3D views choppy

[David J. Potter]

3-D performance is determined not be CPU speed but rather by the quality of one's video hardware (video card) and how fast and how well it can process video (pictorial) data per second.
Kat mentioned "...at least 256 Mb dedicated,...", my video card has 1 Gb and is quite adequate, anything less than 1 Gb will give less performance. Many laptop makers will advertise large amounts of video support in terms of Mb or Gb but you have to look past the sales pitch to see that this is not dedicated support but integrated support (the video card shares RAM with the rest of the Motherboard which always then delivers poor performance for Chief Architect and Home Designer software).

Home Designer software is relatively inexpensive but does require above average PC hardware to support its functioning well.

DJP