Hello
I want to buy a laptop for the almost exclusive use of Solidworks 2013.
I was wondering which (relatively affordable) graphics card to use.
In your opinion, is an integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics card sufficient for respectable performance?
Otherwise there is the GeForce GTX645 or the GT730M.
I looked on the Solidworks website, but the information is not very clear and not complete.
Thank you
Luc
Hello
From a mechanical design point of view, the graphics cards you mentioned are sufficient because solidworks is not too greedy in graphics resources.
But if you want to have a stunning graphic rendering (real-time with the real view function)
A professional graphics card (quadro or firepro) is essential.
Billy
ditto @ cumnewtec
the one and only thing I can advise you is to choose your graphics card that has certified drivers for SolidWorks
attached is the link to the SW certified pilots
http://www.solidworks.fr/sw/support/videocardtesting.html
See also Thread
you will find under my thread the real need for a graphics card as well as the proc for SW
the integrated intel HD4000 card? but the intel HDp 4000 driver exists
For a workstation laptop:
Dell Precision or HP elitebook W Series
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Hello
I tested 2 laptops before installing in a fixed station
the acer V5 with an hd4000 and a MacBook Pro 2010 with a windows partition I will say that the creation of the part is honorable but it is an i3 processor
the acer with Win8 reacted well but we forget the renders and the big assemblies. Advantage the graphics driver is on the solidworks site
The MacBook was the chosen solution for occasional use. (The unofficial 80/20)
For me, if you don't take a mobile station (the ones described by gt22) you shouldn't expect miracle solutions.
I remain persuaded by the use of an ssd instead of a 15000rpm and minimum i7 processor with plenty of RAM (8GB min)
For information on a dell 1550 station we had replaced a quadro 4500 (the old one with 512mo) by a gtx630 1gb ... We put the quadro back
Hi all
For detailed information about different machines on SolidWorks, it is interesting to see the results of the different benchmarks:
The official SoldiWorks benchmark (exists since 2012 I think):
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/shareyourscore.htm
As it says: "All scores are in seconds (lower is better)." All scores (last 5 columns) are in seconds: the smallest number is the better.
I found a result that has an NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M, I doubt it's the same card.
There are also SolidMuse benchmarks:
http://www.solidmuse.com/benchmarks/punch_holder_results.php
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pz7wTpIkC7LBfngm8bDDjTA
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pz7wTpIkC7LAuGJ0evMeWQw
Photoview http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pz7wTpIkC7LBbfvzuQfFYYg
Photoworks http://www.solidmuse.com/benchmarks/solidworks-benchmark-photoworks/
The best would be to be able to test the 2 graphics cards with these benchmarks!
Hello
The Intel "card" is not a full-fledged one, it is actually a chipset.
Without going into details, it therefore requires "pumping" the memory of other components.
So the system has to follow.
If it's exclusively SW, you might as well get an independent graphics card.
ATI or Nvidia, there is a choice knowing that the drivers of these 2 manufacturers will always be superior to those of Intel.
Good luck with the research.
Here is a link that I hope will help you in your choice:
http://www.axemble.com/store/fr/materiel/stations-cao/station-mobile-pro.html
Hello Luke,
The choice of graphics card is very relevant because it is an essential component for the use of SolidWorks which requires a large graphics resource.
The most important thing in your choice is to have a card supported by SolidWorks, for this you need a graphics card with the Open GL language (quadro category at Nvidia), they are different from the Direct X language which is used for video games (GeForce category at Nvidia).
Both solutions will not be suitable for SolidWorks:
- The integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics card, this is not a graphics card but a chipset, so it is very light for the use of SolidWorks.
- The GeForce GTX645 or GT730M are not supported, working with the direct X language.
what I would recommend for standard use of SolidWorks with a mobile workstation would be the Nvidia K3000M.
Have a nice day
Good evening
The Nvidia K3000M is still in a high price range compared to the gtx and other HD that can be found in 700€ computers.
But I grant it when you put 15000€ in Sldwks you can put 1700€ HT in a laptop....
http://www.dell.com/fr/entreprise/p/precision-m6700/pd
Hi you check this link:
http://www.solidworks.fr/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html
and I think you have to choose GeForce, ATI, Radeon.
the HP EliteBook 8540w PC paired with two HPZR24w Displays
it's exactly what you need if you have the budget
Hello
Intel HD4000----> NO
A Quadro 2000 or 4000---> SUPER
A GTX----> GOOD
A GT----> BOF
OpenGL Capabilities Report
http://feedback.wildfiregames.com/report/opengl/device/GeForce%209800%20GT
list of CG drivers for operating systems
Different driver versions may have different feature sets, and we may have conflicting reports of the same driver version.
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