGA+ models have 512MB total (256 dedicated + 256 shared) and the 14.1" SXGA+ models have 256MB total (128MB + 128MB).
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:30 am
by TPA
The t61p with the 570m specifically has those types of software packages in mind when it comes to drivers for the video card. Here is a quote from lenovo regarding this:
ISV certifications
Industry professionals require proven performance and stability with today's demanding applications. An extensive independent software vendor testing and certification process verifies that your ThinkPad mobile workstation can run some of the most demanding, graphics-intensive workstation applications, such as CATIA® from Dassault Systemes, Unigraphics® from EDS, and SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® and SOFTIMAGE|3D from Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc.
And then look at the link below for the driver matrix for those certified drivers.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... yle=lenovo
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:15 pm
by bert
What to get is the Dell Precision M6300. Being a big ThinkPad fan, I am sorry to say that Lenovo does not have anything that comes even close. The Quadro FX 570 is simply pathetic as a GPU for a 3D CAD notebook.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:41 pm
by Hellbore
bert wrote:What to get is the Dell Precision M6300. Being a big ThinkPad fan, I am sorry to say that Lenovo does not have anything that comes even close. The Quadro FX 570 is simply pathetic as a GPU for a 3D CAD notebook.
You're comparing apples to oranges, that Dell is a 17" laptop. Of course you can put a more powerful GPU in a larger laptop! That is standard across the industry, the larger sized laptops almost always offer higher end graphics cards than the smaller model laptops. Didn't you ever notice this?
If you can find a 15.4" display laptop like the t61p, that has a better graphics card for CAD and 3D graphics, maybe then I would listen.