System requirements for AutoCAD 2014
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This article provides the system requirements for AutoCAD 2014.Solution:
Note: AutoCAD 2014 is the final version of AutoCAD software that will be supported on the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system.
For 32-bit AutoCAD 2014
- Windows® 8 and Windows® 8.1 Standard, Enterprise, or Professional edition, Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows versions), or Windows XP® Professional or Home edition (SP3 or later) operating system
- For Windows® 8, Windows® 8.1, and Windows 7: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
- For Windows XP: Pentium 4 or Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
- 6 GB free disk space for installation
- 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color (1,600 x 1,050 recommended)
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 or later web browser
- Install from download or DVD
For 64-bit AutoCAD 2014
- Windows® 8 and Windows® 8.1 (requires installation of the Model Documentation hotfix) Standard, Enterprise, or Professional edition, Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows versions), or Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later)
- Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron™ processor with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
- 6 GB free space for installation
- 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color (1,600 x 1,050 recommended)
- Internet Explorer 7 or later
- Install from download or DVD
Additional requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling (all configurations)
- Pentium 4 or Athlon processor, 3 GHz or greater, or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
- 4 GB RAM or more
- 6 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
- 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card
Virtualization
Minimum
- Citrix® XenApp™ 6.5 FP1
- Citrix® XenDesktop™ 5.6