System requirements
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The minimum system requirements for Maxwell Render are as follows:
Windows (32 and 64)
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8
2 GHz Intel® Pentium®4 processor, AMD Athlon 64 or better
1GB RAM minimum. 4 GB of RAM memory is highly recommended
400 MB available hard disk space for installation
Accelerated OpenGL drivers
3 button mouse recommended
Macintosh (32 and 64)
Mac OSX 10.7 and up to 10.11.x (El Capitan)
Intel® CPU
1 GB RAM minimum. 4 GB of RAM memory is highly recommended
400 MB available hard disk space for installation
3 button mouse recommended
Linux 64
x86_64 distribution with a 2.6 Kernel and glibc 2.5
2 GHz Intel® Core®2, AMD Athlon 64 or better
1 GB RAM minimum. 4 GB of RAM memory is highly recommended
X server with accelerated OpenGL drivers
400 MB available hard disk space for installation
3 button mouse recommended
For a description of the best hardware configuration for your needs, see the System Specifications FAQ page.