question related to certified drivers

[stuartfell]

we're looking at purchasing workstation grade laptops with higher end GPUs for our AutoCAD users vs desktops.

We were looking at HP laptops with the NVIDIA RTX A3000 or A4500 GPUs.

General specs both exceed what's listed there for display adapters.

My new manager wants only to use "certified" GPUs and found the link:  https://knowledge.autodesk.com/certified-graphics-hardware

looking at that list:

AutoCAD 2022 under Windows 10 shows:

but for the A4500 it only shows workstation, not mobile:

does this mean the A4500 on a laptop is not certified/tested?

If I change it to AutoCAD 2022 and Windows 11 or AutoCAD 2023 and either Win10/Win11 it doesn't list the RTX A3000 laptop CPU.  it does list the "workstation" RTX a4500 above.

just trying to get clarification about:

1. Is the RTX A3000 still considered "certified" with AutoCAD 2023 or on Win 11 platform on a laptop?
2. Is the RTX A4500 listing "type" as "workstation" mean the RTX A4500 is not certified on a laptop?

thanks for any clarification I can get

[stuartfell]

we're looking at purchasing workstation grade laptops with higher end GPUs for our AutoCAD users vs desktops.

We were looking at HP laptops with the NVIDIA RTX A3000 or A4500 GPUs.

General specs both exceed what's listed there for display adapters.

My new manager wants only to use "certified" GPUs and found the link:  https://knowledge.autodesk.com/certified-graphics-hardware

looking at that list:

AutoCAD 2022 under Windows 10 shows:

but for the A4500 it only shows workstation, not mobile:

does this mean the A4500 on a laptop is not certified/tested?

If I change it to AutoCAD 2022 and Windows 11 or AutoCAD 2023 and either Win10/Win11 it doesn't list the RTX A3000 laptop CPU.  it does list the "workstation" RTX a4500 above.

just trying to get clarification about:

1. Is the RTX A3000 still considered "certified" with AutoCAD 2023 or on Win 11 platform on a laptop?
2. Is the RTX A4500 listing "type" as "workstation" mean the RTX A4500 is not certified on a laptop?

thanks for any clarification I can get

[pendean]

laptop drivers are not desktop drivers, and they are not interchangeable.

And testing at Autodesk is done within the narrow parameters noted (Win10 is not Win11 nor Win7 is the simplistic explanation).

If you don't see a listing or your desired configuration, Autodesk did not get to it yet.

Is that what you wanted to know?

[pendean]

laptop drivers are not desktop drivers, and they are not interchangeable.

And testing at Autodesk is done within the narrow parameters noted (Win10 is not Win11 nor Win7 is the simplistic explanation).

If you don't see a listing or your desired configuration, Autodesk did not get to it yet.

Is that what you wanted to know?

[Michiel.Valcke]

Hello,

Welcome to the AutoCAD forums,

forgive me if I'm wrong but I don't think you'll be able to fit the RTX A4500 into any laptop. The type 'mobile vs workstation' is determined by the card's manufacturer the RTX A4500 card is build for desktops and the RTX A3000 is build for laptops.

As such both cards if they're in the list of certified drivers have been tested on the type of machine they were constructed for.

[Michiel.Valcke]

Hello,

Welcome to the AutoCAD forums,

forgive me if I'm wrong but I don't think you'll be able to fit the RTX A4500 into any laptop. The type 'mobile vs workstation' is determined by the card's manufacturer the RTX A4500 card is build for desktops and the RTX A3000 is build for laptops.

As such both cards if they're in the list of certified drivers have been tested on the type of machine they were constructed for.

[martinJ7H7F]

@stuartfell ,

What programs, and what kind of drafting work? You mention AutoCAD, but not Inventor/Architect/etc.

If you're only doing 2D work, then using non-certified drivers with any recent, mainstream hardware is unlikely to cause any problems, but it all depends what you're trying to do...

[martinJ7H7F]

@stuartfell ,

What programs, and what kind of drafting work? You mention AutoCAD, but not Inventor/Architect/etc.

If you're only doing 2D work, then using non-certified drivers with any recent, mainstream hardware is unlikely to cause any problems, but it all depends what you're trying to do...