CorelDRAW insanely slow on Windows11 VM

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by Bertrand, May 17, 2025.

  1. Bertrand

    Bertrand Member

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    • Hello,

      I tried to run the CorelDRAW graphic suite 2025 on my Mac Mini M2 Pro. in a Windows11 Pro VM handled by Parallels Desktop Pro
      • macOS version: 15.4.1
      • Parallels Desktop version: 20.3.0 (55895)
      • Windows11 version: 24H2 (build #26120.3964)
      • CorelDRAW version: 26.0.0.101 - March 2025 Release
      When I launch CorelDRAW, I get the following message:
      CorelDRAW
      Insufficient hardware support
      This device does not meet the minimum CPU or GPU requirements necessary to run the application. In particular, the CPU does not support: AVX, AVX2. This may result in slow performance, limited functionality, or instability. Consider upgrading your device for optimal performance.


      And indeed, although the application is fairly fast at first, it quickly becomes unbelievably slow, to the point where a simple operation such as selecting an object can take literally tens of minutes, or even over an hour!
      This issue affects the overall performance of Windows. If I keep using CorelDRAW, Windows 11 also becomes increasingly slow, to the point where I am eventually forced to restart Windows.
      Unfortunately, even though there is a "Mac" version of the CorelDRAW suite, some of the features that I use extensively at work (plug-ins and macros) are only available in the Windows version...

      So I have two questions:
      1. Is there a setting in Parallels Desktop that would allow me to eliminate this problem in its current version?
      2. If not, would it be (technically) possible to make Parallels Desktop compatible (e.g., simulate AVX and AVX2) in a future version?
     

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