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What combination of computer hardware?

What combination of computer hardware?

What combination of computer hardware?

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i5-5200U with Nvidia 840M VS. i7-5500U with Intel HD Graphics 5500?

For Siemens NX, should I prioritize graphical or processing capabilities?

RE: What combination of computer hardware?

Depends on what you would like to do with NX...

If you want do perform heavy FEM calculations I would go for more processor capacity, otherwise graphical...

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX8.5.3 / TC9.1.2
HPZ420 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz, 32 Gb Win7 64B
Nvidea Quadro4000 2048MB DDR5

HP Zbook15
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ
CPU @ 2.70 GHz Win7 64b
Nvidia K1100M 2048 MB DDR5

RE: What combination of computer hardware?

These are my laptop specs:

Dell M6800
Windows 7 Professional
Intel Core i7-4910MQ(Quad Core 2.90GHz, 3.90GHz Turbo, 8MB 47W, w/HD Graphics 4600)
32GB (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3L
NVIDIA Quadro K4100M w/4GB GDDR5
17.3 inch UltraSharp FHD(1920x1080) Wide View Anti-Glare LED-backlit with Premium Panel Guarantee
256GB Solid State Drive
1TB 2.5inch SATA (5,400 Rpm) Hard Drive

RE: What combination of computer hardware?

If I were in the market for a new CAD computer, I'd start with the list of officially supported hardware:
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/suppor...

You don't have to buy something on the list, but if you have problems when running supported hardware, Siemens support can and will help you resolve the issues.

www.nxjournaling.com

RE: What combination of computer hardware?

Do not use the Intel integrated graphics as it will slow you down and is not certified. Go with any Nvidia chip/board so it is doing the OpenGL processing.
Fastest processor you can justify.
256GB Solid State Drive for your primary drive, unless using this as a standalone laptop, then maybe 512GB
512GB-1TB hd for storage

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

RE: What combination of computer hardware?

If you will be using the manufacturing module you will need a decent processor and graphics.
;)

NX9
Migrating to 10 when 10.2 is released.

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