Good Question: AutoCAD 2008 system requirements

Today's good question comes from John. He asked what the system requirements are for AutoCAD 2008.

Here is the complete list of the AutoCAD 2008 system requirements from www.autodesk.com/autocad Features and Specifications. You can find the system requirements for other applications by selecting the Features and Specifications link for specific products www.autodesk.com/products.

System Requirements

The system requirements for 32-bit AutoCAD:

• Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, 2.2 GHz Recommended
• Microsoft® Windows Vista™, Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP2), Windows® 2000 (SP4)
• 512 MB RAM
• 750 MB free disk space for installation
• 1024x768 VGA with True Color
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 (SP1 or higher)

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Additional System Requirements for 64-bit AutoCAD

• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Vista 64-bit
• AMD64 or Intel EM64T processor
• 1GB RAM, 2GB for Windows Vista 64-bit
• 750 MB free disk space for installation

AutoCAD 64-bit cannot be installed on a 32-bit Windows Operating System.

The System requirements for Windows Vista or 3D modeling (32 and 64-bit AutoCAD)

• Intel® 3.0 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, OpenGL®, or Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. 
• For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required.