Hardware and Software Requirements

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Windows

Hardware and software requirements for running R.Design on Windows.

R.Design can run on Windows 7 and 8.1 (64-bit version), but it is not officially supported as Microsoft has discontinued support for these versions.

Requirements

Operating System

• Windows 11 64-bit version.

Windows 10 64-bit version 1909 revision .1350 or higher, or versions 2004 and 20H2 revision .789 or higher.

For information on how to find your Windows operating system version, refer to this page.

Graphics Card

A graphics card with the latest available drivers installed, and at least 6 GB of dedicated Video-Access Random Memory (VRAM), or a benchmark score.

Render Hardware Interface (RHI)

DirectX 11: Latest drivers

DirectX 12: Latest drivers

Vulkan: AMD (21.11.3+) and NVIDIA (496.76+)

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

A processor with a benchmark score of 2,000 or higher.

System Memory (RAM)

16 GB or more

Hard Drive

A Solid State Drive (SSD) or a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) can be a good choice if you work with very large projects. As well, projects that are stored on an SSD load and save faster.

30 GB of free disk space

DirectX Runtime

DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)

MacOS

Hardware and software requirements for running R.Design on a Mac.

Minimum Requirements

Operating System

MacOS Monterey 12.x

Graphics Card

A graphics card with at least 6 GB of dedicated Video-Access Random Memory (VRAM), or with a benchmark score of 10,000 or higher.

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

A processor with a benchmark score of 2,000 or higher.

System Memory (RAM)

32 GB or more

Hard Drive

A Solid State Drive (SSD) or a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) can be a good choice if you work with very large projects. As well, projects that are stored on an SSD load and save faster.

30 GB of free disk space

Limitations

R.Design has the following limitations when running on a Mac:

  • R.Design can run on macOS versions earlier than 12.x but it is not officially supported.

  • MacOS Ventura 13.x is not officially supported.

  • The Path tracer feature is not supported on macOS.

  • Screen-Space Global Illumination (SSGI) is functional only on macOS Catalina (10.15.6) or higher.

  • While R.Design can run on Macs that use the Apple M1 / M2 chipset, M1 / M2 chips are not currently fully supported or leveraged for R.Design.