Hi everyone
Normally I work large assemblies and a lot of detail drawings, sometimes renderings for marketing and have been used the same computer since 2012
running solidworks 2012 SP4 and these days my system is very slow and feel so bad because I am the only drafter in the company and I am behind in production,
so the company is wiling to buy a new system, they just want me to assure which is the very best one,
this is my current system
I am using SW12 sp4
PROCESSOR intel (R) Core (tm) i7 CPU
950 @ 3.07 Ghz 3.07 Ghz
installed memory 14 GB
system type 64 bit
DISPLAY ADAPTER NVIDIA Geforce GTX 285
am I missing something?
Can anybody tell me what is the very best BRANDED computer with specifications to smoothly run Solidworks 2012 sp?
Thanks and best regards
Hello Juanmanuel,
I cannot give you a simple answer to this, but I can guide you to 2 specific items:
First, your graphic car is a gaming one. GeForce line from NVIDIA is intended for gaming. Ideally, you want a buy a Quadro. You can look here to verify if the card you want to buy fits. Graphics Card Drivers | SolidWorks
Then your CPU. Intel i7 is great but this is not intended for strong workload. I would have a tendency to recomment using a Intel Xeon type processor for professional use but I do not have a strong argument to backup this.
Also, make sure to work locally, meaning on your local drive and NOT on the network. For extra speed, use a SSD! And use the fastest memory that your motherboard can support.
That is probably not all but that's a start!