04-12-2011, 09:46 AM
Every word of ynopum is right.
Every hardware combination you buy today will be enough for calculations or graphic software as AutoCAD (last 2-3 years processors) and this is right for every structure you want to calculate. The exception is maybe for very, very big 3D models if you use Solidworks, Catia or alike but no one in this forum design a ship or a plane in his work.
I remember the work using an IBM XT (8088 processor) and the more than 16 hours for a not too big model in STRAP (DOS version) or AutoCAD 10 hiding lines in ST. Paul cathedral (from samples) in 37 minutes. Today all is seconds.
I changed many computers in my life (too much) and I'm using in parallel today 3 computers (different hardware and different operation systems) but I can't feel the delay even if I resolve a model with thousands of final elements. One second less, two seconds more are not important.
I used a 64 bit processor with a 32 bit O.S. and now a 64bit processor (faster) with a 64 bit O.S.
I suppose 64 bit programs work faster and can use more memory but almost every 32 program run in a 64 bit system excepting some very old ones.
Some programs (Autodesk but not only) have different versions and work only in the proper O.S.
I used AutoCAD 32 in Windows 7 64 bit using Longbow software because you cannot install Graitec 32 bit in AutoCAD 64 bit even if Graitec 32 bit installs and works in Windows 64 bit. The reason – cracked Graitec was only for 32 bit.
For people trying 32 dongle emulators in 64 bit O.S. – forget it. The drivers are different and the only solution if you have a dongle dump working in 32 bit is to adapt it to work with one of the 64 bit emulators as multikey or vusbbus (I used they in Windows 7 64 bit).
Remember, Vista is a catastrophe, Xp is good and Windows 7 is excellent. For new computers and many new peripherals (mainly for notebooks where you cannot change components) XP drivers maybe a problem. Windows 7 recognize almost every hardware component at the installation time.
Every hardware combination you buy today will be enough for calculations or graphic software as AutoCAD (last 2-3 years processors) and this is right for every structure you want to calculate. The exception is maybe for very, very big 3D models if you use Solidworks, Catia or alike but no one in this forum design a ship or a plane in his work.
I remember the work using an IBM XT (8088 processor) and the more than 16 hours for a not too big model in STRAP (DOS version) or AutoCAD 10 hiding lines in ST. Paul cathedral (from samples) in 37 minutes. Today all is seconds.
I changed many computers in my life (too much) and I'm using in parallel today 3 computers (different hardware and different operation systems) but I can't feel the delay even if I resolve a model with thousands of final elements. One second less, two seconds more are not important.
I used a 64 bit processor with a 32 bit O.S. and now a 64bit processor (faster) with a 64 bit O.S.
I suppose 64 bit programs work faster and can use more memory but almost every 32 program run in a 64 bit system excepting some very old ones.
Some programs (Autodesk but not only) have different versions and work only in the proper O.S.
I used AutoCAD 32 in Windows 7 64 bit using Longbow software because you cannot install Graitec 32 bit in AutoCAD 64 bit even if Graitec 32 bit installs and works in Windows 64 bit. The reason – cracked Graitec was only for 32 bit.
For people trying 32 dongle emulators in 64 bit O.S. – forget it. The drivers are different and the only solution if you have a dongle dump working in 32 bit is to adapt it to work with one of the 64 bit emulators as multikey or vusbbus (I used they in Windows 7 64 bit).
Remember, Vista is a catastrophe, Xp is good and Windows 7 is excellent. For new computers and many new peripherals (mainly for notebooks where you cannot change components) XP drivers maybe a problem. Windows 7 recognize almost every hardware component at the installation time.