Yeah it is junk ware Gerard should resign in shame as a failure and Corel should tell truth about how bad its software is.
Unfortunately, there is more than a kernel of truth to this statement. I have faithfully relied on Draw to make a living since version 3.0, and the last two (X7 and X8) have been the most buggy, unreliable and problematic versions I have worked with. However, calling something a piece of crap is neither productive nor informed. Maybe those who dump all over Corel should move on and leave the rest of us, who want to work to fix and improve things, alone. You bring nothing to the table.
Pinetop said: the last two (X7 and X8) have been the most buggy, unreliable and problematic versions I have worked with
I understand, but in defense of know one but a touch of reality. Since X5, Windows has been through version Vista, 7, 8, 8.1. 10 with what would be 2 service packs and the anniversary update with what would be called a service pack after that just for version 10. During that Corel went from 32 bit to 64 bit support.
It's tough for a user who may not have kept ALL their hardware and software up to date, let alone Corel trying to backward support all its users.
There's one guy with issues on a massive sever grade system, mostly due to a mid grade video card. The there's me, 1.9 GB files with drop shadows opening in less than 20 seconds and running like a rocket. CLEAN system lots of video processing, don't try what I do on an AMD laptop!
What's you video card? I 've found this is critical, if I had a choice between 16GB more of RAM or an improved GAMER video card I'd opt for the card.
For CorelDraw video for some reason is important, the coding relies heavily on the video card, I use only NVidea cards and my system with 2 GB video memory is clearly superior to the system with 1 GB video memory. Talking with some guys and they swear by the 970 with 4GB memory
Depends, if you have a NVidea chip set with the video on the main board just power down, unplug the power cable, open the case (check on google to find instructions to locate the slot) pop open the slot cover on the case, insert the card screw it in place, button up the case plug the display cable in and restart. Once up and running, insert the driver disk but most NVidea cards will have newer drivers on line.
If your system used on Main Board video you will see in most cases a serious improvement even if the chip set was NVidea and decent specs, it's licensed technology and IMO not real NVidea.
If you already have a stand alone card it's the same you just have to remove the old card, it does make it easy to find the video slot.