System requirements for AutoCAD 2018

System requirements for AutoCAD 2018
Operating System	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only)
CPU Type	32-bit: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) processor 64-bit: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 64-bit (x64) processor
Memory	32-bit: 2 GB (4 GB recommended) 64-bit: 4 GB (8 GB recommended)
Display Resolution	Conventional Displays: 1360 x 768 (1920 x 1080 recommended) with True Color High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display card)
Display Card	Windows display adapter capable of 1360 x 768 with True Color capabilities and DirectX® 9 ¹. DirectX 11 compliant card recommended. ¹ DirectX 9 recommended by supported OS
Disk Space	Installation 4.0 GB
Browser	Windows Internet Explorer® 11 or later
Network	Deployment via Deployment Wizard. The license server and all workstations that will run applications dependent on network licensing must run TCP/IP protocol. Either Microsoft® or Novell TCP/IP protocol stacks are acceptable. Primary login on workstations may be Netware or Windows. In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on the Windows Server® 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows 2008 R2 Server editions. Citrix® XenApp™ 7.6, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 7.6.
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse compliant
Digitizer	WINTAB support
Media (DVD)	Download or installation from DVD
ToolClips Media Player	Adobe Flash Player v10 or up
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.6

 
 

Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling
Memory	8 GB RAM or more
Disk Space	6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
Display Card	1920 x 1080 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.

Note: 64-bit Operating Systems are recommended if you are working with Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D Modeling and required if you are using the Model Documentation or Point Clouds.