I tried to get some information from the forums and around the web about a good laptop for rendering and designing, but I need a bit of advice. I work with various sized projects (parks, roads, city squares, vegetation) as a landscape designer. The programs that i use the most are Civil 3D, Sketchup, Enscape (ofc:), Infraworks and Photoshop. With Enscape I mostly render images, but from time to time videos aswell. VR is still bit of mystery, but I see a slight need for that in the future.. Because of my company policy, I'm not free to choose any model that would be the ideal choice. So here I have some alternatives:
Choice 1. (IT-departments recommendation)
- HP ZBook Studio G5 Mobile Workstation - 15.6"
- Intel Core i7 (9th gen). 9750H / 2.6 GHz (4.5 GHz) / 12 MB
- 32 GB DDR4 (2 x 16 GB)
- Nvidia Quadro P2000 / Intel UHD Graphics 630
- 4 GB GDDR5 SDRAM
- 1 Tt SSD NVMe
Choice 2. (Little bit better than first one, is it yet enough?)
- HP ZBook 15 G6 Mobile Workstation - 15.6"
- Intel Core i7 (9th gen). 9850H / 2.6 GHz (4.6 GHz) / 12 MB
- 32 GB DDR4 (2 x 16 GB)
- NVIDIA Quadro P3200 / Intel UHD Graphics 630
- 6 GB GDDR5 SDRAM
- 512 GB SSD NVMe, TLC
Choice 3. (Could get if I can justify the need..)
- HP ZBook 15 G6 Mobile Workstation - 15.6"
- Intel Core i7 (9th gen). 9850H / 2.6 GHz (4.6 GHz) / 12 MB
- 32 GB DDR4 (2 x 16 GB)
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000
- 6 GB GDDR5 SDRAM
- 1 Tt SSD NVMe + 16 GB SSD cache (PCIe (NVMe)) (3D Xpoint (Optane))
Choice 4. (Might be too expensive... but could get if I can justify the need)
- HP ZBook 15 G6 Mobile Workstation - 15.6"
- Intel Core i9 9. sukup. 9880H / 2.3 GHz (4.8 GHz) / 16 MB
- 32 GB DDR4 (2 x 16 GB)
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 / Intel UHD Graphics 630
- 6 GB GDDR6 SDRAM
- 1 Tt SSD NVMe
Choice 5. (Not sure if it's possible to get a Dell's laptop, but RTX would be great?)
- Dell Precision Mobile Workstation 7540 - 15.6"
- Intel Core i7 (9th gen). 9750H / 2.6 GHz (4.5 GHz) / 12 MB
- 16 GB DDR4 (2 x 8 Gt)
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000
- 6 GB GDDR6 SDRAM
- 256 GB SSD
Choice 6. (BONUS! Not sure if it's possible to get a Dell's laptop...)
- Dell Precision Mobile Workstation 5540 - 15.6"
- Intel Core i9 (9th gen). 9880H / 2.3 GHz (4.8 GHz) / 16 MB
- 16 GB DDR4 (1 x 16 Gt)
- NVIDIA Quadro T2000
- 4 GB GDDR5 SDRAM
- 512 GB SSD
Thank you in advance! It turned out to be quite long list!
Edit: This turned to be in the Revit-forum, so this might not be the right place for this post.