Solidworks Performance Question
Solidworks Performance Question
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I have a PC with Windows XP 64 on it and solidworks x64 2008. My pc has 4gb ram in it and when I run a benchmark, it takes about 180 seconds total(I/O about 55 sec.). If I keep everything the same, but use 8gb ram the benchmark runs the exact time. My I/O, CPU, GPU are all virtually identical to 4gb test. Why isn't it making a difference?






RE: Solidworks Performance Question
RE: Solidworks Performance Question
It probably won't help, but try setting the Virtual Memory to the recommended minimum, or even zero.
RE: Solidworks Performance Question
SolidWorks is CPU bound, if you want more speed you want to get a faster CPU.
CPU = speed
x64 = more memory allocation
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2008 SP4.0, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com
RE: Solidworks Performance Question
Joel C. Warnke
Mechanical Designer &
Infrastructure Technician
Integrity Design & Mfg. Inc.
www.integritydesignmfg.com
Solidworks x64 2008 SP5.0
Windows XP Professional x64
Nvidia Quadro FX 3700 512mb GPU
AMD Athlon X2 FX 6400+ CPU
4GB Corsair pc2-6400 DDR2 800mhz RAM
WD Velociraptor 10,000rpm SATA HD
Motherboard M2N-SLI
GPU OC (2
RE: Solidworks Performance Question
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
www.axiscadsolutions.com
www.robrodriguez.com
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Eastern Region SWUGN Representative www.swugn.org www.nvtswug.com
SW 2007 SP 2.0
RE: Solidworks Performance Question
You do not have a problem with memory. It is in the choice of CPU.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2008 SP4.0, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
http://www.phxswug.com