I am shopping for a new laptop computer to primarily run Sketchup. I was told to look at “gaming” laptops but when I mentioned to the tech that I wasn’t a gamer he recommended a laptop optimized for rendering rather than gaming and that the Xeon CPU would be a better choice than the gaming computer…

“Mobile workstations” typically also cost about 2…3 times the price asked for a good “gaming” laptop, and, as Norbert (sketch3d_de) says, do not really give any benefit for SketchUp. They also typically weigh about 2…2.5 times more, have a large and, again, heavy power supply, and their battery life…

Thank you, catamountain. I downloaded the latest driver but can’t see a Nvidia control panel anywhere on this machine. All I get is a GEFORCE EXPERIENCE portal to download and update drivers. Therefore checking to see if the Nvidia card is selected for SU is seemingly impossible. Any hints on wh…

Try r-clicking on an empty space in the Windows desktop. On Win7, one of the context menu options is the Nvidia control panel.

catamountain, Cheers! Your Win7 trick worked on Win10. I ran the Sketchup 2017 checkup and this time it was 100% success. You folks on the Sketchup community are truly amazing and generous with your knowledge and help. Thanks again.

[image] SRD5000: 15.6" Full HD display go for an IPS (or VA) display (= wide viewing angle, better contrast) preferrably as matte version.

Why your tech guy recommended an Intel Xeon cpu is beyond me. Xeon cpus were designed to address the need for enterprise-class workstations and servers, not games, or even high end 3D graphics apps…I’m not saying they are dogs with those tasks, but when I took my wife’s Dell server with dual Xeon c…

OK, so I don’t know if this is the right place, but it is related. I have a 4yr old Dell desk top with an intel Xeon CPU E-3 1225 v2 running At 3.2 GHz. Sketchup 2017 Checkup (congrats to the SU team for that) indicated that I needed a GPU with more memory. Great, so I decided on a gforce GTX 1060.…

@jcharltoncarp what is your current graphic card and memory specs ? There is a known Checkup issue on misreporting graphic card memory.

[image] jcharltoncarp: Great, so I decided on a gforce GTX 1060. My problem is that it requires a new (additional?) power supply. One of the gurus, is suggesting to go with a power saving model when PS is an issue: [image] What graphics card works best in SketchUp 2017? Sket…

I fixed that post almost 10 minutes after I posted it

I have a gaming PC with GTX 1070 and i7 7700k but will skectchup work well on my Mac with no graphics card?

Xeon vs. Core i7 CPU?

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DanRathbun January 22, 2017, 5:52pm 21

One of the gurus, is suggesting to go with a power saving model when PS is an issue:

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