The minimum system requirements for Maxwell Render are as follows:
Windows (32 and 64)
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7
- 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 10.6 and up
- 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 section.