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Re: CAD laptop help

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Originally Posted by Chris_Ely View Post
I would not be as concerned with the 2GB of VRAM as I would be about the 8GB of system RAM. 2GB VRAM should be fine for anything done in FRC. 8GB of system RAM is the bare minimum that I would put in any computer now days. My laptop has 16GB, and I use around 8GB with just Chrome open. A workstation might give you a better experience with CAD because of its workstation GPU (mainly better drivers), but normal "gaming" GPUs will work fine.

BTW, your link is missing the : in the http://
Thanks for the feed back. I think I will get this then and them purchase more ram.
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