FLOVENT System Requirements

FLOVENT Version 7.1 System Requirements

FLOVENT v7.1 is available on the Microsoft Windows and Sun Solaris operating systems. Advanced solver support, parallel thermal solver and 64-bit thermal solver, are also available on these platforms.

Microsoft Windows, 32-bit editions

Supported operating systems:

  • Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
  • Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2003, Standard and Enterprise editions with Service Pack 1 and R2

Hardware requirements:

  • x86-compatible Intel or AMD processor, minimum 1GHz Pentium III
  • 512 MB system memory (RAM), 1 GB recommended
  • Graphics card with OpenGL support, minimum 64 MB memory and minimum XGA screen resolution (1024 x 768)

Microsoft Windows, 64-bit editions

Supported operating systems:

  • Windows XP Professional x64 edition with Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 editions (Standard and Enterprise) with Service Pack 1

Hardware requirements:

  • 64-bit capable AMD processor or an Intel processor with EM64T
  • 512 MB system memory (RAM), 1 GB recommended
  • Graphics card with OpenGL support minimum 64 MB memory and minimum XGA screen resolution (1024 x 768)

Sun Solaris

Supported operating systems:

  • Sun Solaris 9 (SPARC) with 09/05 or higher
  • Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC) with 03/05 or higher

Hardware requirements:

  • 400 MHz UltraSPARC-II processor or higher
  • 512 MB system memory (RAM), 1 GB recommended
  • Graphics card with OpenGL support minimum 64 MB memory and minimum XGA screen resolution (1024 x 768)

Current Recommended Specifications

High performance system:

Dual dual-core 2.8+GHz Xeon/dual dual-core 2.0GHz Opteron
4+GB Memory
Nvidia Quadro graphics card
160+GB SATA/SCSI Hard drive
Windows XP Pro x64

Medium range:

Pentium Dual core 3.2+GHz
2+GB memory
Nvidia Quadro graphics card
160+GB SATA Hard drive
Windows XP Pro x64

Minimum

Pentium 4 2.8+GHz/2.4+GHz Athlon64
1GB Memory
Nvidia Quadro graphics card
80+GB ATA hard drive

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