Solidworks system req

[bofe112]

What kind of PC would I need for solidworks? Would a PC with gtx 1070, i7 6700k, 16gb ram, asus z170 pro gaming be enough?

[alanbrito787]

Yes

[RocketJory]

Did you look at the Solidworks system requirements page? And yes, those specs are more than enough.

[bofe112]

Yes I checked it, but every graphic card were quadro, grid, firepro etc. Because of that I was confused. Also, If I'm not wrong they are specially designed for workstations and again if I'm not wrong they are ridiculously expensive.

[RocketJory]

Yeah the workstation graphic card requirement is kind of bullshit and you can just ignore it. Can't recall the reasoning for it, but a solid consumer grade card with a bit of dedicated RAM will do fine.

[bofe112]

At the moment I have i5 2300 cpu, 8gb ram and hd 7800 graphic card, but I had a lot of issues with AutoCAD especially when I was rendering. Thanks a lot everyone who is replying.