Archicad 11 System Requirements

Operating System:
Windows® XP Professional and x64 Edition

Windows® Vista Ultimate, Business, Enterprise Edition (32
or 64-bit)

Macintosh® OS X 10.4 or OS X 10.5
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 2GHz, or compatible processors with equal or higher
performance
Macintosh® PowerPC G4 series with 1GHz processor; G5 series Macintosh®
with any Intel® processor
RAM:
1 GB of RAM is required 2 GB or more is recommended for complex models**
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.

Note: UNIX formatted HDs are not supported

Display:
Recommended resolution: 1280×1024 or higher
Video Card:
PC: Open GL and DirectX 9 compatible graphic card with
on-board video memory of 64 MB is required.

Mac: Open GL compatible graphic card with on-board video
memory of 64 MB is required. On-board video memory of 128 MB or more is
recommended.

To find compatibility data for Open GL VGA-cards, please visit the
following website: https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/knowledgebase/25936/
Optional Hardware Peripheral Devices:
All major plotters, printers and digitizers can be used with Archicad.

* Some components of Archicad can use multiple processors.
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** The maximum amount of memory Archicad can use is 4GB.
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