ArchiCAD Recommended Minimum Hardware Specifications

System:	Windows® XP Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows® Vista Business and Ultimate Edition (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows® 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)	Macintosh® OS X 10.5, or 10.6 Snow Leopard
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 (build 1.6.12) and QuickTime 7 if they are not present on your computer.
CPU:	Intel® Pentium 4, or compatible processors with equal or higher performance	Mactel: Macintosh® with any Intel® processor
CPU:	Multicore processor is recommended to exploit ArchiCAD 13 performance capabilities. Read more about multiprocessing.
RAM:	2 GB of RAM is required, 4 GB or more is recommended for complex models
RAM:	The maximum amount of memory ArchiCAD can use on a 32-bit system is 4GB. Read more about this topic.
Hard Drive:	Minimum of 1 GB free hard disk space is required for a full installation. Additional 2-3 GB is required for work with complex projects and 3D visualization.
Display:	1024x768 resolution is required 1280x1024 or higher is recommended
Video Card:	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.	Open GL compatible graphic card with 256 MB or more on-board video memory is recommended to fully exploit hardware acceleration capabilities.

Requirements for BIM Server

System:	Windows® XP Professional Windows® Vista Business and Ultimate Edition Windows® 7 Windows Server® 2003, 2008 64-bit system is highly recommended	Macintosh® OS X 10.5, or 10.6 Snow Leopard Macintosh® OS X Server
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 (build 1.6.12) and QuickTime 7 if they are not present on your computer.
CPU:	Intel® Pentium 4, or higher required	Mactel: Macintosh® with any Intel® processor
CPU:	Multicore processor is recommended Read more about multiprocessing.
RAM:	2 GB of RAM is required, 4 GB or more is recommended Read more about this topic
Hard Drive:	Minimum of 1 GB free hard disk space is required for a full installation. Additional 2-3 GB is required per project.