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Which of the following are the MOST important factors to address when a technician is choosing the components for a CAD workstation? (Select THREE).
The correct answer is E. Powerful video card F. Maximum RAM G. Powerful processor. A CAD workstation requires maximum computational and rendering power, so the three most critical components are a powerful video card, maximum RAM, and a powerful processor.
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Which of the following are the MOST important factors to address when a technician is choosing the components for a CAD workstation? (Select THREE).
Options
- ALarge drive space allocation
- BPowerful sound card
- CMultiple network cards
- DMultiple large HD monitors
- EPowerful video card
- FMaximum RAM
- GPowerful processor
How the community answered
(35 responses)- A3% (1)
- B17% (6)
- C3% (1)
- D6% (2)
- E71% (25)
Why each option
A CAD workstation requires maximum computational and rendering power, so the three most critical components are a powerful video card, maximum RAM, and a powerful processor.
While storage space is useful, it is not among the top performance-critical requirements for CAD; it does not affect processing speed or rendering quality.
Sound capability is irrelevant to CAD workflows, which are visually and computationally focused with no audio processing requirements.
Multiple network cards provide no benefit to local CAD processing performance and are unnecessary for a CAD workstation.
Multiple monitors can improve productivity but are a display convenience rather than a core performance component like GPU, RAM, or CPU.
CAD software relies heavily on GPU acceleration for 3D rendering, viewport manipulation, and visual output - a powerful video card is essential for smooth performance.
CAD models and assemblies can consume enormous amounts of memory; maximum RAM prevents paging to disk and allows large projects to load fully into memory.
Complex simulations, geometry calculations, and file processing in CAD are CPU-intensive tasks that require a high-performance processor to avoid bottlenecks.
Concept tested: CAD workstation hardware requirements
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