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System Requirements

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2012

  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, Ultimate or Home Premium (SP2 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP3 or later)
  • For Windows Vista or Windows 7: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; for Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 2 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1024 x 768 display resolution with true colour
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
  • Install from download or DVD

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2012

  • Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, Ultimate or Home Premium (SP2 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later)
  • AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 2 GB free space for installation
  • 1024 x 768 display resolution with true colour
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
  • Install from download or DVD

Additional Requirements for 3D Modelling (All Configurations)

  • Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or greater; or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
  • 2 GB RAM or more
  • 2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
  • 1280 x 1024 true colour video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card