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January 3rd, 2025 05:31

Dell Precission T1700 Graphic Card Upgradation

Can we upgrade the Dell T1700's graphics card to support SolidWorks 2025? If so, please recommend a model.

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January 3rd, 2025 10:28

Hello,

I would say yes, as for which card is in part based on which kind of T1700 you have. The normal one handles up to 150w as gpu, while the small form factor has a 50w limit.

This is a list of all cards working with Solidworks 2025

files.solidworks.com/videocarddriver/patches/Release_Notes_Graphics_Support_Patch.txt

Personally I would look for a quadro P620 or T600 ( both are under 50W, with the T600 being newer than the P620 ) due to the age of the computer, but if you want to go contemporary and spend a bit more, there are the rtx A400 and the rtx A1000 that work with 50W

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January 4th, 2025 04:23

Hello,

Thanks for the post,We have Precision T1700,Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 4core , BIOS Date: 05/17/16 06:25:35 Ver: A19.00

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January 4th, 2025 14:04

@JP-Ibex​ that info sadly doesn't help to understand if you have the normal one or the smaller chassis version.

this

Dell Precision T1700 462-3241 Mini Tower Workstation Computeris the normal one. instead the SFF  is this way

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January 7th, 2025 08:06

@mazzinia_​ As you noted, We have the same standard chassis shown in the picture (Normal Chassis), not a smaller one.

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January 7th, 2025 08:23

@mazzinia_​  Which graphic card models are compatible with the T1700 (Normal Chassis) currently using a Quadro K600 (3GB)? We would like to upgrade the graphics card. Please advise.

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January 7th, 2025 09:20

Well, as I mentioned, the normal T1700 handles up to a max of 150W as gpu. And I don't think either of the 2 power supply originally sold with it have a cable to power a gpu (you can open and verify your situation) so... I would say a Nvidia RTX A2000 if you want to be cost efficient, or a Nvidia RTX Ada 2000 if you want to spend more.

Any other solution ( with a RTX A4000 or RTX Ada 4000 ) requires to provide also a 6pin power cable for the gpu or a 16pin power cable, so sourcing and replacing the psu

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