Does a Graphic card have a direct affect on the speed of a STAAD structural analysis?

My user went from a 8 year old desktop with dedicated video card to a new laptop with onboard card.  His old system was running analysis on a test case sub-10 minutes , the new system 18 for ss6 and 23 for CE!

Any suggestions on improving the speed?

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  • Graphics card may not be the issue. The processor type & speed and also memory affect the analysis speed. The minimum systems requirements are spelled out in the help documentation section indicated next. However please note that these are the minimum and for larger models you may need significantly more than the minimum for good performance. In addition running the files from a local drive as opposed to a network drive can help improve the performance. 



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  • Graphics card may not be the issue. The processor type & speed and also memory affect the analysis speed. The minimum systems requirements are spelled out in the help documentation section indicated next. However please note that these are the minimum and for larger models you may need significantly more than the minimum for good performance. In addition running the files from a local drive as opposed to a network drive can help improve the performance. 



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