SOLIDWORKS has created a benchmark to gauge system performance. This list below is a good place to start. SOLIDWORKS Manage: 10 GB or more SOLIDWORKS System Requirements for Laptops Very few laptops have the certified graphics cards for SolidWorks. PDM Archive Server or Database Server: 50 GB or more PDM Web Client or Web Server: 5 GB or more New PCIe M.2 drives are strongly recommended for use for the primary drive.Sata Controlled SSD (solid state drive) recommended at minimum.

All SOLIDWORKS Simulation products take advantage multi core and multi CPU architectures.SOLIDWORKS will take advantage of multi core and multi CPU architectures up to 4 cores.The Intel i7 Generation 8 Coffee Lake series are the fastest CPU’s today.Current generation Intel or AMD with SSE2 support processor – as fast as you can afford.For SOLIDWORKS 2019, the new performance pipeline requires Nvidia Quadro series cards Kepler, Maxwell, Pascal and Volta that support OpenGL 4.5.While a certified video card is important SOLIDWORKS is a CPU bound application, you’ll see more performance gains from a faster CPU.Quadro NVS are not recommended they are 2D only cards.Intergrated Intel HD graphics and gaming cards (Nvidia GeForce for example) are not certified and not recommended.

Nvidia Quadro or AMD FirePro or AMD Radeon Pro.

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32 GB or more – recommended for large assembly work and Simulation.

You can also download our latest PDF on SOLIDWORKS system requirements on the right. Here are a few tips from the CATI tech staff on selecting your next SOLIDWORKS system. We get a lot of support inquiries dealing with what kind of PC is the best to run SOLIDWORKS.

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