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Recommend a graphics card

Recommend a graphics card

Recommend a graphics card

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I've just started working on a project which will be doing space planning using a significant number of 3D objects.

The computer which was purchased to handle the task is already starting to struggle when I've got all of the objects turned on, and I haven't even modeled a quarter of the total objects. I have a feeling that it is the computer's lack of a dedicated graphics card which is causing the bottleneck.

I have no idea what sort of graphics card to buy to help handle the load. Should I just get a standard video-gaming card, or is there another solution which would work better?

Checking the PC's stats shows it has 512MB of RAM and a 3.2GHz processor, if that helps any.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

RE: Recommend a graphics card

Read the FAQ's here. Check www.solidworks.com

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-05)

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