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BenGuy 25-05-2015 13:10
Re: Windows 10
 
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Originally Posted by asid61 (Post 1483803)
Personally I've found that Windows 8.1 takes up massive amounts of memory (I have 8gb) such that SolidWorks will throw a "low memory" error after a few hours of running, even if nothing else is open. It might just be my computer, but I'm probably going to try Windows 10 later to see if it helps.
Before you throw the white flag, I'd make sure it's a problem that needs such big change. When it gives that kind of error, use the Windows 'Resource Monitor' to find out what is using the most memory - just go to the 'Memory' tab and click on total read / write to see what's using the most memory. There could be a background program eating it that you don't notice. If that's the case, use 'Task Manager' to end the process to free up that memory.

MikLast 25-05-2015 13:13
Re: Windows 10
 
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Originally Posted by DareDad (Post 1480225)
An OEM system builder license with full media is pretty cheap, almost certainly much cheaper than any hardware you're putting it on. http://smile.amazon.com/Windows-8-1-...dp/B00F3ZN2W0/
Word of warning, buying an OEM version of windows 8/8.1 will give you a non-genuine copy of windows, as you are not using it for resale. Anything windows 7 or earlier is okay.
http://www.howtogeek.com/197232/micr...der-licensing/

FlamingSpork 25-05-2015 15:33
Re: Windows 10
 
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Originally Posted by asid61 (Post 1483803)
Personally I've found that Windows 8.1 takes up massive amounts of memory (I have 8gb) such that SolidWorks will throw a "low memory" error after a few hours of running, even if nothing else is open. It might just be my computer, but I'm probably going to try Windows 10 later to see if it helps.
I really can't say whether 10 is better than 8.1 with memory because coding/compiling and driving doesn't use all that much RAM.

If Windows 10 doesn't have good memory handling, I would recommend Linux, which works quite well on low-RAM systems. (My main Linux computer has only 2GB of RAM.)

Jared 25-05-2015 19:18
Re: Windows 10
 
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Originally Posted by asid61 (Post 1483803)
Personally I've found that Windows 8.1 takes up massive amounts of memory (I have 8gb) such that SolidWorks will throw a "low memory" error after a few hours of running, even if nothing else is open. It might just be my computer, but I'm probably going to try Windows 10 later to see if it helps.
Did you check to see how much RAM is actually being used? SolidWorks may give you a low memory error because it's running out of GDI objects, which isn't actually a problem. I get the error all the time on my laptop with windows 8.1 and 6 gb of RAM, but I've never had solidworks close or crash, even after the critical system resource error shows up multiple times. It seems that an update to solidworks caused these warning to show up a bunch on many computers for some reason.

mman1506 25-05-2015 20:23
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Originally Posted by Jared (Post 1484089)
Did you check to see how much RAM is actually being used? SolidWorks may give you a low memory error because it's running out of GDI objects, which isn't actually a problem. I get the error all the time on my laptop with windows 8.1 and 6 gb of RAM, but I've never had solidworks close or crash, even after the critical system resource error shows up multiple times. It seems that an update to solidworks caused these warning to show up a bunch on many computers for some reason.

I have 24gb of ram and I get those errors at 40% allocation.


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