System Requirements

Get to Know the Minimum and Recommended Hardware
Requirements for Windows, macOS and Linux

Minimum Technical Requirements for Windows

  • 64-bit version: Microsoft® Windows 10 or Windows 11 (with latest Updates and Service Packs)
  • Intel® i3 processor (6th generation) or AMD® Ryzen 3 (2nd generation)
  • 8GB RAM
  • 5 GB free hard disk space on SSD depending on accessory applications installed
  • 3D Graphics accelerator card with 1 GB GPU memory and DirectX 9 compliant (OpenGL version 2.0 or better)
  • Display with 1280 x 768 pixels resolution with True Color (100% DPI scaling)
  • Mouse

For a good experience we recommend

  • 64-bit version: Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows® 11 (with latest Updates and Service Packs)
  • CPU Intel® i5/i7/i9 processor (8th generation or newer), AMD® Ryzen 5/7/9 processor (2nd generation or newer), or better
  • 16 GB RAM (or more)
  • 5 GB free hard disk space on SSD depending on accessory applications installed
  • 3D Graphics accelerator card with 1 GB or 2 GB GPU memory and DirectX 12 compliant (OpenGL version 4.3 or better) | (Nvidia – GeForce 700/800/900 series, GeForce RTX 20/30/40 series, GeForce GTX 16 series, GeForce MX 300/400/500 series or ATI)
  • Full HD monitor (1920 x 1080 pixels) or 4K Display (3840 x 2160 pixels) with True Color
  • Wheel mouse, or 3D mouse

Minimum Technical Requirements for macOS

  • Intel Version: Mac® with Intel® Core™ i5 processor or better
  • ARM Version: Apple M1 ARM-based systems or better
  • macOS v12 (Monterey), v13 (Ventura) or v14 (Sonoma)
  • 8 GB of RAM (16 GB or more recommended)
  • 5 GB of available hard-disk space for installation
  • 3D Graphics accelerator card with OpenGL version 2.0 (OpenGL version 3.3 or better recommended)
  • Display with 1280 x 768 pixels resolution, or better
  • Mouse (Wheel mouse recommended)

Minimum Technical Requirements for Linux

  • Ubuntu® 20.04 LTS, Fedora® 33
  • Intel® i3 processor (6th generation) or AMD® Ryzen 3 (2nd generation) or better
  • 8 GB of RAM (16 GB or more recommended)
  • 5 GB of available hard-disk space on SSD for installation
  • 3D Graphics accelerator card with OpenGL version 2.0 (OpenGL version 3.3 or better recommended)
  • Display with 1280 x 768 pixels resolution, or better
  • Mouse (Wheel mouse recommended)

Note: Product activation requires a network interface card. Windows Terminal Servers are not supported.

See also our comparison chart to understand the few differences between Windows, macOS and Linux for ARES Commander:

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