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Additional Hardware and Software Recommendations - 3D use
Processor
Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Ath-
lon, 2.2 GHz or greater
or
Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6
GHz or greater
RAM
2 GB (or greater)
Graphics card
1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display
adapter (True Color); 128 MB or greater
Direct3D capable workstation class
graphics card.
For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable
workstation class graphics card with 128
MB or greater is required; 1024 x 768
VGA with True Color (minimum)
Hard disk
2 GB (in addition to the 1 GB or above
required for installation)
NOTE Adobe Flash Player is not installed by default. If a version of Flash is not
currently installed on your system, a message is displayed requesting that you
download it from Adobe's website. If you do not have Internet access, you can
also access the Flash installer on the AutoCAD disc.
Understanding Administrative Permission Requirements
To install AutoCAD, you must have administrator permissions. You do not
need to have domain administrative permissions. See your system administrator
for information about administrative permissions.
Understanding Administrative Permission Requirements | 5
a 64-bit version of Windows and
vice-versa.
For graphic cards that support
Hardware Acceleration, DirectX
9.0c, or later, must be installed.
Installing from the ACAD.msi file
does not install DirectX 9.0c, or
later. Manual installation of Dir-
ectX is required, in this circum-
stance, for Hardware Accelera-
tion to be configured.
For more information about tested
and certified graphics cards, visit ht-
tp://autodesk.com/graphicscard/
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