Archicad 7.0 System Requirements

Operating System:
Microsoft Windows® 98SE/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP
Macintosh® OS 9.0 or later OS X.1 or higher
more about OSX compatibility
CPU:
Intel® Pentium, Celeron or compatibles

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

Power PC

Power Macintosh G3 or G4

Recommended:

Power Macintosh G4 [or later].
RAM:
128MB minimum

Recommended:

256MB or more.
Hard Drive Space:
500MB minimum free hard drive space required for full installation.
Free hard disk space after installation dependent on model complexity,
more than 500 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 7.0 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.