FAQ - Minumum System Requirements

AdvantEdge FEM 2D

3.6 GHz single core Intel Xeon/AMD or higher processor; or
2.0 GHz dual/quad core Intel/AMD or higher processor
1 GB of RAM
4.0 GB of disk space for installation; extra space required for each project
NVidia graphic card display
Supported platforms: Windows XP, Windows XP 64B, Windows Vista, Windows 7

AdvantEdge FEM 3D

3.6 GHz single core Intel Xeon/AMD or higher processor; or
3.0 GHz dual/quad core Intel Xeon/AMD or higher processor
2 GB of RAM
4.0 GB of disk space for installation; extra space required for each project
NVidia graphic card display
Supported platforms: Windows XP, Windows XP 64B, Windows Vista, Windows 7

Recommended AdvantEdge FEM 3D hardware configuration for a new workstation:
Dell Precision Workstation T5500 MiniTower - 64 bit

1st Processor: Six Core Intel Xeon Processor X5680 3.33GHz, 12M L3, 6.4GT/s
2nd Processor: Six Core Intel Xeon Processor X5680 3.33GHz, 12M L3, 6.4GT/s
Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate, x64 Edition
Graphic Cards: 256MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295, 2MON, 2 DP w/2 DP to DVI Adapters
Memory: 24GB, DDR3 RDIMM Memory, 1333MHz, ECC (6 DIMMS)
Boot Hard Drive: 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache
2nd Hard Drive: 1.5TB SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200 RPM Hard Drive with 32MB DataBurst Cache