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Old 10-28-2009, 02:34 PM   #6
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i'm curious, does cad make use of ur graphics card? i always thought it was solely dependent on your cpu for rendering. friends in bcit archi told me it takes HOURS to render their final drawing

ram is probably ur cheapest upgrade, next to a SSD for responsiveness
if your desktop has 1.5Ghz and you know what that feels like, get something similar or faster on a laptop (in the simplest terms). other things like chipset or bus speed will affect the speed as well. best thing to do is ask here or google a cpu chart and compare versions based on 'scores'.

as well, this will have a lot to do with how you set up ur windows. i.e. turn off visual styles on an old machine
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