Which Laptop GPU For Solidworks

[PlayerXp3]

I am looking at getting a laptop for my Mechanical Engineering course and currently having difficulty choosing between a Quadro equipped (M2200) or a GTX equipped laptop (1060). I can get either for about £1200 but the Quadro equipped laptop will be refurbished and only has a i7 7820HQ whereas the 1060 laptop has a i7 8750H. Is the reduction in cores and video memory justified to get a workstation grade GPU?

[Firewrath9]

Get a pascal quadro like a p5200 or p2000 or p600 etc.

[ARikozuM]

Are you using Autodesk? Just get the GTX. You'll want a quad-core [at a minimum. The certified drivers don't really make anything better unless you need double-precision and the Quadro provides it.]

[PlayerXp3]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Are you using Autodesk? Just get the GTX. You'll want a quad-core. 

No, Solidworks is the main/only accepted CAD software at my Uni.

[PlayerXp3]

27 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

Get a pascal quadro like a p5200 or p2000 or p600 etc.

Looking at the prices of such laptops, there is a minimum £300 price difference and from what I can tell a M2200 outperforms a p600.

[Firewrath9]

2 minutes ago, PlayerXp3 said:

Looking at the prices of such laptops, there is a minimum £300 price difference and from what I can tell a M2200 outperforms a p600.

the quadro p600 has more transistors... and higher clocks...

[Bart4489]

Next year I am going to do mechanical engineering as well. I have looked at many laptops, even refurbished. I still do not know if i will choose a geforce or quadro. I do know that solidworks needs OpenGL certified graphic cards to run properly. So my guess is go with a quadro.

[Firewrath9]

look at this

https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-zbook-15-g5-mobile-workstation-p-4rb01ut-aba-1

 

but check eu prices.

 

if you can, get a p4000 and a i7-8850h, or a i9-8950HK

[PlayerXp3]

5 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

look at this

https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-zbook-15-g5-mobile-workstation-p-4rb01ut-aba-1

 

but check eu prices.

 

if you can, get a p4000 and a i7-8850h, or a i9-8950HK

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-msi-we63-8sj-629-fhd-i7-8750h-16gb-ddr4-256gb-m2-pcie-nvme-ssdplus1tb-hdd-4gb-quadro-p2000-win10

From what I can tell this one of more "reasonably" priced Pascal Quadro equipped Lpatops.

 

https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/-20hh0018uk/version.asp This one here is the refurb I spoke about in the initial post.

 

Does the gain in perfomance justify the nearly £700 price difference?

[Firewrath9]

22 minutes ago, PlayerXp3 said:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/156-msi-we63-8sj-629-fhd-i7-8750h-16gb-ddr4-256gb-m2-pcie-nvme-ssdplus1tb-hdd-4gb-quadro-p2000-win10

From what I can tell this one of more "reasonably" priced Pascal Quadro equipped Lpatops.

 

https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/-20hh0018uk/version.asp This one here is the refurb I spoke about in the initial post.

 

Does the gain in perfomance justify the nearly £700 price difference?

well it has a better gpu and a 6 core processor, its your choice.

the first ones pretty good.

[genexis_x]

Go for mobile workstations like Thinkpad P52, Precision 7530 and Zbook 15 G5. But not MSI ones