Hi-end Autocad Workstation+Windows Pro for Workstation

[Ivan-apexwater]

Hi all

I'm currently in the process to build a Hi-end Autocad Workstation and one question came out when I had to choose the windows 10 version. There many versions available on window 10 but just 2 of them seems suitable for my job: Pro and "For Workstation".
So, my question is: are there any improvements on Autocad 2020-21 using windows 10 for the workstation compared to windows 10 Pro?
The workstation that I´m preparing will be using a Ryzen 5900x, 32g Ram, Quadro P4000, SSD M.2.

Thanks

[pendean]

Microsoft's forums HERE is the better place to ask.

[gccdesign]

When I got a Dell Precision workstation, they said I needed Windows Pro for Workstations because I got it with a Xeon processor and ECC memory.

If you aren't doing that, I don't think you need the Workstation version.

Now that is Intel. I don't know about AMD.

By the way, I have a Quadro P4000 and it works well for me. Autocad & Revit.

You might want to consider the newer Quadro RTX 4000. Similar price.

GChapp

[Ivan-apexwater]

Thanks for your reply. My point, no matter what hardware you have, does Autocad (2020-2021) gets any boost or improvement being running into this Windows 10 for Workstation version? Does anyone has tested it?

[pendean]

Workstations are built with better components that can take a workout much better than a consumer PC: but your pocket book will determine if you really need a BMW or a Chevy if all you do is drive around all day 🙂

[gccdesign · Accepted solution]

I have a desktop with Windows 10 Pro and a laptop with a Xeon CPU and ECC memory. The laptop has Windows 10 Workstation.

My understanding is that the workstation version of Windows 10 is for working properly with a cpu with more cores and ECC memory.

The two computers are pretty similar in performance as far as I can tell.

The 2 computers don't have the same hardware, so it's not a comparison of the same hardware with the 2 OSes.

But also, consider that Autocad especially, and to a large degree Revit, they don't really challenge the full capabilities of a multicore CPU in most of their functions.

I think Autodesk is slowly taking more advantage of multicore. If you read the blurbs on Autocad 2021 there is some mention of that.

So the decision on whether to use the workstation version or not would I think require reading up on it, what it does, and determine if the hardware you plan on using would indicate using it. Just from my non-technical, non "benchmarking" experience, I would say it doesn't make much if any difference.

GChapp