AutoCAD 2009 System Requirements

For those with inquiring minds, here are the hardware and software requirements for AutoCAD 2009.
-Shaan

AutoCAD 2009 System Requirements
Hardware/Software	Requirement
Operating system	32-Bit
	Windows Vista Enterprise
	Windows Vista Business
	Windows Vista Ultimate
	Windows Vista Home Premium
	Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2
	Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
	64-Bit
	Windows Vista Enterprise
	Windows Vista Business
	Windows Vista Ultimate
	Windows Vista Home Premium
	Windows XP Professional
32-bit	You cannot install AutoCAD if Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 (or later) is not installed on the installation workstation. You can download Internet Explorer from the Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later
64-bit
Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
Processor	32-bit
	Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD® Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater
	or
	Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
	64-bit
	AMD 64 or Intel EM64T
RAM	32-bit
	1 GB (Windows XP SP2)
	2 GB or greater (Windows Vista)
	64-bit
	2 GB
Graphics card	1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL®, or Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card.
	For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required1024 x 768 VGA with True Color (minimum)
Hard disk	750 MB for installation (Windows XP SP2)
	2 GB available not including installation (Windows Vista)
Pointing device	Mouse, trackball, or other device
DVD/CD-ROM	Any speed (for installation only)
	32-bit
	Download (ESD) and installation from DVD or CD-ROM
	64-bit
	Download or DVD
Additional recommendations for 3D use
Hardware/Software	Requirement
Operating system	32-Bit
	Windows Vista Enterprise
	Windows Vista Business
	Windows Vista Ultimate
	Windows Vista Home Premium
	Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2
	Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
	64-Bit
	Windows Vista Enterprise
	Windows Vista Business
	Windows Vista Ultimate
	Windows Vista Home Premium
	Windows XP Professional
Processor	Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD® Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater
	or
	Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
RAM	2 GB (or greater)
Graphics card	1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL®, or Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card.
	For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required1024 x 768 VGA with True Color (minimum)
	For graphic cards that support Hardware Acceleration, DirectX 9.0c, or later, must be installed. Installing from the ACAD.msi file does not install DirectX 9.0c, or later. Manual installation of DirectX is required, in this circumstance, for Hardware Acceleration to be configured. For more information about tested and certified graphics cards, visit http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard