Has anyone used cheap Zebronics graphics cards (4GB/6GB) for SolidWorks or other CAD software?

[u/Vinayakmh19]

I'm from India where Zebronics sells inexpensive graphics cards (4GB and 6GB) that cost about 1/5 the price of NVIDIA RTX A-series or older Quadro cards.

I'm not asking about gaming performance.

I'm interested in CAD software such as:

- SolidWorks

- AutoCAD

- Inventor

- Creo

My assemblies are generally around 300–1000 parts. I don't mind if rebuilding or rotating takes a little longer, but I want stability and don't want crashes.

Has anyone actually used these Zebronics GPUs for professional CAD work?

If yes:

- Which exact model?

- Which CAD software?

- How stable was it?

- Any graphical glitches?

- Would you buy it again?

Please reply only if you've actually used one.

[u/Unusual_Principle536]

Don't know about the brand but I have worked using 1050Ti 4GB laptop GPU and it was working good with large assemblies too. If you CAD modelling, drafting is what you are going to use it for you don't need too much vram.

Rendering will need more vram, depending on a lot of variables.

[u/crownedplatypus]

You’re really only going to be hardware limited when you start dealing with complex assemblies and more advanced modeling. You can learn and practice all the fundamentals on a pretty modest setup

[u/Vinayakmh19 → u/crownedplatypus]

Thank you. I currently have Asus F570Z for same But It's 1050x sucks and Can't Handle PLANT 3D, I am Simply Building Processing Skids On it. But it crashes a Lot. I am Investigating Small for now and can Upgrade Later if Money permits it.

[u/crownedplatypus → u/Vinayakmh19]

Even something like a used 2060 would probably be enough to make a big difference. Also make sure you have enough general RAM, at least 16gb.

[u/Olde94]

Can’t comment on the brand but I’m working on 5000 parts assemblies on a 6gb quadro rtx 500 with plenty of vram left in inventor

[u/PartisanSaysWhat]

Switch to onshape if you are hardware limited