3 Replies Latest reply on Dec 4, 2014 4:36 AM by Jared Conway

Can I change settings so that SolidWorks is using more of GPU during calculations?

Romano Capocci Dec 3, 2014 5:34 AM

Hey Guys,

I have been running simulations on my PC for the past month. My PC had 16 GB of RAM, an i7 CPU and a basic AMD graphics card. When calculations are being carried out 100% of my CPU is being used. A colleague kindly gave me his powerful graphics card (GeForce GTX 760) to install in my PC. When I did so and, again, ran calculations the results were the exact same. The CPU is still being used at 100%.

Is there a setting that I can use so that SW uses some or most of the GPU instead of the CPU for simulations?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Re: Can I change settings so that SolidWorks is using more of GPU during calculations?

Dave Laban Dec 3, 2014 5:37 AM (in response to Romano Capocci)

In short, no - SW does not support GPU solving.

In addition, the graphics card that has been leant to you isn't a supported card for SW in general - you need either a NVidia Quadro or AMD FirePro card really.
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  Romano Capocci Dec 3, 2014 5:40 AM (in response to Dave Laban)
  
  Thanks for the quick response Dave. That's a pity. I'll just have to work away with what I've got.
  
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    Jared Conway Dec 4, 2014 4:36 AM (in response to Romano Capocci)
    
    please make suer to submit the appropriate enhancement request for this
    
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