Hardware Choices

Dec 19, 2008 5 Replies

Can anyone say what is the best supported hardware platforms to run newer versions of Solidworks. It will have to support XP Pro 64



quad core? dual core, Zeon, I7 Video cards ?? there are too many choices out there and I can't find/get any data from Solidworks or VAR on recommendations for best performance. they just say check min requiremnents on website( which would basically be a s*it setup to run 08 - 09 SW



Any help would be appreciated


Check out Anna's blog at

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she's built an i7 machine, and damn is it nice..

also, if your going with 64bit, I highly suggest going with vista, I've seen nothing but complaints about XP 64bit..

Matt Lombard has a few ideas about this:

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// Krister

it has been reported there is a problem with the i7

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It has been reported that SolidWorks has a bug. Better stop using it.

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