Here is the straight scoop from Autodesk on the requirements for AutoCAD 2010. Does your machine have what it takes?
Operating system
32-bit
Microsoft® Windows® Vista® Business SP1
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise SP1
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 or later
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 or later
64-bit
Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP1
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise SP1
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 or later
Web browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
Processor
32-bit
Windows XP
Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon™ Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
Windows Vista
Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
64-bit
AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology
AMD Opteron™ with SSE2 technology
Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support & SSE2 technology
Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support & SSE2 technology
Memory
2 GB RAM
Display resolution
1024 x 768 with True Color
Requires a Windows-supported display adapter.
Hard Disk
32-bit
1 GB for installation
64-bit
1.5 GB for installation
Pointing device
MS-Mouse Compliant
DVD/CD-ROM Download and Installation from DVD or CD-ROM
3D Modeling additional requirements
Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor 3.0 GHz or greater, or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor 2.0 GHz or greater
2 GB RAM or greater
2 GB free hard disk available not including installation
1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card
Tags: AutoCAD
October 1st, 2009 at 5:56 AM
Mark
Thanks for the info and all the great posts. Do you have a post on the requirements for 2009?
Thanks
Greg Johnson