Xara pro, i5 vs i7 or Hyperthreading vs non Hyperthreading ?

Hi
does it make sense to upgrade an i5 to i7 with almost same GHz?

i have a Thinkcentre M93p with i5-4570 3,2GHz
and could upgrade to a Intel Core i7 (i7-4770) 3.4 GHz
but i doubt that make sense, or am i wrong?

regards
reinhard

Reinhard, if it is just for your Xara Desktop application, I would say no.

Invest in an SSD and more memory first off.

Acorn

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Originally Posted by Acorn

Reinhard, if it is just for your Xara Desktop application, I would say no.

Invest in an SSD and more memory first off.

Acorn

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Definitely.

oh i have already two ssd, one with OS second for swap, temp, xara autobackup, and so on.

thx for feedback.

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Originally Posted by rsrsrs

oh i have already two ssd, one with OS second for swap, temp, xara autobackup, and so on.

thx for feedback.

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Is Xara slow?

is salt toxic?
It depends on the number of quantity.


But sometimes i have to import files from Autocad with a mega lot of objects, impossible to work with.
or i have artworks with a lot of ungrouped objects, than it is slow.

but i tried other programms, no alternative at all !!!

Xara is very fast!

The CPU won't make too much difference in this your case. You want a lot of RAM, 16GB as a minimum and a graphics card with as many CUDA cores (nVidia) as your pocket will allow. Quadro cards are where the smart money is.

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Originally Posted by Chris M

a graphics card with as many CUDA cores (nVidia) as your pocket will allow. Quadro cards are where the smart money is.

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Will Xara even notice?

rsrsrs said he sometimes has to import a lot of content from AutoCad and ungrouped objects. There's a fair bit of graphical grunt taken up by the GPU, freeing the CPU. AutoCad (if used on the same machine) will perform better with a Quadro as well, they're even recommended in the specs from AutoDesk.

Graphics software typically like an abundance of RAM and GPU grunt, I presume Xara would be no different if you're pushing a lot of objects in one document.

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Originally Posted by Chris M

rsrsrs said he sometimes has to import a lot of content from AutoCad and ungrouped objects. There's a fair bit of graphical grunt taken up by the GPU, freeing the CPU. AutoCad (if used on the same machine) will perform better with a Quadro as well, they're even recommended in the specs from AutoDesk.

Graphics software typically like an abundance of RAM and GPU grunt, I presume Xara would be no different if you're pushing a lot of objects in one document.

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I'm not sure if rsrsrs actually runs autocad at all. He/she may just be given the models.

I'm just pointing out that Xara could care less about fancy GPUs so spending money on them specifically for Xara would be a waste.