Archicad 14 System Requirements

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)
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, or 10.6 Snow Leopard
Note: 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
Mac: Macintosh® with any Intel® processor*
Multicore processor is recommended to exploit Archicad 14
performance capabilities.
Read more about multiprocessing.

*Note: Archicad 14 for Mac is a 32-bit
application which runs with either 32-bit or 64-bit processors. The
next version of Archicad however will be 64-bit only on Mac, and will
not support 32-bit processors.
Here you can find out
if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor.
RAM:
 2 GB of RAM is required, 4 GB or more is recommended for complex
models
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:
 1024×768 resolution is required 1280×1024 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.
You can find a list of recommended video cards at: Recommended Video Cards for ARCHICAD 14

Requirements for BIM Server

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)

Windows Server® 2003, 2008
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, or 10.6 Snow Leopard

Mac OS X 10.5 Server and 10.6 Server
64-bit system is highly recommended

Note: 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
Mac: Macintosh® with any Intel® processor*
Multicore processor is recommended
Read more about multiprocessing.

* With 32-bit processors the BIM server will run in 32-bit mode. We
recommend 64-bit processors, which enable the BIM Server to run in
64-bit mode.
Here you can find out
if your Intel-based Mac has a 32-bit or 64-bit processor.
RAM:
 4 GB of RAM is required, 8 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.