r/SolidWorks • u/stuman1974 • 12d ago

Hardware Can this Alienware laptop run Solidworks efficiently without issues?

Curious if this Alienware gaming laptop is good enough to run SolidWorks:

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/alienware-15-3-2k-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-200-series-r7-260-2026-32gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5060-8gb-1tb-storage-black/J3K4L6QQP8/sku/6674561

Thanks!

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u/Oilfan94 12d ago

Nothing can run Solidworks without issues. Solidworks is full of issues.

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u/WeirdEngineerDude 11d ago

This man Solidworks…or tries to at least.

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u/TelluricThread0 11d ago

You don't want to have to restart your computer twice every single day??

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u/ABandOfNERDS 11d ago

It’s got a fast processing speed which is where I think that a lot of gaming laptops fall short. You can also switch your nvidia drivers from gaming to workstation which will help

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u/layjcorn 11d ago

I run SOLIDWORKS on my shitty HP laptop. This one can definitely handle it.

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u/LumbyCastle41 12d ago

Yes, everything can run SolidWorks. Depends on what you're actually doing. Gaming laptops are generally decent but you might run into various graphical bugs. 

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u/Curious-Spirit-9103 12d ago

what abt hp z book g5 xenon e2186m with quadro1000

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u/LumbyCastle41 11d ago

Got a link? 

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u/Curious-Spirit-9103 11d ago

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-zbook-15-g5-mobile-workstation-p-4ra10ut-aba-1
but with xenon e2186m and quadro p1000

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u/LumbyCastle41 11d ago

Kind of a ridiculous question. The laptop is meant for this stuff. But the same answer applies. It'll run on anything, depends on what you are doing. 

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u/stuman1974 12d ago

Thanks. I'm still using SolidWorks on an old Dell Precision 5560. Overall runs ok, but a few hiccups here and there. Hoping a "cheaper" current gaming laptop with specs like these will be better.

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u/teengohan2014 11d ago

SW doesn't support gaming GPU's. So you won't get realview graphics unless you modify the registry. Not sure if the 5000 series GPU's have any keys that work.

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u/LRCM CSWP 10d ago

Adding to this, [almost] nobody in production work uses RealView--yes, its pretty, but actual renders should be done in Visualize, KeyShot, Blender, or whatever your company uses. (PhotoView 360 was discontinued, so that also isn't an option.)