ATI Radeon x300 video card

I am thinking about purchasing a laptop and can get a good deal right
now through my company but it will only come with a 64mb ATI Radeon
x300 video card. The laptop would be for personal use and I would more
than likely only use it for very basic solidworks tasks, like trying
out new stuff in new releases, I would not be doing any new projects.

Anybody have any comments about this card or about the fact that it
is only 64mb? I think it would be ok but wanted to check.

Thanks,

Sam

 

Personally, I shy away from Radeon for SW. Search this NG for that term and
read all the comments, then decide if it's still a deal that you can't live
without.

WT

 

Yes the Radeon x300 might work for small jobs, but be sure to have at
least 1 mb of computer memory.

Try

http://www.trimech.com/solutions/acrobat/hardware-recom.pdf

They give an honest opinion on hardware and they say avoid ATI Radeon.
ATI has the Fire GL card which is on the Dell M20 and I think on the HP
nw8240.

 

For what its worth - I am running a Pentium D 2.8 w/ 2 GB and an ATI X300
with 128 desktop. This is used for single solid bodies with few if any
assemblies. I have swapped out the video card for the x700 and a GeForce
6600 GT and promptly returned both. There was little if any difference. It
isnt the fastest card in the world but for simpler work it seems to be
acceptable.