System Requirements

For 32-Bit and 64-Bit Autodesk Simulation CFD 2013

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise edition (SP1) or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (32-bit: SP3, 64-bit: SP2; .NET Framework 4)¹
• Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel Xeon®, Intel Core™, AMD Athlon™ II, or AMD Opteron™ dual-core processor or later (2 GHz CPU speed, 4 MB L2 cache, and 800 MHz FSB or higher)¹
• 4 GB RAM or higher^1,2
• 500 GB hard drive or higher (SCSI: 15,000 RPM, SATA: 10,000 RPM)
• 30 GB or higher of free disk space (2 GB free disk space for installation)
• 512 MB DRAM or higher OpenGL®-capable graphics card
• 24-bit color setting at 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
• DVD-ROM drive³
• Microsoft® mouse-compliant pointing device
• Web browser
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access

Notes
¹For superior performance, Autodesk recommends Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit: SP1) or Windows XP Professional (64-bit: SP2), an Intel or AMD 64-bit quad-core processor, and 12 GB RAM or higher.

²Autodesk recommends settings that allow Windows to manage virtual memory, as needed. There should always be at least twice as much free hard disk space as system memory (RAM).

³Autodesk Simulation CFD software is only available on DVD media or electronic download. A DVD-ROM drive is not required if installing via electronic download.