• Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later)
• AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology. For 3D; 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. Certified Graphics Card Link: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/syscert?siteID=123112&id=18844534&linkID=9240617
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Install from a download.

Note: At this time, Windows® 8 and the Windows® 8 Consumer Preview are not supported operating systems for any AutoCAD versions. The AutoCAD team is investigating compatibility with these new platforms, but we do not have any further information at this time.