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Unparalleled Graphics Capabilities

  • DirectX 9, DirectX Pixel Shader 2.0, OpenGL 2.0 - blazing video and 3D graphic support for smooth visual output in VMs
  • QuickClick and SmoothShow GUI technologies - provide fast and smooth response to user interaction with the user interface
  • 256 MB video RAM – leverage up to 256 MB of video RAM for snappy visual output.

Why is Parallels perfect for AutoCAD?

  • Optimized turbo virtualization engine – powered by latest Intel VT-x2 and on-demand paravirtualization technologies for up to 50% improvement in performance.
  • Adaptive Hypervisor – automatically optimizes performance based on demand of Windows and Mac based applications
  • Over-commit memory management - handles memory usage for workloads across VMs so you can run more VMs simultaneously on your hardware
  • 8-way true multi-scale SMP & 8 GB Virtual RAM – multi-scale virtualization technology that is core-aware and can scale to handle workloads up to 8-way guest CPUs. Leverage up to 8 GB of memory per VM for optimal performance
  • 32- and 64-bit computing – Take advantage of multithreading 64-bit OSes and applications in VMs
  • Parallels HyperBus technology – Fast I/O throughput performance for high-speed virtualization
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