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System Requirements

For 32-Bit AutoCAD OEM 2013

  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Professional, or Ultimate edition
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
  • 6 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1 GB free disk space for development
  • 1,024 x 768 display with true color (1,600 x 1,050 or higher recommended)
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
  • Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 (SP1)
  • DVD Drive

or

  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional edition (SP3 or later)
  • Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
  • 6 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1 GB free disk space for development
  • 1,024 x 768 display with true color (1,600 x 1,050 or higher recommended)
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
  • Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 (SP1)
  • DVD Drive

For 64-Bit AutoCAD OEM 2013

  • Windows 7 (64-bit) Enterprise, Professional, or Ultimate edition or Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later)
  • AMD Athlon™ 64 or AMD Opteron™ processor with SSE2 technology, Intel Pentium 4 or Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
  • 2GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
  • 6 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1 GB free disk space for development
  • 1,024 x 768 display with true color (1,600 x 1,050 or higher recommended)
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
  • Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 (SP1)
  • DVD Drive

Notes: AutoCAD® OEM 64-bit software cannot be installed on a 32-bit Windows operating system. AutoCAD OEM does not support Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows XP Home, or Windows Vista as development platforms.