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As per the Revit Architecture 2013 Known Issues: Hardware acceleration is not available in the Parallels 7 environment, and Revit will revert to a DirectX 9 based software graphics mode, which will no…
This is the first WHQL-certified driver from the R295 family of drivers. It is the recommended upgrade for all GeForce users… These drivers come packed with GeForce-exclusive performance and quality e…
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…
In the past, overclocking your graphics was risky, difficult, and yet at the same time it could be very beneficial. These days, it is easier to do, but video cards are often cheaper and some people ma…
6 cores with Hyperthreading, up to 3.9 GHz burst mode, 15 MB Cache – this thing is awesome. And the benchmark results to match: results via this link More specs at:Intel� Core™ i7-3960X Processor Extr…
There is huge post on content (family) creation over at this link. I have provided a few useful excerpts below: A handy list of relevant Agencies / Organizations: AIA – American Institute of Architect…
I’m waiting for a tablet PC that can run Revit – without its head in the cloud. In other words, I want it to be powerful in its own right. I don’t want to have to rely on someone else’s processor to d…
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…
/XPerform free-space consolidation. Free-space consolidation is useful if you need to shrink a volume, and it can reduce fragmentation of future files. /TTrack an operation already in progress on the …
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…