AutoCAD Electrical Services & Support

Minimum system requirements for AutoCAD® Electrical (32- and 64-bit operating systems)

Published date: 2007-Mar-30
ID: TS1062367

Applies to:
AutoCAD® Electrical 2008

Issue

You want to know what the minimum system requirements are for AutoCAD® Electrical 2008 on both 32- and 64-bit operating systems.

Solution

32-bit System Requirements:

  • Operating system:
    • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4
    • Microsoft Windows XP Home and Professional SP1 or SP2
    • Microsoft Windows Vista™ Enterprise
    • Microsoft Windows Vista Business
    • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
    • Microsoft Windows Vista Premium
    • Microsoft Windows Vista Basic
  • Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later
  • CPU type: Intel® Pentium® 4 2.2 GHz or higher recommended
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Display resolution: 1024x768 with True Color
  • Hard Disk Installation: 2.5 GB
  • Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant
  • DVD or CD-ROM
  • Additional system requirements apply for Autodesk® Vault and the Data Management Server

64-bit System Requirements:

  • Operating system:
    • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
    • Windows Vista 64 bit
  • Browser: Same version that is installed by default with XP 64-bit and Vista 64-bit 
  • CPU type:
    • AMD Athlon 64
    • AMD Opteron
    • Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support
    • Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Display resolution: 1024x768 with True Color
  • Display Card: Supports Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities; OpenGL and DirectX 9
  • Hard Disk Installation: 2.75 GB
  • Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant
  • Media DVD
  • Additional system requirements apply for Autodesk Vault and the Data Management Server

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