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.