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Matteo_198716-Pearl
16-Pearl
April 14, 2025
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Hardware Creo Parametric

  • April 14, 2025
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Hello everyone, I would like some advice on choosing the best PC to use with CREO?

Specifically, I would like to know, in summary:

1. Is a good CPU or a powerful VIDEO CARD more influential?
2. When choosing a CPU, however, what is more important:
a. The CPU Architecture (e.g. XEON, i* series, etc.) or
b. The CPU Frequency
3. When choosing a VIDEO CARD what is more important:
a. The VIDEO CARD series
or The VIDEO CARD GPU Frequency
or The VIDEO CARD GPU Memory

Ty
Matteo

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23-Emerald III
StephenW23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
April 14, 2025

To get a good overall feel for workstations for Creo, go look at Olaf Corten's benchmark and see what is currently closer to the top. But remember, some of the builders overclock the processor which is less likely to be an option if you buy directly from Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc than if you were to buy from a custom PC builder.  

https://creosite.com/

https://creosite.com/index.php/ocus-benchmark/ocus-benchmark-v7-result-table/

 

My thoughts:

Look thru certified systems on PTCs hardware requirements https://www.ptc.com/en/support/enablement/hardware

Fastest processor speed available. Creo is still mostly single threaded, so multiple core processors don't help much

Best video card you can afford based on the certified hardware requirements

Enough ram to handle your largest assemblies plus some for growth...there is always growth. more details, more components

 

 

    tbraxton
    22-Sapphire II
    tbraxton22-Sapphire II
    22-Sapphire II
    April 14, 2025

    I would suggest buying ISV certified HW to minimize potential support issues. You can see the latest list of certified HW in the link below. This will eliminate PTC questioning the HW configuration in the event of issues.

     

    Hardware Notes - Creo 11.0

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