System Requirements

To run software at an optimal level, your computer hardware configuration will have to meet the minimal list of requirements. See this list of qualified hardware and systems requirements that are necessary to run your software application.

• › Software
• › Hardware

 

Software

The 32-bit version of Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

Microsoft^® Windows^® XP Professional (SP3)

The 64-bit version of the Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 Professional operating system
Microsoft^® Windows Vista^® Business (SP2) operating system
Microsoft^® Windows^® XP x64 Edition (SP2) operating system

Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 32-bit and 64-bit software requires the following supplemental software:

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 internet browser or higher
• Mozilla® Firefox® 2.0 web browser or higher

 

Hardware

At a minimum, the 32-bit version of the Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Minimum processor
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 64-bit processor
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 64-bit processor
  • Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ 64-bit processor
• Recommended processor
  • Intel® Core™ i7 64-bit processor
  • Dual Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 64-bit processor
  • Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ 64-bit processor
• 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB RAM recommended
• 6 GB free hard drive space is required to install all commercial applications on the same system
  • Education Suite for Entertainment Creation will require a minimum of 10 GB free disk space
• 512MB hardware-accelerated OpenGL® 2.0 (and higher) professional graphics cards with recommended driver from Autodesk hardware certification pages. Three-button mouse with mouse driver software.
  • DirectX 9.0c application programming interface or higher
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software or certified Wacom® tablet
• DVD-ROM drive
• Ethernet adapter or wireless internet card
• 1280 x 1024 screen resolution
• Maya Composite and 3ds Max Composite functionality media cache requirements for playback:
  • 10 GB minimum, 200 GB recommended
  • HDD: IDE, SATA, SATA 2, SAS, SCSI

At a minimum, the 64-bit version of the Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Minimum processor
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 64-bit processor
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 64-bit processor
  • Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ 64-bit processor
• Recommended processor
  • Intel® Core™ i7 64-bit processor
  • Dual Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 64-bit processor
  • Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ 64-bit processor
• 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB RAM recommended
• 6 GB free hard drive space is required to install all commercial applications on the same system
  • Education Suite for Entertainment Creation will require a minimum of 10 GB free disk space
• 512MB hardware-accelerated OpenGL® 2.0 (and higher) professional graphics cards with recommended driver from Autodesk hardware certification pages. Three-button mouse with mouse driver software.
  • DirectX 9.0c application programming interface or higher
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software or certified Wacom® tablet
• DVD-ROM drive
• Ethernet adapter or wireless internet card
• 1280 x 1024 screen resolution
• Maya Composite and 3ds Max Composite functionality media cache requirements for playback:
  • 10 GB minimum, 200 GB recommended
  • HDD: IDE, SATA, SATA 2, SAS, SCSI

Note: Users should allocate an additional 2 GB hard drive space for swap space

Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third party hardware or software vendors for the qualified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).

Autodesk, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Softimage and 3ds Max are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

© 2010 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.