Currently have a K2200. Need to upgrade because mine is moving to a little used computer. My use case is no rendering or Photoview, just large assemblies with over 750 components. I really hate turning display edges off.
The P2000 is currently $350. The P4000 is about $750.
Is the added performance worth the difference in price?
I think you mean the P2000?
The P2000 is rather low end. However compared to the assemblies I deal with 750 is a small assembly so the P2000 would probably be adequate. My belief though, is you should buy the most you can afford because you will be able to use it much longer.
Solid Air wrote:
The P2000 is rather low end. However compared to the assemblies I deal with 750 is a small assembly so the P2000 would probably be adequate. My belief though, is you should buy the most you can afford because you will be able to use it much longer.
That used to be true, but SW has dropped support for video cards to 3 years. So, it may be better to buy a $350 video card now and replace it with a new $350 video card in three years.
See the thread I just created over at Does Dassault want us to Abandon Solidworks?
I‘ve got an K2200 here in my private workstation. It still works flawlessly even with SWX 2020. And fast enough for larger assemblies on my 4k display.
think about drivers and graphic cards support... that now has been changed to only 3yr old cards. p4000 was released in Feb 2017 so only aobut 3/4months of supported graphic drivers...
It is my understanding that the 2200 is a new design, while the 2000 and 4000 are a couple of years old. I would take the 2200 out of the three. (Unless a 4200 has been released.)
Please use always the leading letters, because there were a lot of 2000/4000's in the past.
K stands for the GPU type Kepler (2012-2015)
M for Maxwell / Maxwell (2015-2017)
P for Pascal (since 2016)
The opening thread was asking about the P series. I thought that could be assumed.
Only $400 different?
How much an hour do you get pay? Charge your customer?
How many hours is that $400?
How long will you use the computer? 3 Years?
Now if its not for work, then get a gaming card.
I bought the P2000. Seems to me the P4000 is A LOT more money for not much more performance.
*EDIT* I bought the P2200. I bought the P2000 from Amazon, saw that I made a bad assumption and that there actualloy IS a P2200 and it is definitly faster for the same price. Amazon let me cancel and I bought the P2200.
I have a P2200 in my new machine and have been very happy with it (but it's not like I have anything to compare it to.)
Hi,
why don‘t take the P2200? I think this is the sweet spot...