Hi,

I am planning to buy a new 17 inch notebook.

Apart from Moi I also want to use TurboCad and Blender, maybe also the DAW Reaper.

Must it be an i7 processor, or is an i3 good enough.

What GPU should it be; Nvidia or ATI.

What power should the GPU leastwise have.

Rudl

Out of Moi, take Nvidia, compatible with all Cuda Programs !

Hi Rudl -

> What GPU should it be; Nvidia or ATI.

For MoI it doesn't really make much difference - any newer nVidia or ATI GPU will be fine.

You probably want to get one of those (either nVidia or ATI graphics) rather than an Intel based one though if possible because those are often less powerful overall.

But one of the features of MoI is that it can run fine on more modest video cards, it doesn't require a really advanced video card in order to run. You'll probably want to base it more on what the other software you want to run requires.

- Michael

"Must it be an i7 processor, or is an i3 good enough"

Most, not all, but most, do not use multiple cores but the faster the CPU is better. So, sometimes an i3 can be faster than an i7 when the clock speed on the i3 is higher. However, if you can afford either one without issue, i7 for sure as you never know when things will improve in lower-end CAD kernals. Most higher end CAD type tools cannot use more than one core. Some design tools though can and lots of render engines will see and use multiple cpu cores.

So, if you have the coin for the i7, go that route for even if you do not utilize the CPU today there might be some tool that you get in a year that totally kicks it on an i7.

nvidia card for sure, just make sure it is CUDA.

I ran MoI with my laptop using an Intel Core i3 350M processor. It has dual cores and integrated graphics. I didn't have any serious issues. The display of the model looked good to me. However, I'm not a big CAD user.

I have an 17Inch I7-2720QM 3.3Ghz laptop with 16GB 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel and 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M gfx card.
No problems with Moi what so ever (after the great tip of Michael to raise the mesh angle. ((was set to 1. I changed it to 15))

I never used my desktop pc again after I bought this laptop. :-)


Peace,
Rich_Art. ;-)