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. 

 

 

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