What is a good system for running SolidWorks

[RedThree]

I work for a small company that is growing quickly. An increasing number of customers are asking for 3D models so my employer is planning on purchasing a new computer for me to use with SolidWorks. We are currently running SolidWorks 2004 in conjunction with AutoCAD 2005.

Any suggestions and/or what to avoid would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[ctopher]

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Also see "Hardware Requirements" at

http://www.SolidWorks.com

Chris
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[Heckler]

This topic has been chewed over like a piece of over cooked Thanks Giving turkey. Please search this forum and when in doubt check with a SWx VAR that's what they do for a living.

http://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/VideoCardTesting.html?lsrc=quick_links

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 4.0 & Pro/E 2001
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This post contains no political overtones or undertones for that matter and in no way represents the poster's political agenda.

 

[macduff]

I'll toast to that one Heckler!

Cheers!

Macduff
Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Depends on your budget. Likely won't be much if they've been too cheap to upgrade you from SW04. Also depends on your products. Large assemblies, complex shapes and patterns or simple small stuff?

Just make sure the video card is certified per the link given by Heckler

In the following links StefanHamminga has listed systems for ~$5K and ~$11K
thread559-200440
thread559-194439

Out of curiosity, what are your current system specs?