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08-07-2014, 20:07

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Re: 3D Modeling/CAD Computer Components

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Originally Posted by artdutra04

Make sure you get a professional graphics card - either an AMD FirePro or nVidia Quadro. The hardware and drivers are tailored for CAD/modeling performance instead of gaming performance, and are thus the only officially supported graphics cards for most CAD software.

Though some companies only certify full systems, not individual components (for example, PTC only certifies workstations, not sure about Solidworks, and I haven't heard of Inventor outside of educational anyways...)

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