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Hi Gudeta,

by Yorik on 23.12.2010

Hi Gudeta, I have the same core2duo 1.8Ghz here on mine, and it does the job perfectly.

According to this site (It's a good site, I always look there when checking for a graphic board) the Quadro NVS 110M is not the best you can buy (it appears in class 4, I always try to find one at least in class 3), but honestly you don't absolutely NEED the most powerful graphic card. The only thing really important is the processor. A good graphic card simply gives you more "comfort" because the display of the 3D views goes faster and smoother.

When working with blender or archicad, what you really need is good processing power, because when you render with blender it's 100% processor work, no graphic card involved, and when working with archicad you need to process complex data much more than displaying it faster on screen. For 2D image work I think it doesn't matter at all, all GPUs can do that perfectly. So I wouldn't give it too much importance. This one should be more than sufficient.

The only thing that will not be too good with that notebook will be playing recent heavy 3D games

And in any case, any Nvidia chip is way better than the built-in intel gpus that come on todays cheap notebooks, specially if you use linux. The only bad point is indeed the RAM. Check that you can indeed upgrade it before buying (I have 4Gb here and it's very comfortable).

So I would say yes, go for it. The price is good, and you'll have a very good computer. Ah, and my first notebook was a toshiba and it lasted for 7 years!

by Yorik on 23.12.2010