Does anyone else besides me think that these forums need anFAQ section? I apologize if this is a duplicate post but there area bunch of topics that could be addressed with a FAQ or a stickypost at the top of the appropriate forum. Maybe we could use thistopic to come up with a list. Are you with me people? Here is whatI have so far:
1. Video cards. I think most of us can agree that, at the moment,the best performing and most trouble free options are the NVIDIAQuadro FX570 and FX1700. Sure there are others that will work butthis is what would be recommended to anyone buying a video card forSolidworks at this time.
2. The 3GB switch. There are always questions about this. SometimesI think it should have its own sub category under performance. Sumit up in a FAQ and forget about it.
3. What do you think of my system? Come up with some minimumrecommended system specs:
CPU: At least Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz
RAM: 2GB Minimum
Video card: NVIDIA Quadro FX570 or FX1700
4. Benchmarking Solidworks. What program to use and a link toAnna's punch holder part and spreadsheet.
5. Backwards compatibility. Does not exist for native Solidworksparts! Really, it doesn't. I wish it did too. I am not kidding.This is not Microsoft Word. To open a newer part in an olderversion of SW you must save in some other format like iges or stepand import. Yes you will lose your all of your features.SolidworksAdministration
1. Video cards. I think most of us can agree that, at the moment,the best performing and most trouble free options are the NVIDIAQuadro FX570 and FX1700. Sure there are others that will work butthis is what would be recommended to anyone buying a video card forSolidworks at this time.
2. The 3GB switch. There are always questions about this. SometimesI think it should have its own sub category under performance. Sumit up in a FAQ and forget about it.
3. What do you think of my system? Come up with some minimumrecommended system specs:
CPU: At least Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz
RAM: 2GB Minimum
Video card: NVIDIA Quadro FX570 or FX1700
4. Benchmarking Solidworks. What program to use and a link toAnna's punch holder part and spreadsheet.
5. Backwards compatibility. Does not exist for native Solidworksparts! Really, it doesn't. I wish it did too. I am not kidding.This is not Microsoft Word. To open a newer part in an olderversion of SW you must save in some other format like iges or stepand import. Yes you will lose your all of your features.SolidworksAdministration
