LAPTOP REPAIR GLOSSARY / PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE
Professional Software — PC Requirements Glossary
Plain-English explanations of professional creative and engineering software — what each application does, what hardware it needs, and why. Built for anyone choosing or building a workstation PC in Singapore.
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Architecture / BIM
Autodesk Revit
BIM platform that loads entire building models into RAM. 32–64 GB RAM minimum for professional work.
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CAD / Engineering
AutoCAD
2D/3D drafting platform. Single-core CPU speed is the dominant performance factor for daily use.
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Architecture / 3D
SketchUp Pro
OpenGL-based 3D modelling for architects. Consumer GPUs fully supported. GPU matters more with Enscape/V-Ray.
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3D Rendering
Blender
Free open-source 3D suite. GPU-first rendering via CUDA/OptiX. 10–50× faster on NVIDIA RTX vs CPU-only.
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3D & Motion
Cinema 4D
Motion graphics standard. Includes Redshift GPU renderer. Needs fast CPU cores and high-VRAM RTX GPU.
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Video Editing
Adobe Premiere Pro
Industry video editor. Mercury Playback Engine uses GPU for effects. 32 GB RAM + 8 GB VRAM recommended.
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Motion Graphics
After Effects
VFX compositing. RAM Preview system makes memory the defining hardware component. 32–128 GB RAM.
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Colour / Post-Production
DaVinci Resolve
GPU-first colour grading. Entire colour engine runs on GPU. More VRAM = more real-time colour operations.
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Photo Editing
Adobe Photoshop
World’s leading photo editor. Single-core CPU speed dominates. 32 GB RAM prevents scratch disk bottleneck.
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AI Image Generation
Stable Diffusion
Open-source AI image gen. VRAM is the only spec that matters. SDXL needs 8–10 GB; FLUX.1 needs 12–24 GB.
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AI / Machine Learning
Local AI / LLM
Run LLMs like LLaMA offline. VRAM determines speed. 7B models need 6 GB VRAM; 70B need 40+ GB.
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