System requirements for Autodesk Maya 2013

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Software

The 32-bit version of Autodesk® Maya® 2013 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional operating system (SP1)
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional operating system (SP3)

The 64-bit version of Maya 2013 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional operating system (SP1)
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2)
• Apple® Mac OS® X 10.7.x and 10.8.x operating system
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.2 WS operating system
• Fedora™ 14 operating system

Maya 2013 32-bit and 64-bit software requires the following supplemental software:

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8 internet browser or higher
• Apple® Safari® web browser
• Mozilla® Firefox® web browser

Hardware

At a minimum, the 32-bit version of Maya 2013 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows: Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD Athlon™ processor with SSE3 instruction set support (or higher)
• 2 GB RAM
• 10 GB free hard drive space
• Certified hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive

At a minimum, the 64-bit version of Maya 2013 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Windows and Linux: Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon processor with SSE3 instruction set support (or higher)
• Macintosh® computer: Macintosh computer with a Intel-based 64 bit processor
• 4 GB RAM
• 10 GB free hard drive space
• Certified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card
• Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
• DVD-ROM drive

Certified Hardware

For the latest list of certified hardware, including graphics cards, to run Maya 2013, Refer to the Recommended Hardware wizard for a detailed list of recommended systems and graphics cards.

Note: Maya 2013 is also capable of running on other configurations such as boutique distributions of Linux. However, enumerating systems that are not tested and cannot be supported or that fall below the requirements for a productive user experience is beyond the scope of the online certification charts.

Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third party hardware or software vendors for the certified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).