ArchiCAD 8 System Requirements

For ArchiCAD r1:
Microsoft Windows(r) 2000 Professional/XP Professional
For ArchiCAD r2 and later versions:
Microsoft Windows(r) NT 4.0/2000 Professional/XP Professional

MS Internet Explorer 4.01
(MS Internet Explorer 5.5 (or later) recommended)
QuickTime 4.0. (QuickTime 5.0 recommended)

Macintosh® OS 9.2.2/OS X.1/OS X.2
MS Internet Explorer 4.5 or later
 
QuickTime 4.0 (QuickTime 5.0 recommended)

Intel® Pentium, Celeron or compatibles
 
 
Recommended:
Intel® Pentium III, Pentium 4 or later; AMD® K7 Athlon, Duron, Thunderbird or later.

Power PC

Power Macintosh G4 [or later].

The required minimum is a 24 bit True Color display adapter with 1024 by 768 pixels(*) resolution.
 
Recommended:
Standard Open GL cards with onboard video memory of 64 MB.
Video Card Test Results

The required minimum is a 24 bit True Color display adapter with 1024 by 768 pixels(*) resolution.
 
Recommended:
Standard Open GL cards with onboard video memory of 64 MB.
Video Card Test Results

17" high-resolution multisync monitor minimum.
 
Recommended:
19" or larger.

Turning on Virtual Memory can boost the performance of ArchiCAD (and is required by Windows).

Mac OS 9.2.2: we recommend to use the system's default virtual memory settings.

All major plotters, printers and digitizers can be driven directly from ArchiCAD and PlotMaker, including Benson, Hewlett-Packard, Calcomp, OCE, Graphtec, Houston, EnCad, Roland, Summagraphics, Selex, Texas Instruments, Mutoh, Mimaki, Versatec, Xerox and Wacom. No additional software is required.