{"id":1749,"date":"2014-03-19T08:39:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T08:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2015-11-04T11:21:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T11:21:53","slug":"will-your-graphics-card-work-with-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/will-your-graphics-card-work-with-solidworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Will your graphics card work with SOLIDWORKS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019re a beginner using SOLIDWORKS software for the first time or a long-time\u00a0SOLIDWORKS user, it\u2019s important to make sure that you have a certified graphics card in order to ensure the best possible performance and stability of your system. Selecting the right graphics card will make your designs look great, and also help avoid many issues, including system crashes and other graphics problems.<!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--><\/p>\n<p>Rather than spending hours researching online, we\u2019ve made it easy to see if your video card will work with SOLIDWORKS.<b>\u00a0<\/b>The SOLIDWORKS\u00a0website includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/sw\/support\/videocardtesting.html\" target=\"_blank\">a page dedicated to graphics cards<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 just use the drop-down menus to pick your computer model, video card included, and your version of SOLIDWORKS. You\u2019ll know instantly if it\u2019s a match.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/SOLIDWORKS-Graphics-Cards.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"_x0000_i1025\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/SOLIDWORKS-Graphics-Cards-615x492.png\" alt=\"SOLIDWORKS Graphics Cards\" width=\"615\" height=\"492\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re shopping for a new computer, or just upgrading your graphics card, it\u2019s important to remember that you\u2019ll need a workstation-grade card that supports OpenGL. Cards made for gaming generally will not support all of the functionality in SOLIDWORKS, and you may experience performance issues using these cards. Suggested cards include the NVIDIA Quadro line, and AMD\u2019s FirePro and FireGL lines.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding graphics cards, please contact us via 0121 544 1400 or <a href=\"mailto:support@solidapps.co.uk\">support@solidapps.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Robert Benenato in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2014\/03\/will-your-graphics-card-work-with-solidworks.html\" target=\"_blank\">SOLIDWORKS Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mkt.solidworks.com\/emarketing_enu\/start.swe?SWECmd=InvokeMethod&amp;SWEMethod=StartSS&amp;SWEView=URLRouter&amp;SWEApplet=SSRoute&amp;SWENargs=SSId=1-2F8JZLZ,SSName=REP+ENG-INTL+Fundamentals+of+SW+Electrical,SSLC=,SSCC=,CID=1-2H0SMBR,OID=1-2F6ZU9C,COID=1-2H0SMBS,PRO=1-NKZ7N\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1752\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/REP_SW_Electrical_Fundamentals_600x90_SAL.jpg\" alt=\"REP_SW_Electrical_Fundamentals_600x90_SAL\" width=\"600\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/REP_SW_Electrical_Fundamentals_600x90_SAL.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/REP_SW_Electrical_Fundamentals_600x90_SAL-300x45.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019re a beginner using SOLIDWORKS software for the first time or a long-time\u00a0SOLIDWORKS user, it\u2019s important to make sure that you have a certified graphics card in order to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[19,25,26],"class_list":["post-1749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks","tag-cad","tag-solidworks-2","tag-support"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3789,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/3789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}