Revit Hardware
Alexander Vysotsky makes the following recommendation: CPU – i7 second-generation Memory – 8 or 16 GB of DDR3 Video – NVidia Quadro, more accessible – GeForce (Budget) Hard Disk Drive – solid-state, m…
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New AMD Bulldozer chips may help with local Revit rendering?
AMD has released the first true 8 core processors. Current Intel i-series chips have up to 4 cores with Hyperthreading, which displays 8 cores to the OS. However, the new AMD architecture may ultimate…
Finding the fastest USB flash drive
Thinking of buying a new USB Flash drive? Head over to this site:UsbFlashSpeed.com You can also download a utility to benchmark any flash drives that you own:download link…
Xeon Revit workstation vs Custom Built Revit workstation
Interesting little exchange on Twitter recently, with regard to Revit hardware and benchmark performance: @Bizz3D Bizz @Bramdotcom Dell top of line Xeon workstation $3,500 benchmarks at 180. My built …
Priorities when specifying a Revit workstation
In order, and dependent on how large the models you wish to edit are: More RAM Faster Processor More Processers Faster RAM Faster HD viaThe Building Coder: Performant Hardware…
Computer Configurator for Revit
This is based on the Revit Benchmark. You may find it helpful if you are planning on purchasing some new hardware. Computer Configurator Link to actual XLSX file You will need to login to Revit Forum …
Revit Benchmark Journal – works for 2011
Gordon Price has created a Revit Benchmark utility. Forum Thread New AUBench Actual downloads at: RAC Results and Utility RST/RMEP Results and Utility Read the included readme file – the main trick is…
Revit Hardware – compatibility and performance
Revit is a very acceptable OOTB (out of the box) tool. If you are using Revit OOTB, there are really only two variables that determine your productivity. Assuming you have zero customised content, the…