Archicad 15 System Requirements

System:
Windows® XP SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows® Vista
(32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows® 7
(32-bit and 64-bit)

64-bit system is recommended
Note: Archicad 15 was tested by Graphisoft on Microsoft Windows 7
Professional, Windows Vista Ultimate, and Windows XP Professional. Not
tested editions differ in features that do not affect the correct
functionality of Archicad.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Only case insensitive file-system volumes are supported.

Note: QuickTime 7 or later and Java 1.6.0 or later are required.
Note: Archicad installer will automatically install QuickTime 7 and
Java 1.6.12 if they are not present on your computer.
CPU:
Intel® Pentium 4, or compatible processors with equal or higher
performance
Mac: Macintosh® with
64-bit Intel®
processor (Core2Duo and later)
Multicore processor is recommended to exploit Archicad 15
performance capabilities.
Read more about multiprocessing.
RAM:
With 64-bit system: 3 GB RAM is required, 6 GB RAM or more is
recommended. With 32-bit system: 2 GB RAM is required, 4 GB or
more is recommended.
The maximum amount of memory Archicad can use on a 32-bit system is
4GB.
Read more about this topic.
3 GB RAM is required, 6 GB RAM or more is recommended.
Hard Drive:
5 GB free disk space required for a full installation of Archicad.
Additional 10 GB hard disk space required per project for work with
complex models and 3D visualization.
Display:
1024×768 resolution is required 1280×1024 or higher is recommended
Video Card:
True Color display adapter is needed. Open GL and DirectX9 compatible
graphic card with on-board video memory of 256 MB or more is recommended
to fully exploit hardware acceleration capabilities.
Open GL compatible graphic card with on-board video memory of 256 MB or
more is recommended to fully exploit hardware acceleration capabilities.
You can find a list of recommended video cards at: Recommended Video Cards for Archicad 15

Requirements for BIM Server

System:
Windows® XP SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows® Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows® 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows Server® 2003, 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
64-bit system is recommended
Note: The BIM Server for Archicad 15 was tested by Graphisoft on
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows XP
Professional, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition 64-bit, Windows
Server 2008 Standard Edition 64-bit, and Windows Server 2008 R2
Standard Edition 64-bit. Not tested editions of the mentioned non
server operating systems differ in features that do not affect the
correct functionality of BIM Server.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (64-bit)

Mac OS X 10.6 Server (64-bit)

Only case insensitive file-system volumes are supported.

Note: Java 6 or later are required to run BIM Server. The installer
will automatically install Java 6 (build 1.6.12) if it is not
present on your computer.
CPU:
Intel® Pentium 4, or higher required
Mac: Macintosh® with
64-bit Intel®
processor (Core2Duo and later)
Multicore processor is recommended
Read more about multiprocessing.
RAM:
4 GB of RAM is required. 8 GB or more is recommended for complex models.
Read more about this topic
Hard Drive:
5 GB free disk space is required for the Graphisoft BIM Server
installation. 10 GB of disk space (physically located on the server) is
required per project.


System Requirements for Previous Versions