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Can i run Autocad 2011 for 3d modeling smoothly?

here are my specs. CPU :Intel Dual Core E5800 (3.2GHz, 800Mhz, 2Mb) Ram(memory) : two sets of Kingston 2Gb PC6400 total of 4Gb ram Graphics Card: i'm using an on board GPU with 256mb system is windows XP sp2 32bit. HERE'S THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOCAD 2011 For 32-Bit AutoCAD 2012 Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium (SP2 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP3 or later) For Windows Vista or Windows 7: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; for Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology 2 GB RAM 2 GB free disk space for installation 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later Install from download or DVD Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling (All Configurations) Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or greater; or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater 2 GB RAM or more 2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card oh btw my On Board Graphic Processor Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100

Public Comments

1. Your video card is definitely stopping all the job. It is recommended to use Nvidia Quadro series video card with autocad 3D modelling. It is not cheap, but runs very well.
2. Get a 1gb video card with decent speeds, Nvidia supports openGL texture, but ATI will work too (and will hopefully fix openGL on win7)