| Workstation usage | Primary focus | Recommended cards | |
| AMD | NVIDIA® | ||
| Engineering | Mechanical CAD (MCAD) | W5130M | M2000M |
| Computer-aided Engineering/Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | W7170M | M4000M | |
| Electronic Design and Automation (EDA) | W5170M | M1000M | |
| Architecture, Engineering and Design (AEC) | W5170M | M2000M | |
| Mechanical Computer-aided Manufacturing (MCAM) | W5170M | M2000M | |
| Media and Entertainment | 2D and 3D Character Creation, Animation and Rendering | W7170M | M3000M |
| Game Development | W7170M | M3000M | |
| Film and Video Editing, Multimedia DVD/Blu-ray Authoring | W5170M | M2000M | |
| Broadcast and Post Production | W7170M | M3000M | |
| Image Editing and Prepress Page Design | W5170M | M1000M | |
| Professional Audio Production | W5130M | M1000M | |
| Exploration and Scientific | Geosciences (Petroleum Exploration and Management) | W7170M | M5000M |
| Geographic Information Systems | W7170M | M2000M | |
| Medical Imaging and Analysis | W7170M | M4000M | |
| Visual Simulation | W7170M | M5000M | |
| Testing | W5170M | M1000M | |
| Economic and Financial Modeling | Financial Modeling/Derivative Pricing (SciFinance — SciComp) | W7170M | M5000M |
| Trading Station | W7170M | M3000M | |
| Software Development | Intel® Parallel studio or Intel Compiler | W5130M | M1000M |
| Eclipse (Java) (Linux) | W5130M | M1000M |
A graphics card is hardware dedicated solely to helping the workstation render graphics. After the processor, the graphics card is probably the hardware component that has the most impact on mobile workstation performance.
Unlike laptops designed for typical business use, Dell Precision™ mobile workstations come standard with discrete graphics cards that support professional 3D OpenGL® and DirectX® graphics. They also meet or exceed the minimum graphics requirements for most leading workstation-class applications.
Be sure to check the minimum and recommended graphics card requirements for the workstation application or applications that will be run on this workstation.
Unlike laptops designed for typical business use, Dell Precision™ mobile workstations come standard with discrete graphics cards that support professional 3D OpenGL® and DirectX® graphics. They also meet or exceed the minimum graphics requirements for most leading workstation-class applications.
Be sure to check the minimum and recommended graphics card requirements for the workstation application or applications that will be run on this workstation.
The system you are configuring may or may not include all of the options listed here.