Last updated: October 24th, 2007
Products | Version | Cut number |
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Maya Complete / Unlimited | 32-bit |
200708022245-704165 |
Maya Complete / Unlimited | 64-bit |
200708030019-704171 |
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In order to determine whether your system is qualified to run Maya and mental ray for Maya, you must have a qualified processor, operating system, graphics card, and graphics driver. See the following sections.
In addition, other requirements are as follows:
General disclaimers:
The following CPUs are supported with Maya 2008.
INTEL | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pentium 4 | Pentium D | Pentium Dual Core | Core 2 Duo | Core 2 Extreme | Core 2 Quad | Xeon |
AMD | ||||||
Athlon 64 | Athlon 64 FX | Athlon 64 X2 | Opteron | Opteron Quad core |
The following CPUs are not supported with Maya 2008.
INTEL | |
---|---|
Celeron | Itaniums |
AMD | |
Sempron | Athlon |
Licensing caveats | ||
Windows XP x64 | ||
Caveats | Workaround | Resolution |
Maya 2008 64-bit on Windows will not start with a USB hardware lock (dongle) due to driver issues. | While the Flexid dongle drivers do not support node locked licenses in Windows XP 64-bit version, floating licenses based off a USB dongle or a 32-bit version of Maya are not affected by this issue and will properly license Maya on a 64-bit machine. | A fix for this bug is currently being investigated and may be addressed, in whole or in part, in a subsequent service pack or extension release. |
Windows Vista Japan Edition | ||
Caveats | Workaround | Resolution |
The FLEXnet version that ships with Maya 2008 does not work as a floating license server on Japanese Windows Vista. | Customers with floating licenses on 32-bit & 64-bit Windows Vista JP are advised to download and use the 32bit version of LMTools 10.8.5. ** | A fix for this bug is currently being investigated and may be addressed, in whole or in part, in a subsequent service pack or extension release. |
** This
update is not required for node-locked licenses. For
Japanese Vista operating systems, please download and install the
10.8.5
version of FLEXLM from the following link: click
here.
Graphics Cards and Driver Versions
Maya is qualified for the following graphics cards using the specified driver, with the listed Operating Systems. Please see the Detailed Driver Notes and Settings for applicable settings and potential Caveats specific to your graphics card.
Important: Graphics drivers are usually different for different Windows operating systems. Autodesk has tested only drivers listed under each OS. While it may be possible to use Maya successfully on earlier or later drivers, Autodesk cannot guarantee their performance or behavior. If you encounter problems with a driver, we strongly suggest that you contact the graphic card vendor to report your problem.
Graphic Cards | Windows
XP SP2 32-bit |
Windows
XP SP2 64-bit |
Windows
Vista Business 32-bit |
Windows
Vista Business 64-bit |
ATI | 8.353.1.1 | 8.353.1.1 | 8.391.2.1.1 | 8.391.2.1.1 |
ATI FireGL v3600 & FireGL v5600 | 8.391.2.1.1 | 8.391.2.1.1 | 8.391.2.1.1 | 8.391.2.1.1 |
NVIDIA | 162.50 | 162.50 | 162.50 | 162.50 |
Graphic Cards | Windows
XP SP2 32-Bit |
Windows
XP SP2 64-Bit |
Windows
Vista Business 32-Bit |
Windows
Vista Business 64-Bit |
ATI | ||||
FireGL 3400 | NOT QUALIFIED | NOT QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
FireGL 3600 | QUALIFIED |
QUALIFIED |
QUALIFIED |
QUALIFIED |
FireGL 5200 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
FireGL 5600 | QUALIFIED |
QUALIFIED |
QUALIFIED |
QUALIFIED |
FireGL 7200 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
FireGL 7300 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
FireGL 7350 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
NVIDIA | ||||
Quadro FX 1500 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Quadro FX 3400 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Quadro FX 3450 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Quadro FX 3500 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Quadro FX 4400 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Quadro FX 4500 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Quadro FX 4500 X2 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Quadro FX 4600 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Quadro FX 5500 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Quadro FX 5600 | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED | QUALIFIED |
Using video cards without Hardware Overlay planes (or Hardware Overlay planes turned off) can result in poor performance for certain operations within Maya including (but not restricted to) use of tools based on Artisan or Paint Textures technology. There will also be visual differences compared with Hardware overlays that may result in difficulty seeing or manipulating aspects of the scene or Maya interface.
Nvidia GeForce GPUs
There are many cards based on GeForce GPU chipsets. Nvidia and Autodesk do not recommend these cards for use with Maya as you may experience various refresh, display and stability problems and inadequate performance. We suggest you choose from Nvidia's workstation cards instead, such as the Quadro families which are much better suited to high-end 3D packages such as Maya. For more information, see Nvidia Nvidia GeForce VS Quadro White Paper [PDF]
If you are building plug-ins for Autodesk Maya 2008, note the following:
The Maya
API requires a specific compiler and linker, on each
of the platforms Autodesk supports in order to build compatible
plug-ins.
The Visual Studio 2005 SP1 compiler
is used to build Autodesk Maya 2008 on Windows. Using this
compiler will guarantee binary compatibility when building plug-ins.
Portable Computers | Windows XP SP2 32-Bit |
Windows
XP SP2 64-Bit |
Windows
Vista Ultimate 32-Bit |
Windows
Vista Ultimate 64-Bit |
DELL | ||||
Precision M65 Intel Core2 T7400 @ 2.16 ghz ; 2GB Ram ; NVIDIAŽ QuadroŽ FX 350M | Passed | Passed | Passed | Passed |
Precision M90 Intel Core2 T7200 @ 2.0 ghz ; 1GB Ram ; NVIDIAŽ QuadroŽ FX 2500M | Passed | Passed | Passed | Passed |
Precision M4300 IntelŽ CoreTM 2 Duo Processor ; NVIDIAŽ QuadroŽ FX 360M | Passed | Passed | N/A* | N/A* |
Precision M6300 Intel Core2 T7700 @ 2.4 ghz ; 2GB Ram ; NVIDIAŽ QuadroŽ FX 1600M | Passed | N/A* | N/A* | N/A* |
LENOVO | ||||
T60p Intel Core2 T7600 @ 2.33 ghz ; 2GB Ram ; ATI FireGL Mobility V5250 | Passed | N/A* | Passed | Passed |
T61p Intel Core2 T7700 @ 2.4 ghz ; 2GB Ram ; NVIDIAŽ QuadroŽ FX 570M | Passed | N/A* | Passed | Passed |
Z61p Intel Core2 T2500 @ 2.0 ghz ; 1GB Ram ; ATI FireGL Mobility V5200 | Passed | N/A** | Passed | N/A** |
HEWLETT-PACKARD | ||||
8510w Intel Core2 T7700 @ 2.4 ghz ; 4GB Ram ; ATI FireGL Mobility V5600 | Passed | Passed | Passed | Passed |
8510w Intel Core2 T7700 @ 2.4 ghz ; 4GB Ram ; NVIDIAŽ QuadroŽ FX 570M | Passed | Passed | Passed | Passed |
8710w Intel Core2 T7700 @ 2.7 ghz ; 4GB Ram ; NVIDIAŽ QuadroŽ FX 1600M | Passed | Passed | Passed | Passed |
nw8440 Intel Core2 T7600 @ 2.33 ghz ; 2GB Ram ; ATI FireGL Mobility V5200 | Passed | N/A* | Passed | Passed |
nw9440 Intel Core2 T7600 @ 2.33 ghz ; Ram : 2gig ; NVIDIAŽ QuadroŽ FX 1500M | Passed | N/A* | Passed | Passed |
Workstations | Windows XP SP2 32-Bit |
Windows
XP SP2 64-Bit |
Windows
Vista Ultimate 32-Bit |
Windows
Vista Ultimate 64-Bit |
RedHat WS4 U5 32-bit | RedHat WS4 U5 64-bit |
DELL | ||||||
Precision 390 Intel Dual Core @ 1.86GHz ; 1GB Ram |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed** |
Passed** |
Pending |
Pending |
Precision 670 2x Intel Xeon Dual Core @ 2.8GHz; 2GB GHz |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Precision 690 2x Intel Xeon Dual_core @ 3.2GHz; 2GBRAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Precision T3400 Intel Core2 Quad@ 2.66GHz; 4GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Precision T7400 2x Intel Xeon Quad E5345 @ 2.33GHz; 8GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
FUJITSU-SIEMENS | ||||||
Celsius R540 2x Intel Xeon 5150 @ 2.66GHz; 2GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Celsius M440 2x Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.8GHz; 4GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Celsius M450 Intel Core2 6700 @ 2.6Ghz; 2GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
HEWLETT-PACKARD | ||||||
xw9400 2x Dual-Core AMD Opteron 2216; 4GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
xw8600 2x Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz; 8GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed ** |
Passed ** |
N/A* |
N/A* |
xw8400 2x Intel Dual-Core @ 2.66GHz,; 4GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
xw6600 Intel Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz; 8GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed ** |
Passed ** |
N/A* |
N/A* |
xw6400 2x Intel Dual-Core @ 2.66GHz,; 4GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
xw4600 Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66GHz; 4GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
xw4550 Dual-Core AMD Opteron 1220 @ 2.4GHz; 4GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
xw4400 Intel Core2 6700 @ 2.66GHz; 2GB RAM |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
Passed |
LENOVO | ||||||
ThinkStation S10 | Passed |
Passed |
Passed *** |
Passed *** |
N/A* |
N/A* |
ThinkStation D10 | Passed |
Passed |
Passed *** |
Passed *** |
N/A* |
N/A* |
* No OS available
*** Windows Vista Business was used for this permutation