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Is graphics card necessary for Autocad/PRO-E applications

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/is-graphics-card-necessary-for-autocad-pro-e-applications.13075/

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nikhmail Original post #1
Jul 23, 2005 at 9:43 PM
My friend is buying a acer ASPIRE 5000 series laptop. it is based on AMD Turion 64 processor . it has 256MB DDR333 RAM and 128MB shared integrated 3D AGP.
He uses a lot CAD(Computer Aided Designing) softwares. he wanted to know whether a graphics card is necessary for optimal performance?
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Aseem Nasnodkar #2
Jul 24, 2005 at 11:31 PM
no u dont require graphics card for the above softs
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icecoolz #3
Jul 25, 2005 at 12:01 AM
no a dedicated GPU isnt requied. the onboard would do. However he will struggle with the RAM. Atleast 512 MB is required.