Getting the most out of a software implementation can be a huge challenge for anyone who deals with technology on a regular basis. In the case of a graphically and processing power intense program such as SolidWorks these challenges only grow.
Fortunately, Allen Bourgoyne, Sr. Manager, Professional Graphics ISV Team for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was on hand for a presentation to help users develop a better understanding of how they can choose the best processor and graphics card to get the most from their SolidWorks licenses.
Bourgoyne’s presentation was divided into two categories focusing on how to optimize processors and graphic cards.
In the processor section he explained that benchmarking CPUs can lead to an important discovery, that systems with more processors can sometimes see poorer results if the memory cache is too small. He also explained that while SolidWorks is a multi-threaded application, multiple-cores may not give users the benefits that they are expecting. He also encouraged viewers to take notice of the processes that are running on a workstation, the less competition SolidWorks has for computing resources the better the results will be.
Moving on to graphics cards Bourgoyne explained that when choosing a graphics card companies should be aware of the overall size of their SolidWorks workload. To help develop an understanding of an operation’s workload he recommended two tools that are available online, courtesy of AMD, Graphics Memory Viewer Tool and SolidWorks Triangle Count Macros. The first is available at http://ati.amd.com/products/workstation.html and the two macros and instructions for using them can be downloaded from SolidWorksCommunity.com here.
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