ArchiCAD 12 System Requirements

Operating System:	Windows® XP Professional and x64 Edition Windows® Vista Ultimate, Business, Enterprise Edition	Macintosh® OS X 10.4 or OS X 10.5
Operating System:	Note for Windows users: QuickTime 7 or later and Java 6 or later are required to run ArchiCAD. ArchiCAD installer will automatically install Java 6 and QuickTime 7 if they are not present on your computer.
CPU:	Intel® Pentium 4, or compatible processors with equal or higher performance	Macintosh® PowerPC G5 series Macintosh® with any Intel® processor
CPU:	Multicore processor is recommended to exploit ArchiCAD 12 performance capabilities. Read more about multiprocessing.
RAM:	1 GB of RAM is required 2 GB or more is recommended for complex models
RAM:	The maximum amount of memory ArchiCAD can use is 4GB. Read more about this topic.
Hard Drive Space:	Minimum of 1 GB free hard disk space is required for a full installation. Additional 2 GB is required for work with complex projects and 3D visualization.
Display:	1024x768 resolution is required 1280x1024 or higher is recommended
Video Card:	PC: 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. Read more about video card compatibility.

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