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ArchiCAD Recommended Minimum Hardware Specifications

Operating System:	Microsoft® Windows® XP Pro or XP Pro x64 edition, Microsoft Windows Vista® Business, Enterprise and Ultimate Edition (32-bit and 64-bit), QuickTime 7 or later, and Java 1.6.0 or later required.	Mac® OS X v10.4 and v10.5
CPU:	Windows: Intel® Pentium® 4 or higher recommended.	Macintosh®: Macintosh PowerPC G5 series or Macintosh with any Intel processor
RAM:	1 GB of RAM is required. 2GB or more is recommended for complex models
Hard Drive Space:	About 1 GB free disk space is required for a full installation of ArchiCAD. Free hard disk space is required according to model complexity (over 2 GB recommended for complex models and 3D visualization).
Display:	Resolution of 1024 x 768 is required. 1280x1024 or higher is recommended.
Video Card:	Windows: 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	Macintosh: Open GL compatible graphic card with 256 MB or more on-board video memory is recommended to fully exploit hardware acceleration capabilities
	You can find a list of recommended video cards at: http://archicadwiki.com/Video_Cards
Optional Hardware Peripheral Devices:	All major plotters, printers and digitizers can be used with ArchiCAD.