64-Bit Hardware - Autodesk DESIGN SUITE 2011 - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Manual

Display Card
• AutoCAD®: 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D
class
• Autodesk® Showcase®:
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o NVIDIA Quadro FX and GeForce
9 series graphics chipset. Graphics card must have a minimum 512 MB graphics memory.
More memory is recommended on Windows Vista or for users working with large data sets
or complex scenes.
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o ATI Radeon 4830 and 4850
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o ATI FirePro 5700, 7750, 8700, and 8750
Note: Some Showcase features might not be available at the lower hardware configurations.
• Autodesk® Alias® Sketch: Microsoft® DirectX
greater dedicated video memory
System Requirements

64-bit hardware

Operating System
• Windows
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7 Professional
• Windows Vista ®
Business with Service Pack 2 or higher
• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or higher
Browser
• Windows Internet Explorer
CPU Type
• Intel ® ®
Pentium 4 or 4-core 2.8 GHz processor
• Equivalent AMD
®
processor
Memory
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
• 4 GB swap space (8 GB recommended)
Note: Autodesk recommends settings that allow Windows to manage virtual memory as needed.
There should always be at least twice as much free hard disk space as system memory.
Display Resolution
• 1280 x 1024 display with True Color
Hard Disk
• 7 GB free disk space
Pointing Device
• Microsoft-mouse compliant
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cards released since 2007 that include the 7, 8, or
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9.0 capable graphics card with 128 MB or
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7.0 or later
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capable workstation