Archicad 6.5 System Requirements

Operating System:
Microsoft Windows® 95/98/NT4.0/2000
Macintosh® OS 7.6 – 9.1
QuickTime 4.0 or later
CPU:
Intel® Pentium, Intel Pentium Pro, Intel Pentium II, III and compatible CPU

Recommended:

Pentium II or later.
Any Power Macintosh computer

Note:

Archicad 6.5 is not compatible with the older 64K Macintoshes.
RAM:
64MB minimum
Recommended:
128MB or more.
Hard Drive Space:
200MB minimum free hard drive space required for full installation. Free hard disk space after installation dependent on model complexity, more than 200 MB recommended for complex 3D visualization.
Video Card:
256 color with a resolution of 800×600 pixels(*) minimum

Recommended:
24-bit TrueColor with a resolution of 1280×1024 pixels.

256 color with a resolution of 800×600 pixels minimum

Recommended:
24-bit TrueColor with a resolution of 1280×1024 pixels.

Display:
17″ high-resolution multisync monitor minimum.

Recommended:

19″ or larger.
Memory Settings:
Turning on Virtual Memory can boost the performance of Archicad (and is required by Windows).
We recommend to use the system’s default virtual memory settings.
Plotter and Digitizer Drivers:
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.
(*) Note: Archicad 6.5 can run on a display with a resolution of 640×480 pixels / 16 color (sometimes it has to be started in VGA Mode for verification purposes) but some dialog boxes do not fit on the screen, thus making the proper usage of the program impossible.