CAX4 on a Laptop

[mchroust]

Hi All,

I would like to find out the minimum specifications for a PC or Mac Laptop to run CAX4, X5..... This laptop would be dedicated specifically for CA only.

Thanks for any advise.

Martin Chroust-Masin
MCHM Design
McMinnville, OR
CAX4 on iMac 27"

[lbuttery]

Martin:

check CA's website for the min. system specs

min. means it will probably run - but may not run well

look for a laptop with a dedicated video card with 1 GB+ ram

cpu ram 8 GB+

video card recommendations is Nividia and the best gaming card
you can afford

Lew

[mchroust]

Thanks Lew, that helps.
Martin

[lgc30642]

Lew, since I decided to get back on board with X4, I've also ordered a new laptop for it and upcoming X5. I found a July 4 Sale on HP with $450.00 off on a custom configured unit. Even though I don't have much work right now, I figured I could just play around with the new versions until something breaks open...........

Specs follow:

HP Pavilion dv7t-7000 Quad Edition Entertainment Notebook PC
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• System Recovery DVD with Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM Processor (2.3 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
• NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 memory [HDMI, VGA]
• 12GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 750GB 7200 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• NO mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
• Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
• No additional security software
• 30% off 9 cell Lithium Ion Battery
• 17.3-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1600 x 900)
• FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
• HP TrueVision HD Webcam
• 802.11b/g/n WLAN
• Standard Keyboard with numeric keypad
• Included 2 Year Warranty
• HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

[Joe Carrick]

Nice system but you didn't say what the price was, just that it was $450 off.

[lgc30642]

Nice system but you didn't say what the price was, just that it was $450 off.

Final Price with tax (6%) and free shipping is $1,138.73

My previous system had 4 GB memory, but only 512K graphics, so with 3x total memory and 4x graphics, I'm hoping for substantially better performance........

[lbuttery]

Louie:

looks like a good system for a good price

I'm not up on the latest CPU's and Video cards
but those specs seem very decent

use that PC as a reference baseline and check out a few other vendors
and then you will be sure you are getting good/best deal

Lew

[lgc30642]

I've seen posts urging Nvidia cards over most others. When I checked their site, I found their most up to date models and specs. What Joe Carrick has with his Asus is almost Nvidia's top of the line, having recently added a bigger, faster model and spec.

When I shopped the Asus site and configured similar specs, the price was more than I was willing to pay, so the special promotion from HP Online sealed the deal for me, though I could only get the 2 GB on the Nvidia card, whereas Joe's has 3 GB.