Laptop Notebook Graphic Card
Laptop Notebook Graphic Card
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I am a new user of Solid Works, I have 2008. (Ex AutoCAD user). I want to be able to run Solid Works on my laptop. I meet all hardware requirements except for the graphics card. Do any others run on a laptop? What do you find works well. I have heard the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M would be a good one to run, yet I am having trouble finding one. Anyhelp would be appreciated.






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Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
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Go here to see approved cards:
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1500 on list, but it comes down to what is compatible with your laptop and how much money you can spend. Quadros do give you the best bang for your buck in my opinion.
RFUS
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Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
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Thanks for the link. The notebook review was on gaming cards, it is my understanding that gaming and CAD usage are quite different animals. Looing through the recommended list, it appears I have two choices. The NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500M and the ATI Mobility Fire GL. I have heard from one that they did not get very good results from the Fire GL. Any thoughts on this?
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Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
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Eric
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Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
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Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
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So far so good. The one part I don't fully understand ... it's a 64 bit system. I installed SW from the (32-64 bit) DVD. How do I know if it installed to use the 64 bit? It's not clear to me.
It has 4gb RAM and is dual proc, very quick! I can now rotate a very large assy with no problems.
Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
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If anyone could offer up some suggested platforms, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Brian
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Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
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Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
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Tony
HP NW9440
2 GB RAM
Quadro FX 1500M (84.88)
Solidworks 2006 SP5.0
Solidworks 2007 SP4.0
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I just got my M90 and setting it up. It is heavy. But that power cord is much of the weight. It's practically it's own computer. lol
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
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So far the only issue I have had this past week, I use the dual monitor settings. When I install or uninstall any programs, my dual monitor setup goes back to the single monitor and the laptop monitor settings go back to default.
Weird.
I also had to uninstall and reinstall SolidWorks. Somehow during the initial install, the virus program turned on. I had it set to stay off for the day.
Other that that, it's great!
Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
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CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T7200 @ 2.00GHz
Video: ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250 Pentium 4 (SSE2)
Ran the SpecAPC benchmark and the mobility FireGL V5250 compared very favourably to older Nvidia QuadroFX 1400 cards that we have in a few workstations.
Note that the V5250 is also recommended for graphics-intensive SW 2008...
Screen is smaller than the M90, though it's still a wide screen. IMO the build quality is better as well...
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About the AV...I just completely turn of all AV services through Admin tools, and then use Task Manager to remove the active memory component. It's best to just get it completely out of memory and action before attempting installs.
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
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Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)