Laptop for AutoCAD and 3d Architectural Rendering Software

December 27, 2008 · Filed Under Architecture Rumbling · 4 Comments
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Laptops are meant to be portable; however, on certain circumstances such as foreign students furthering their studies in a foreign country, the need for processing power overrides the need for portability. Portability comes in handy when one needs to bring the laptop back to their country, other than that, it sits ideally most of the time in their studio or room.

HP Pavilion HDX “The Dragon”, known as a gaming laptop has all the processing power for your architectural need. Apart from its bells and whistle such as HD DVD driver, stereo speaker with woofer and many more, what we as an architectural students are interested in is the massive 20 inch screen size and the ATi graphic card.

For more information, visit the official website for HP Pavillion HDX specifications. Based on my own experience, this is a really good laptop for architectural student.

hp pavilion hdx entertainment notebook

Please note that when it comes to choosing the right laptop for 3d renderings and photoshopping, processing speed and the amount of RAM plays a crucial factor, in this case the HP Pavillion HDX comes with a 4GB RAM (maximum RAM one can allocate for Windows), and a good or shall I say powerful ATi graphic card. Contrary to popular believes, graphic card helps to speed up the 3d rendering, this is an urban legend (except for the latest Photoshop CS4), a myth and is not true. Graphic card only render the display on our screen, a better graphic card allows a smoother zooming in and out of Adobe Photoshop, as for applications such as AutoCAD, it will render a smoother and cleaner lines as oppose to jagged lines as we all experience with all those low end computers.