Archicad 12 on New PC with Intel GMA HD graphics?

[Anonymous]

Hi

Im looking at buying a new pc to run autocad and archicad 12 (on occassion)

Specs are as follows

Intel Core i5 2400 Processor 3.1 GHz
Asus P8H67-M LE Motherboard
Intel GMA HD Graphics
EZCool K110D ATX Case
4GB PC3-10666 DDR3 Memory
24x DVD-RW/CD-RW Optical Drive (Black)
500GB SATA 7200rpm Hard Disk
500watt EZCool PSU
Onboard High Definition Audio
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM

Im a bit worried about the INTEL GMA HD GRAPHICS
but i believe the GMA HD cards are much better now, (reviews say - very good at video playback but not great with games!) I only model a single house , nothing very big, and wondering if I have to upgrade to a discrete card

Look forward to hearing anyones thoughts on using this system.

Cheers Lennox Boyd

[Laszlo Nagy]

Watch the following video:

http://www.graphisoft.com/ftp/marketing/us/05-archicad_dream_machine/05-archicad_dream_machine.html

At 20:00 it starts talking about video cards.
At 21:25 it clearly warns against integrated video cards.

[Anonymous]

Apologies, just after posting message I did a bit more searching of the forum.
Should have really done this before posting a new message!

I stumbled across that video, and have to say its a very useful bit of advice.

On the basis of the video, I am going to upgrade to

Windows 7 64bit
8Gb RAM

The processor is fine as its quad core.

I will also upgrade the grahics card to ATI Radeon.

Thanks

[Laszlo Nagy]

Sounds like a good configuration for the next 3 years.