Andy
Yeah, this PC was built primarily for gaming. If I was doing real work with it, I would probably try to snag a used quadro. Ebay has some K6000s in the $500 range.
Personally, I wouldn’t go older than an M series card now, and for that money I would [and did] go for the P4000.
The K6000 is a bit of a brute, but takes up a lot of internal real estate and has a 225W TDP. The P4000 has a much newer architecture, is single slot, and is rated at just 105W. I ran one (or should I say squeezed one into) in a little Precision T1700 MT at home for 12 months, with absolutely no problems at all. For most people, it’s going to be more than enough for the next 4-5 years at least.
Kepler’s getting a little long in the tooth now, although still very capable of course, but I also take into consideration potentially how many hours a K card has on it now, given that it could be 7 1/2 years old now.
Hi, I hate the new Solidworks forum, glad to see you have this option going for us Matt, thanks!
We aim to please. most of the time. Except when we aim to maim. Never to kill, though, we’re so humane. 
Anyway, thanks for coming! You can reference other users with the “@” sign like this raneum
If you don’t see something you think should be here, just ask. 
I will be ‘off grid’ for 3 weeks in July; please don’t delete my account. TIA
Don’t worry. I’m only worried about accounts that have never posted anything clearly relevant. You’re definitely OK.
I wonder if it would be possible to automate a message to an account after it seems to be inactive or not engaging for a certain period of time where a reply to the message can confirm the account belongs to an actual human. Wouldn’t work for accounts who are not logging in but it might for people who come here just to read.
Yes, it is. I’m trying to do two things: encourage people to participate and minimize how much research I have to do to keep out people with bad intent. I’ve made some recent changes to the registration process that are helping. Don’t want to discourage anyone from participating.
Hello everyone…
Long time listener…
First time caller…
Actually I may have posted once or twice, by now.
I’m too busy working to post much, but do come here to search for answers occasionally.
Much easier to find stuff than the official SW3DHorribleEperience site.
Hello all.
CADNUrd, reporting for duty 
Was a former member of the old SolidWorks Forum for its last 6 months of existence.
Well, that requires a definition of “relevant” now doesn’t it.
It is Monday. . .
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Hi all!
Solidworks user and accidental company CAD/PDM admin here. I’m a long-time lurker of the old SW forums, and am very excited to see this new site since the old one died. Also I am definitely a real person and not a bot; please don’t kick me?
This is offensive to AI.
Don’t worry, I only kick out people who spell Solidworks with all caps. 
That’s exactly what a bot would say…@matt, ya may want to kick Emra out…
It’s a good thing I didn’t make you a moderator.
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You just now figured that out?
Roger that,
I’m an Electrical Systems Manuf. Engineer for a microwave antenna/satellite antenna positioning systems manufacturer in NC. I use both Draftsight and Solidworks daily. Still trying to get the best performance out of SW, even after almost 1 year with it. They hooked me up with a powerful PC, but I still get hang ups pretty frequently. Where do I start looking?