FAQ - Minumum System Requirements

AdvantEdge™ 2D

  • Windows 2000, XP
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz single core Intel Xeon/AMD or higher; or 2.0 GHz dual core Intel Xeon/AMD or higher
  • 1 GB of RAM

AdvantEdge™ 3D

  • Processor: 3.6 GHz single core Intel Xeon/AMD or higher; or 3.0 GHz dual core Intel Xeon/AMD or higher
  • 2.0 GB of RAM

Parallel Computing

  • Dual Processor with single or dual configuration and 2.0GB of RAM

Production Module™ 3D

  • Windows 2000, XP
  • 3.0 GHz processor
  • 1.0 GB of RAM

Recommended AdvantEdge™ 3D Hardware Configuration for a new workstation

Dell Precision Workstation 490 MiniTower - 64bit

1st Processor

Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5355 3.0GHz, 2X 4MB L2,1333 MHz

2nd Processor

Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5355 3.0GHz, 2X 4MB L2,1333 MHz

Operating System

Genuine Windows® XP Professional, x64 Edition with Media SP2

Graphic Cards

128MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro FX 550, Dual DVI or Dual VGA or DVI + VGA

Memory

8GB, DDR2 ECC SDRAM Memory 667MHz, (4 DIMM); (16 GB preferred)

Boot Hard Drive

300GB SAS Hard Drive, 10K RPRODUCTION MODULE ™

2nd Hard Drive

300GB SAS Hard Drive, 10K RPRODUCTION MODULE ™