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® i5/ Ultra5 processor (i5-8500 or better) alternatively an AMD® Ryzen® 5 (with Zen® 2 architecture or better) | |
| 5 GB free hard disk space on SSD depending on accessory applications installed | |
| 8 GB RAM (depending on the size of the drawings) | |
| 3D Graphics accelerator card with 1 GB GPU memory and DirectX 11 compliant (OpenGL version 3.3 or better). The GPU should be recommended for Windows 11 (no more Kepler-series or older GPUs are supported) | |
| 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® 11 (with latest Updates and Service Packs) | |
| CPU Intel® i7/i9 /Ultra7/Ultra9 processor (8th generation or better) or a corresponding Xeon®, AMD® Ryzen® 7/9 processor (Zen® 2 or better) or a corresponding Threadripper® / Epyc® | |
| 5 GB free hard disk space on SSD depending on accessory applications installed | |
| 32 GB RAM (or more) | |
| 3D Graphics accelerator card with 1 GB or 2 GB GPU memory and DirectX 12 compliant (OpenGL version 4.3 or better) | (NVIDIA® GeForce RTX 20/30/40 series, GeForce GTX 16 series, GeForce MX 300/400/500 series or AMD®) | |
| Full HD monitor (1920 x 1080 pixels) or 4K Display (3840 x 2160 pixels) with True Color | |
| Wheel mouse or 3D mouse |
ARM processor architecture under Windows is not supported yet. Windows Terminal Servers are not supported.
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 v14 (Sonoma), v15 (Sequoia) or v26 (Tahoe) | |
| 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® 22.04 (or newer), Fedora® 42 (or newer) | |
| Intel® i5/ Ultra5 processor (i5-8500 or better) alternatively an AMD® Ryzen® 5 (with Zen® 2 architecture 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.
See also our comparison chart to understand the few differences between Windows, macOS and Linux for ARES Commander:
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