AC 8.1 RAM requirement

[Anonymous]

This is my first post here. My daughter wants to use AC 8.1 but she has
currently only 256 MB dual channel DDR SDRAM. Will AC 8.1 run with
this ? Thanks for any help you can provide.

[Anonymous]

If your running XP Pro with only 256mb....that's the minimum memory. I mean minimum. If your multitasking, your gonna take a hit performance wise, if you have anything less. You can never have too much memory.
Up it to a min of 1GB if you can.
Your 3D window relies on a decent gaming or other 3D cad card as well. Have one with 128mb of memory or better.

[Karl Ottenstein]

William wrote:
My daughter wants to use AC 8.1 but she has
currently only 256 MB dual channel DDR SDRAM. Will AC 8.1 run with
this ?

As Antonin says, 256 is the minimum for XP itself, really. AC 8.1 runs just fine on my 1GHz laptop which has 512MB and a 32MB nVidia graphics card. More is better, naturally - up to Antonin's list, or my machine listed below. All depends on how big her models will be and how many other programs she'll run at the same time.

Karl

[Anonymous]

I should have mentioned that she is running XP Home version, which is
another topic on this forum. Thanks for the information on this. We will
see about a memory upgrade for her. I may try AC 8.1 on her machine
with the idea that some upgrades will probably be necessary.

Many thanks,
William

[Anonymous]

Thanks to both of you for advice. I increased the RAM from 256 to 768.
AC 8.1 loaded and runs on XP Home with no troubles at all. No known
problems after running for a week now.

Thanks again,

William Mathews