Dell Latitude with Quadro NVS 120M video Card

[Chris Parish]

Hello:

 

One of our engineers is looking at a Dell Latitude with Quadro NVS 120M video Card, I did a search for this but came up blank....

 

Any concerns if running Mastercam "X" on this laptop??

 

Please let me know...

 

Thanks

[gcode]

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Quadro NVS 120M video Card

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This is a business graphics card and it will probably give you trouble if you plan on doing serious work on this laptop.

The Dell workstation class laptop carries the

Quadro Cad/Cam video card and does Mastercam very well

Dell Precision Moblie Workstations

 

Hewell Packard is building some first class

Cad/Cam laptops now also

HP Compaq nw9440 Mobile Workstation

 

The key is the Quadro FX video card

[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

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[Keith @ Solid Code Solutions]

Mastercam X works fine on a Laptop.

[Storkman]

Chris, we had some Dell desktops with the Quadro NVS video and they didn't work well at all with Mastercam. I would shoot for a different video card. How's everything going over there at Optipro?

[garyg]

I have a new HP desktop with the Quadro NVS 285, 128MB Ram and haven't had any issues with it using v9 or X. Been in use about 2 months now. Works as well as my old FX 500.

[Guest]

Gary,

 

Though it works for you this could definitely be related to the type of work you do.

[TeccBoxx]

I would definatly look into a Dell Precision M90 if you are wanting a laptop. These were designed with cad/cam packages in mind and are certified by Soldiworks, UG, Catia, and a ton of others.

 

Comes with the option of dual core 2, Quadro FX 2500M, Matt screen which helps with the glare, 17 inch screen at that, and some other options.

[garyg]

Storkman,

 

What exactly does "didn't work very well with Mastercam" mean? Is there something I should be looking for?

[Storkman]

we had alot of graphics issues with those cards, geometry disaapearing, reappering, not refreshing correctly. Swapped out for a FX500 and had no more issues.

[Brad MacKinnon]

I have a junk dell latitude 510 with a medium grade video card and as soon as I open mastercam with no geometry or anything the peice of crap's CPU Usage is maxed at 100%. 80% of the time Im doing simple 2d stuff, but the other 20% Im constanlly getting hung up or have to restart. So if your doing a lot of solid models I wouldnt recomemend it.

 

Im currently trying to get a new laptop with dual proccesor's or something more suitable for my needs

[cadcam]

I am figuring from waht you say Brad that you are running V9

 

I would move to mastercam X and it wont use the CPU.

[Brad MacKinnon]

Yes Cadcam your right ... Im currently in the middle of the switch to X ... its just that for simple 2d stuff im still faster in 9. But that will change in time