FAQ: How Can I Improve the Performance of an AutoCAD-based Product?

The performance of your product is determined by several different factors; operating system, software, and hardware.

Consider the following when installing or upgrading to the latest release, or when evaluating new hardware:

• Make sure your hardware exceeds the minimum system requirements for the AutoCAD-based product. For information on new systems that have been certified for the latest release, see https://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard. While certified hardware does not guarantee a particular system will meet your particular needs, it does reflect that the hardware supports the advanced features in the latest release.

  To best calculate the minimum requirements for your needs, take a look at the requirements for all the software that you might potentially be running at a single time. This includes the AutoCAD-based product, operating system, e-mail program, Web browser, among others. Add up the amount of RAM and hard drive space that all the programs require, and use a CPU and graphics card that exceeds the demand of the most graphics intensive program you will be using.

• Use a certified graphics card driver for the AutoCAD-based product.
• Install the latest Service Pack for the AutoCAD-based product.
• Enable hardware acceleration for use in the AutoCAD-based product:
  1. On the status bar, right-click the Hardware Acceleration button ( Find)Graphics Performance.
  2. In the Graphics Performance dialog box, turn on Hardware Acceleration.
• Install the latest service pack and updates for your operating system.
• Optimize your operating system by enabling available performance features and disabling those that affect graphical performance that you do not need. For more information on improving the performance of your operating system, see the documentation that was provided with your operating system