I'm in an engineering and sales position, and it's hard to accomplish anything glued to a desktop. I'm running AutoCAD 2015 design suite standard, but in Autodesk' System Requirements there is no mention of Intel Core i7- I've been unsucessful also in finding a mobile workstation that operates on anything other than i7. Has anyone tried running the featured programs (AutoCAD including Raster Design, Showcase, being the most important) on the i7 processor and with any problems?
There is sufficient layers of isolation between the software and the processor that the specific model doesn't matter as much as its characteristics. The program won't stop working if its an Intel i5 or ASUS equivalent.
i7's are the best you can get for AutoCAD. AutoCAD only uses one processing core for nearly everything, so you just want the fastest clock speed you can get. i7's give that to you at a better price point than the Xeons. High-clocked i5's are pretty good too. We've only ever used consumer versions of Intel's processors in our office and have never had issues with them and AutoCAD.
However, something you should be aware of with AutoCAD 2015: many of Intel's newer processors have onboard graphics built into the processor. AutoCAD 2015 is not intelligent enough to use your dedicated graphics card over the onboard graphics like previous versions of AutoCAD. Before buying, you'll want to verify that the manufacturer will let you disable the onboard graphics in the BIOS/UEFI. There may be other workarounds floating around at this point, but that's the only sure-fire solution I've seen.
Product keys are required for installation of Autodesk products and are used to differentiate products that are both sold independently and as part of a product suite. For example, installing AutoCAD 2014 as a point product requires product key 001F1, but installing AutoCAD 2014 from the Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2014 requires product key 781F1. The same version of AutoCAD is in both software packages but the product key differentiates one package from the other.
Note: Please ensure you are using the correct product key for the Autodesk product and version you are installing. Entering an incorrect product key will result in activation errors for that product.
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