ArchiCAD 12 - System Requirements

Operating System:
Windows® XP Professional
or XP Pro x64 Edition

Windows® Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
Macintosh® OS X 10.4 and 10.5

QuickTime 7 or later, and Java 1.6.0 or later required

CPU*:
Intel Core® or Core 2® series, AMD X2® or Phenom® series
Macintosh® with any Intel® processor recommended
RAM:
2 GB or more is recommended for complex models
Hard Drive Space:

About 1 GB free disk space is required for a full installation.
Free hard disk space is required according to model complexity over 2 GB recommended for complex models and 3D visualization.

Display:

1280x1024 or higher is recommended

Video Card:
Windows: Open GL and DirectX 9 compatible graphic card with 256 MB or more on-board video memory is recommended to fully exploit hardware acceleration capabilities.
Mac: Open GL compatible graphic card with 256 MB or more on-board video memory is recommended to fully exploit hardware acceleration capabilities.
You can find a list of recommended video cards at: http://archicadwiki.com/Video_Cards
Optional Hardware Peripherals:
All major plotters, printers and digitizers can be used with ArchiCAD.
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