7 Replies Latest reply on Sep 4, 2018 7:56 AM by Dan Pihlaja

External Video Card Enclosure

Rusty Hochhalter Aug 31, 2018 12:23 PM

Has anyone found/used an external video card enclosure to house a supported SolidWorks 2018 video card? We have a laptop that we'd like to use to run SolidWorks but it doesn't have a supported card and are wondering if the enclosure might be a solution. Thanks.

Re: External Video Card Enclosure

Frederick Law Aug 31, 2018 1:26 PM (in response to Rusty Hochhalter)

Does your laptop has an external video card port? Like Thunderbolt 3?
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  Rusty Hochhalter Aug 31, 2018 1:53 PM (in response to Frederick Law)
  
  The laptop has a "USB 3.1 Type-C Gen 1 (Power Delivery, DisplayPort)".
  
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    Frederick Law Aug 31, 2018 2:09 PM (in response to Rusty Hochhalter)
    
    I'm not sure USB-C means it's Thunderbolt 3.
    All external video box require Thunderbolt 3.
    
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S. Casale Aug 31, 2018 1:59 PM (in response to Rusty Hochhalter)

You could design one with SolidWorks...
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  Frederick Law Aug 31, 2018 2:10 PM (in response to S. Casale)
  
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Re: External Video Card Enclosure

Dan Pihlaja Sep 4, 2018 7:56 AM (in response to Rusty Hochhalter)

I looked into it here for some of the surfaces that the engineers run.

Read this:
anyone using thunderbolt 3 external graphics cards?

OK, now that I did a another Google search....this is new to me:
Quadro Pro eGPU|NVIDIA
External Graphics Enclosure - Razer Core V2

It says that it supports Quadro cards.
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M. D. Aug 31, 2018 5:25 PM (in response to Rusty Hochhalter)

IMO your solution is just run Solidworks on it with your current card. Keep the settings low and it should work.
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