Hey i am working with Autocad lt 2012 and i am little bit confused about system requirements for Autocad, I am looking for second computer (laptop) mostly for very simple tasks as browsing internet, emails, office programs maybe, but time to time i need to use it for editing 2D drowings, (civil engineering) i do not want to waste money,so i need a advice, what system requiremens I should take into consideration.Now i am thinking about something with:1) 4GB RAM, 2) simple hard drive (5400)3)  i-5 processor 4) 15.6''5) maybe integrated graphic card like  Intel HD 4400 (or one of cheap dedicated ones)Am I to optimistic ,  thinking it would work fine?Thanks a lot

Maariukass2015-04-08 14:02:11

That should be able to handle the task depending on the average file size you'll be working with.  It will also depend on what else might be running in the background.MINIMUM system requirements for running AutoCAD LT 2012 can be seen here...http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-lt/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-AutoCAD-LT-2012.html
John Connor2015-04-08 14:04:19

[QUOTE=John Connor]That should be able to handle the task depending on the average file size you'll be working with.  It will also depend on what else might be running in the background.MINIMUM system requirements for running AutoCAD LT 2012 can be seen here...http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-lt/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-AutoCAD-LT-2012.html
[/QUOTE]I looked at this page befor, it was confusing for me, that some people claims (in formus) that autocad use a lot RAM memory, while in AUTODESK  page i see minimal requiremens for it, but my bigest doubt is about graphic car,do autocad lt need dedicated car or do not need at all, if need what kind of card?I work with drawings around 1mb-5mb size , using xref, blocks ( 2D drawings)
Maariukass2015-04-08 14:31:17

Maybe you didn't see the word MINIMUM.  It is always wise to go above and beyond the minimum specs to guarantee you'll have fewer problems.  Given the file sizes you are dealing with I'd bump the RAM to 8GB and add a dedicated graphics card.  When onboard graphics chips can no longer handle the load Windows will resort to stealing from system resources (i.e. - RAM).  The result is your system will begin to crawl.  Is that what you want to happen?

[QUOTE=John Connor]Maybe you didn't see the word MINIMUM.  It is always wise to go above and beyond the minimum specs to guarantee you'll have fewer problems.  Given the file sizes you are dealing with I'd bump the RAM to 8GB and add a dedicated graphics card.  When onboard graphics chips can no longer handle the load Windows will resort to stealing from system resources (i.e. - RAM).  The result is your system will begin to crawl.  Is that what you want to happen?[/QUOTE]How could i know if dedicated card would be good enouth , for example laptop with radeon m230 much ceaper than with nvidia gt 840m, if any of those be sufficient, or i must take Autodesk recomended card ( recomended not for autocad LT) nvidia quadro series, but now it is not budget laptop.. I am interested, maybe someone has experiense dealing with same problem like i do now,since i am talking about second computer i want it to be BUDGET (CHEAP) but is it possible, to use this kind of machine for autocad? I see autocad as low requirements software  (for 2D) maybe i am wrong?
Maariukass2015-04-08 15:34:47

Get the laptop you previously mentioned.  If it starts to falter you can always upgrade the RAM and/or add a dedicated graphics card.  If it doesn't experience any problems then you are home free.