Other than the fact that it is a bit on the heavy side (4.1lbs), has a smallish battery (53WHr) and is thicker than your average laptop (at 0.85-inch), it hits all the right notes. It brings together an 11th generation Core i5 CPU with an Nvidia Geforce GTX1650, a pairing that should make it fast enough for even the most complex AutoCAD drawings. The weirdly-named GF63 Thin is in fact a gaming laptop - something it doesn’t even try to hide. How did we choose the best laptop deals for AutoCAD?Īt a mere $625 at Amazon (opens in new tab), this is the cheapest laptop that fulfills the two most important demands of AutoCAD 2023: 16GB of RAM and a dedicated graphics card. Our advice? Go for dual channel memory and if possible DDR5. RAM: 16GB or more system memory should suffice, but the more RAM the better, especially given how cheap memory is.Our advice? Depends on your available budget but please don’t go for an integrated GPU like the Iris Xe. Whether you want to go for a professional graphics card (Nvidia Quadro or AMD Radeon Pro) or consumer grade ones (Nvidia Geforce, AMD Radeon) depends on whether you need your system to be officially certified for use. We reached out to Autodesk to find out whether Autocad is compatible with 5K and 8K monitors (opens in new tab), and will update this article when we get an answer. Autodesk mentions at least 106GBps available bandwidth and 4GB of video memory or more and resolutions of up to 4K. GPU: A dedicated graphics card that is DirectX 12 compliant should be your priority.Our advice? Prioritize recency (11th, 12th or 13th gen or Ryzen 5000 to Ryzen 7000), low TDP (which improves battery life) and cost.

Most of the newer AMD mobile processors fit the bill when it comes to base clocks. The latest 13th generation processors do not list a base speed, only Max Turbo frequencies. Here’s the kicker though, there’s no recent Intel mobile processor with a base speed of 3GHz. The only exception is if you plan to use Mental Ray for rendering where the more cores, the merrier. There are no restrictions with regards to physical cores, cache or the presence of an integrated GPU, as AutoCAD tasks are primarily single threaded, so while many cores could be useful for handling other concurrent tasks, it is likely that they will be under utilized. CPU: Autodesk (opens in new tab) doesn’t list any specific processor instead it recommends a base speed of 3GHz or more and a turbo speed of 4GHz or more.(Image credit: Pixabay) AutoCAD: What is the recommended system requirement for Windows 10/11?

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