nVidia Quadro graphics cards with 4GB or more of RAM are also the only cards supported for use with SOLIDWORKS Visualize when using CPU and Graphics Card rendering. We only recommend the use of graphics cards from the nVidia Quadro range. Only workstation class graphics cards are supported for use with SOLIDWORKS. On-board Intel HD graphics cards and consumer gaming graphics cards, such as nVidia GeForce cards are not supported with SOLIDWORKS. GRAPHICS CARD: Probably one of the most important components of a SOLIDWORKS workstation. Windows 8 and 8.1 are not supported for any version of SOLIDWORKS from SOLIDWORKS 2018. Up to SOLIDWORKS 2020 SP5 will install on Windows 7 64-bit Professional and Enterprise, but it is the final version to install on Windows 7. We recommend the use of Windows 10 Professional 64-bit. OPERATING SYSTEM: SOLIDWORKS software will only install on 64-bit versions of Windows Professional or Enterprise. This is usually a slower performing hard drive to an SSD, but is ideal for storing large datasets. We also recommend having a secondary storage hard drive in any computer. These hard drives offer significant improvements in performance over traditional hard drives and are best used as your primary hard drive, where Windows® and SOLIDWORKS are installed. We recommend the use of SSD type drives, or Solid State Drives. HDD: Or Hard Disk Drive is used to store your saved data and installed programs. If your models are particularly large, your computer may need more RAM than you may have initially thought. However you need to ensure that your computer has enough RAM to cope with all the software that you may need to run at a given time, including any files or specifically SOLIDWORKS models you may need to open.
The minimum recommended RAM for SOLIDWORKS is 16GB, therefore we would not suggest the use of anything less than this. RAM: More commonly known as memory, RAM is used when software, documents or files are loaded on your computer.
This RAM is designed to correct any hardware errors when processing large amounts of data. The key benefit with an Intel Xeon processor, is it supports the use of ECC RAM, or Error Correcting Code RAM. We recommend the use of Intel i7 and Intel Xeon processors.
Also look for the "Turbo" GHz speed, as this is the maximum speed at which a processor can perform tasks, over the standard "base" speed. The speed of the processor is referred to in GHz, meaning the more GHz a processor has the better. PROCESSOR: This is the component that performs the majority of SOLIDWORKS calculations, sometimes referred to as a CPU.
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