CAD, what does it require?

[Castdeath97]

So my friend has been asking me over and over again to recommend her a good laptop that turns CAD well. The problem is I never worked with CAD nor knew much about it so I don't know what to recommend. Does it need a good graphic card? A good processor? Loads of RAM?

[Lolzious]

I'm pretty sure it requires a good CPU and RAM. But not entirely sure

A laptop wouldn't be the best option though, I can tell you that.

[spenser_l]

Can you be more specific? CAD just means computer-aided design. Which CAD programs do you intend to use? AutoCAD, Inventor?

[Castdeath97]

Can you be more specific? CAD just means computer-aided design. Which CAD programs do you intend to use? AutoCAD, Inventor?

The problem is she didn't specify what program she uses, likely autoCAD.

[thekeemo]

Ccad a decent CPU

My dad did cad up to 2008 on a 2nd gen p4

3d rendering of cad lots and lots of CPU power unless you can afford teslas

[Castdeath97]

Ccad a decent CPU

My dad did cad up to 2008 on a 2nd gen p4

3d rendering of cad lots and lots of CPU power unless you can afford teslas

How about graphics and ram, will a 850 and 16 gigs of ram do good.

[thekeemo]

How about graphics and ram, will a 850 and 16 gigs of ram do good.

for cad drawing sure I would suggest something more beefier just to be on the safe side but its going to fare well with most software. But like I said if they do rendering as well get MOAR POWAH. GPU really doesn't affect anything

[spenser_l]

The problem is she didn't specify what program she uses, likely autoCAD.

 

Okay well if she's going to be using something like AutoCAD I think just focus on getting a laptop with a decent CPU and enough RAM (8GB or more). If she's going to be doing any 3D stuff, it's gonna need a discrete GPU as well.