Operating System

Windows 10 Windows (from SELECT Series 4)
Windows 10 (64-bit) (from SELECT Series 4)
Windows 8.1 (from SELECT Series 4)
Windows 8.1 (64-bit) (from SELECT Series 4)
Windows 8 (from SELECT Series 3)
Windows 8 (64-bit) (from SELECT Series 3)
Windows 7
Windows 7 (64-bit)
Windows Vista, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions (up to SELECT Series 3)
Windows Vista (64-bit) (up to SELECT Series 3)
Windows XP SP2 or later, Home, Professional, and Media Center editions (up to SELECT Series 3)
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (up to SELECT Series 3)
Windows XP Professional (64-bit) (up to SELECT Series 3)
Windows Server 2003, SP1 or later (up to SELECT Series 3)
Windows Server 2003 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 SP2, Standard and Enterprise editions (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Standard and Enterprise editions (64-bit)
Windows Server 2012 (64 Bit) (from SELECT Series 4)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 Bit) (from SELECT Series 4)

Microsoft Internet Explorer v6.0 or later with 128-bit cipher strength

Communication Protocols

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

Software Prerequisites

The Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications are automatically downloaded and installed to your workstation while you install MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3). The Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications needs to be installed on your system once, and only needs to be reinstalled if you are installing a later version of MicroStation that requires an updated prerequisite pack.
The Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications is also available via the Software Downloads link in CONNECTION Center  (up to SELECT Series 3).
The contents of the Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications include:

Windows Installer Version 3.1v2 (up to SELECT Series 3)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1  (up to SELECT Series 3)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 (from SELECT Series 4)
Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML) 6 SP 1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications core
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications localized
DHTML Editing Control for Applications (with Windows Vista compatibility)
DirectX 9c  (up to SELECT Series 3)

Microsoft Internet Explorer V6.0 or later (up to SELECT Series 3) and v8.0 (from SELECT Series 4) or later with 128-bit cipher strength is also required. It is not part of the Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications.

Copyrights in all components are owned by Microsoft Corporation or one of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or licensors.

Supported Databases

The database versions supported by MicroStation are subject to updating after the product release. You can refer to MicroStation database support in Bentley Communities for the latest information.

Processor

Intel® or AMD® processor 2.0 GHz or greater.

Memory

512 MB minimum, 2 GB recommended. More memory almost always improves performance, particularly when working with larger models. MicroStation does support more than 2GB of physical RAM on systems running Windows operating systems that support this -- see this article for more information regarding this.

Hard Disk

up to SELECT Series 3: 900 MB free disk space (which includes the 400 MB install footprint for a complete installation)
from SELECT Series 4: 8 GB free disk space (which includes the 6.5 GB install footprint for a complete installation)

Video

Graphics card supported by DirectX 9.0c (up to SELECT Series 3). See the graphics card manufacturer for latest information on DirectX drivers. 256 MB of dedicated video RAM or higher is recommended. If insufficient video RAM or no graphics card supported by DirectX can be found, MicroStation attempts to use software emulation. For optimal performance, graphics display color depth should be set to 24-bit or higher. When using a color depth setting of 16-bit, some inconsistencies will be noted.

CPU

last updated: August 2012

Intel® Xeon® E3 & E5 & E7

Intel® Xeon® E5-2667 v3 (20M Cache, 3.20 GHz
Intel® Core™ i7
Intel® Core™ i5
Intel® Core™ i5

Intel® Xeon® E7
Intel® Core™ i7

Intel® Xeon® E5-2690 v3 (30M Cache, 2.60 GHz)

4 GB

16GB recommended for visualization

8 GB (more can be utilized by Luxology Rendering engine on 64bit Windows 7)

32 GB recommended for visualization

FX370
FX470
FX570
K410*

K420*
K610*

K620*
Quadro 400
Quadro 600
Quadro K610M*

FX1500
FX3700
FX1800

K620*
K2000*

K2200*
K4000*

K4200*
Quadro 2000*
Quadro 4000*
Quadro K1100M*

FX3700
FX4500
FX4600
FX4700
FX5500
FX5600
K2000*

K2200*
K4000*

K4200*
K5000*

K5200*
K6000*
Quadro 2000*
Quadro 4000*
Quadro 5000*
Quadro 6000*
Quadro K2100M*
Quadro K3100M*
Quadro K4100M*
Quadro K5100M*

V3600
V3700
V3750
V3800
V3900

W2100*

V5600
V5700
V5900 *
V7300
V7600
V3900

W2100*

W4100*

W5000*

W5100*

V7600
V7350
V8600
V8650
V8700
V3800 *
V3900 *
V4800 *
V5800 *
V5900 *
V7800 *
V7900 *
V8800 *
V9800 *

W4100*
W5000*

W5100*
W7000*
W8000*
W9000*
HD 4000 Series

Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Intel® HD Graphics P3000
Intel® HD Graphics P4000
Intel® HD Graphics P4600
Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Intel® HD Graphics 4400
Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Intel® HD Graphics 5000
Intel® HD Graphics Iris^TM Pro 5200

Intel® Iris^TM Pro Graphics P6300
Intel® Iris^TM Pro Graphics P580
Intel® HD Graphics P530