mainstreet Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 We have a renderbox that a former principal "had to have" before he left the office. Now we have hardware and really don't have an intense need to use it for rendering. I may use it once every 3 or 4 weeks, but was wondering if we could run Revit through it. I am really unfamiliar with its exact specs, but it sure does whip out renderings. We have 1 person who really uses Revit through her Compaq nx9600, but it occasionally crashes and frequently slows to a crawl. I am just wondering what the options for the getting our moneys worth from the renderbox might be. Any thoughts appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbowers Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Find out what the specs are and let us know. Im using an HP xw4400 workstation with 2 Gb of RAM, Pentium D 3.4 Ghz. and Revit is fly on this machine. I would invest in more ram if possible. If your running at least a P4 3.0 Ghz and 2 Gig of ram, you should be in good shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstreet Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 I'll look into finding the specs. Things are all over the place. Our current workstation machines are pentium 4 w/ 2gb RAM. They work well, but still lag at times. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstreet Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 Some initial findings. I believe it has an ATI Rage XL graphics card. It is running dual INTEL XEON 2.8 ghz processors, 2gbs RAM, and has a PURE rendering card, etc. I suppose some of that makes no difference for running Revit. It is running Windows 2000 which may or may not make a difference with Revit. I'll have to check. More specs to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Upgrade its video card and go ahead and use it. See the Autodesk web site for the latest video card list or just buy something that's new - it doesn't really matter, anything you can find now is way faster than a Rage XL. Make sure you check whether you need AGP or PCI Express. You might need to upgrade to Windows XP. The rest of the box is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstreet Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 I think the new graphics card is a best bet. Since we don't do a heavy amount of rendering, I wonder if it would be cost savvy to sell the PURE render card. All the thoughts are much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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