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ptc-49709101-Visitor
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May 24, 2014
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technical requirements for Creo 2.0

  • May 24, 2014
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Hi,

I am about buying new laptop.

I would like to find out what are technical requirements for Creo 2.0 that I should pay attention to?

Is there any available technical specification what computer should have?

I am thinking about two models

1) Asus N550JK-CN208H which has

Intel Core i7-4700HQ

8GB RAM

GeForce GTX850M 2GB

FullHD

2) Lenovo Y510P

Core i7-4700HQ

RAM 16GB

GeFroce GT750 2GB

FullHD

Cheers,

M.

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    jsarkar1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    May 24, 2014

    I am also placcing to buy Asus X550LC-XX223D Laptop.

    • Memory (Ram) : 8 GB

    Dedicated Graphics Memory : 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M Graphics

    Not sure will it be ok with PTC software or not?

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    JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    May 27, 2014

    Jayanta Sarkar wrote:

    Dedicated Graphics Memory : 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M Graphics

    Not sure will it be ok with PTC software or not?

    Apart from the usual questions about "certified hardware", the 720M is a pretty low-end card:

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-720M.90247.0.html

    In comparison to the competition, the 720M offers a performance similar to the HD Graphics 4400/4600 or Radeon HD 8570M. Overall, the card is placed in the lower performance segment.

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    ptc-49709101-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    May 25, 2014

    Thanks for advise, although they are out of my budget.

    I am considering pay up to 1000euro/1300USD.

    My types:

    #1

    Lenovo Y510P (59-407442-128SSD) za 4000zł

    i7-4700MQ

    RAM 8GB

    HDD 1TB

    SDD 128 GB

    Full HD 15"

    GeForce GT755M 2GB GDDR5

    win 8

    #2

    MSI GE60 20E (045XPL-3900) za 3900zł

    i7-4700MQ

    RAM 8GB

    HDD 1TB

    Full HD 15"

    GeForce GTX765M 2GB GDDR5

    win 8

    #3

    Acer V3-772G (NX.M8SEP.02) za 3900zł

    i7-4702MQ

    RAM 12GB

    HDD 1TB

    Full HD 17"

    GeForce GTX760M 2GB GDDR5

    win 8

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    JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    May 27, 2014

    Hello Mich,

    Ignoring "certification", some general comments:

    • The 4700MQ is a reasonably quick CPU. The 4702 is slightly slower, but still decent.
      http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html
    • 16GB is probably overkill, unless you do FEA / CFD type analysis, or load really big assemblies. 8GB should be enough for most work, I would think.
    • An SSD is definitely nice for general system responsiveness.
    • The 765M appears to be noticeably quicker than either the 755M or 760M
      http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php
      but I suspect that any of them should be OK for most normal Creo use (based purely on performance - not compatibility, as above). In general I haven't found that Creo uses the graphics card heavily - it's mostly CPU-limited unless you're doing rendering, or turn the anti-aliasing way up.

    So, the Lenovo you list has the SSD; the MSI has a faster GPU; and the Acer has a bigger screen...

    HTH!

    J
    jsarkar1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    May 27, 2014

    Thanks Jonathan for your valuable reply.

    Regards,

    Jayanta Sarkar

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    VladimirN24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    May 26, 2014

    Hi,

    Please find in attachment "Creo 2.0 Hardware Notes".

    Hardware Notes - Creo 2.0

    Parametric, Direct, Layout, Schematics, Options Modeler, Simulate

    Table of Content

    Last updated: April 10, 2014

     Platform Support

     System Requirements

     Graphics Information

     Certified and Supported Graphics Cards

     Desktop Virtualization Environment Support

     Supported Peripherals and Accessories

     Supported MCAD Systems

     Supported Finite Element Solvers

     Platform Support for Data Exchange

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    dgschaefer21-Topaz II
    21-Topaz II
    May 27, 2014

    Generally, GeForce cards are gaming cards, not well suited for CAD work. Creo will do OK with a few windows open but open too many it'll come to a crawl. I'm thinking more complex geometry models will choke a gamer card too, but I'm not certain.

    You really want a workstation class graphics card, the Nvidia Quadro line is the one most prefer.

    My understanding si that Creo doesn't much care about video memory like video games do, that's why more video memory doesn't help performance.

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    Inoram14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    May 28, 2014

    I remember back in the day and just googled it again, people are still hacking GeForce cards to make them Quadro cards by changing some resistors. So I don't know how much the hardware is really that different. When I had them side by side a few years ago the only difference I could see was the Quadro seemed like wireframes looked smoother. I'd like to see what a comparison of the same gen Geforce to Quadro, but I doubt that will ever happen for fear of hurting the Quadro branding.

    If someone has more experience with the same gen cards side by side, let me know though. I'd like know what others have seen.

    J
    JonathanHodgson13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    May 28, 2014

    I'm sure I read somewhere that gaming cards are optimised for DirectX/Direct3D whereas workstation cards are optimised for OpenGL. Not having any knowledge of the difference between these, I have no idea whether that's true or even plausible...

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    ptc-59817141-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    May 28, 2014

    I'm using the Lenovo Z510 Laptop,

    also Full HD, i5-4200m cpu, 8GB ram, nVidia Geforce gt740 graphics for a much better price than the Y510p but everything works perfectly. worth to consider in my opinion

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    ptc-49709101-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    June 1, 2014

    Hi,

    Thank you very much for all replies.

    I am just amazed with numerb of answers.

    I get some useful hints that make choice a bit easier.

    Thanks for encouraging me to Nvidia Quadro, but unfortunately I am looking for laptop not for workstation.

    In this week I am going to buy MSI GE70

    Intel Core i7-4700HQ 2,4 GHz

    RAM 8 GB DDR 3

    17,3" 1920x1080

    nVidia Geforce GTX850M 2048 MB

    Cheers,

    M.

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    Inoram14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    June 1, 2014

    You can get Quadro laptops.

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