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aguycalledsteve
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This. Big differences between a CPU and and a GPU
A CPU is like having someone with a PhD in maths per core. A GPU is like having an army of millions of nursery children. Want to do complex math on a lot of data? Hand it to the 8 PhDs. Want to fill in a bunch of tiny spots with a different color? Pitch it to the children.
I game abit and also photo edit with my PC. A GPU is fairly high up the list for me when building my pc. I will always buy the best GPU I can afford.
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just to note here you can buy a good graphics card but if your mainboard does not fully support full spec then you will run at 1/2 for a graphics card x8 instead of x16
if you run 2 of them most boards dont support x16 but half it over both cards
check your mainboard specs as well as your graphics card specs
always check through your pcs specs
mainboard / graphics card / memory / hard drive are the main ones any one of the latter ones will hold your machine up
if you run 2 of them most boards dont support x16 but half it over both cards
check your mainboard specs as well as your graphics card specs
always check through your pcs specs
mainboard / graphics card / memory / hard drive are the main ones any one of the latter ones will hold your machine up
Definately.... IMHO.
I recently tested as I could not even load fusion inside 2 mins.We will find out next week
I stopped some of the more ram using programs and it all loaded up instantly.
I am still sorting out the mobo ram and CPU I purchased from a member. TIME and illness is my enemy.
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Is the 4gb a single strip?
Still regret passing that up. Got a bargain there
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If you're running Windows 10 I'd go for 8Gb minimum RAM, going from 4Gb to 8Gb transformed my i7 gen 5 laptop which runs fusion 360 with no problems but would benefit from an SSD.
I don't think task manager will tell you much, RAM normally reports 80% odd full however much you have!
I don't think task manager will tell you much, RAM normally reports 80% odd full however much you have!
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I don't really have an issue with Fusion, it loads quick and works fine at the workshop, just when I rotate it loses its visible edges until after I stop rotating. It is just an annoyance and I personally think it is graphics related but we will see soon enough.
I think it is dual 2Gigs.
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You need to check the graphics requirements of your cad package, then chose a card that meets those requirements
Generally more memory, faster gpu and more system memory, but I know at least one package that renders in the cpu making graphics card almost redundant
Generally more memory, faster gpu and more system memory, but I know at least one package that renders in the cpu making graphics card almost redundant
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Win7 still on both PC's.
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Got the Graphics card today from @eLuSiVeMiTe 
Vid showing the rendering, first with the 640 4Gig and second part with the 1030 2Gig
Vid showing the rendering, first with the 640 4Gig and second part with the 1030 2Gig
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Aye, it was the graphics card in this case that made a difference. Went from the older 4 Gig down to 2 Gig but a newer and you can see the huge difference it made.
Have some memory to try but will have to wait until later as I have the CNC lathe running and I am jumping back and forth to that.
Have some memory to try but will have to wait until later as I have the CNC lathe running and I am jumping back and forth to that.
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My laptop has a 1050Ti which almost never fires up because the internal graphics are apparently enough to run Solidworks, even on a 4k monitor. 
I even made sure to get one with a TB3 port in case I needed an external GPU, it seems graphics aren't nearly as important as I thought. 
I don't game but when I first got it I did download Apex Legends just to see how it runs, that got the fans going.
I even made sure to get one with a TB3 port in case I needed an external GPU, it seems graphics aren't nearly as important as I thought. I don't game but when I first got it I did download Apex Legends just to see how it runs, that got the fans going.
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Laptop graphics have come on in leaps and bounds since I got involved initially.My laptop has a 1050Ti which almost never fires up because the internal graphics are apparently enough to run Solidworks, even on a 4k monitor.
I don't game but when I first got it I did download Apex Legends just to see how it runs, that got the fans going.
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With modern software get as much RAM as you can afford. It strikes me as the ability write decent software has gone the way of the dodo, everyone is fixated on fancy effects these days rather than usability.
[rant]
A classic case in point is I'm being forced to port some software from assembly to C for a PIC and for certain things it's forced me to fire up Microchip's awful development environment. When I launch that I can go and make a cup of tea in the kitchen next door by the time the thing responded. This isn't just loading it, but for example, loading a plugin to configure the PIC, or just clicking the "Generate" button. What is ridiculous is that this is on the new PC I built for work stuff with 16 physical cores, 128GB RAM (low latency too), an nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB of dedicated RAM), and all running off a 1TB Samsung EVO 970 PRO SSD, so it's not a particular slouch.
One of the other things I absolutely hate is everything appears to have a reliance on being connected to the internet, e.g. expanding a drop down list in the environment takes a few seconds - why? - because it's trying to go to the ****in internet to check for updates to the list. This kind of stuff was ridiculous, I remember a piece of software I needed to install at a previous job where even though you downloaded the "offline" installer it still required you to connect to the internet to check for an update to the installer
and refused to continue unless it could. I eventually managed to get a phone number for the company and said why doesn't the offline installer work, well, offline. Oh it should sir, well no it doesn't. Oh... can you plug in the computer to the internet to see if that fixes things. No. Why not? You've heard of the Official Secrets Act right? Yes. Well think several levels above that, this computer is under no circumstances going anywhere near the sodding internet. Oh, I notice you have support in place, can we send someone around? Um no. Why not? Did you hear what I just said? Here's a revolutionary idea: can you make your offline installer, well, install offline? 
[rant over]
[rant]
A classic case in point is I'm being forced to port some software from assembly to C for a PIC and for certain things it's forced me to fire up Microchip's awful development environment. When I launch that I can go and make a cup of tea in the kitchen next door by the time the thing responded. This isn't just loading it, but for example, loading a plugin to configure the PIC, or just clicking the "Generate" button. What is ridiculous is that this is on the new PC I built for work stuff with 16 physical cores, 128GB RAM (low latency too), an nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB of dedicated RAM), and all running off a 1TB Samsung EVO 970 PRO SSD, so it's not a particular slouch.
One of the other things I absolutely hate is everything appears to have a reliance on being connected to the internet, e.g. expanding a drop down list in the environment takes a few seconds - why? - because it's trying to go to the ****in internet to check for updates to the list. This kind of stuff was ridiculous, I remember a piece of software I needed to install at a previous job where even though you downloaded the "offline" installer it still required you to connect to the internet to check for an update to the installer
and refused to continue unless it could. I eventually managed to get a phone number for the company and said why doesn't the offline installer work, well, offline. Oh it should sir, well no it doesn't. Oh... can you plug in the computer to the internet to see if that fixes things. No. Why not? You've heard of the Official Secrets Act right? Yes. Well think several levels above that, this computer is under no circumstances going anywhere near the sodding internet. Oh, I notice you have support in place, can we send someone around? Um no. Why not? Did you hear what I just said? Here's a revolutionary idea: can you make your offline installer, well, install offline? [rant over]
That's why use mere mortals get confused... I purchased based on the fact bigger ram should be better. I will have a look when I get time. I am snowed under with tasks that are all intertwined... Most with make my life easier or are needed to be done in order but weather and wife are slowing me down... Lol
What I underestimated (but I knew it would be a pain) was the time it's taking to migrate from windows 7 to 10.
All the little things you take for granted etc keep cropping to to install or setup.
One bonus was using Firefox and Gmail they both mean you can work without moving anything and all passwords are still there.
