DALTON DESIGNS Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 I WANT TO BUY A NEW PC. FOR THE USE OF VECTORWORKS 9 & 9.5. WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST SYSTEM TO BUY FOR THIS USE. I DO ARCHETECTURALDESIGNS & WORKING DEAWINGS IN 2D. MY CURRENT SYSTEM IS A PENTIUM II 400, 128 MEG, PC 100 & I AM USING VECTORWORKS 8.5.2 ON WINDOWS98.ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR A NEW PC,OPERATING SYSTEM & GRAPHICS THAT WOULD GIVE ME THE BIGGEST BANG FOR MY BUCK. THANKS DALTON DESIGNS Quote Link to comment
jeparson1222 Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 pc wise: we run p4 1.3 ghz with 512mb of rdram, geforce mx400 graphic cards, and 40gb 7200 rmp hard drives. Monitor- anything with a flat tube. At home i use an athlon thunderbird (now athlon xp) and it is extremely fast- beating our machines at work in some instances- its a 1ghz with 768 mb of ram, geforce2 ultra graphics card, and a maxtor diamondmax plus hard drive (its an ata 100 drive with 2mb buffer- very dependable.) a similar machine is offered by Polywell computers and recieved exceptional marks from Cadence Magazine. minimumly- nothing slower than a 1.2 ghz, no less than 256mb of ram, windows2000 professional, or windowsxp professional- do not use xp home edition. geforce mx or higher graphics card.- 32mb and 300mhz ramdac- Means less flicker and better display.Stay away from the dells with sdram on the P4- only get the rdram or systems with ddr Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment
mike46 Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 hito jeparson have you had problems with xp home ? you sound emphatic in recomending against it Mike Quote Link to comment
DALTON DESIGNS Posted February 2, 2002 Author Share Posted February 2, 2002 jeparson1222THANKS FOR YOUR YOUR HELP.THIS COMPUTER SELECTION I AM FINDING OUT IS ANYTHING BUT AN EXACT SCIENCE. I HAVE GONE THROUGH THREE PC SO FAR & THEY HAVEALL BEEN A TRIAL & LOTS OF ERRORS. I WOULD THINK THAT THE SOFTWARE MFG. (VW) WOULD GIVE THERE USERS NOT ONLY A MINIMUN OF EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO RUN THE PROGRAM, BUT THE ULTIMATE PC& EVERTHING IN-BETWEEN.I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP!DD Quote Link to comment
JGL Posted February 2, 2002 Share Posted February 2, 2002 Have you considered a Mac? We use a dual 800 with 1.2 g ram. VW 9.5 works great with OS 10.1.2 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Andrew Bell@NV Posted February 4, 2002 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 4, 2002 quote: Originally posted by DALTON DESIGNS: I WOULD THINK THAT THE SOFTWARE MFG. (VW) WOULD GIVE THERE USERS NOT ONLY A MINIMUN OF EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO RUN THE PROGRAM, BUT THE ULTIMATE PC& EVERTHING IN-BETWEEN.DD The problem is the sheer diversity of PC machines available, the variety of options for them (including ever-changing device drivers), and the rate at which they change. By the time we could "certify" a particular system, it would probably be outdated. Quote Link to comment
TiTaNiuM sAMuRai Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 DD: Please stop YELLING. Quote Link to comment
TiTaNiuM sAMuRai Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 ...and the problem is not limited to just the spectrum of PC options. Any PC game can easily spec a min and recommended. The issue is more a matter of VW's constant, progressive evolution. Machine requirements would be different from 9.0.1 than from 9.5.0, a span of half a year yet still the same release, technically. Quote Link to comment
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