Thread: 3D Modeling/CAD Computer Components
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Unread 08-07-2014, 20:19
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Re: 3D Modeling/CAD Computer Components
The FirePro V3900 is a little less $ and should give almost identical performance to the V4900 so long as you aren't running more than two monitors. Our two primary CAD workstations are i5-2400s with 16GB RAM and V3900s. We're very happy with the setup. One thing I should mention is that Inventor uses DirectX while Solidworks uses OpenGL. So Inventor most likely will work nicely with a gaming type card whereas Solidworks will not.

As for RAM, we maxed out 8GB with our full robot model. Our mid grade systems have Core2Quad processors, 8GB RAM and V3800s and work just fine for everything except the full robot model.
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