Qualification of Maya 2008 on Microsoft Windows

Last updated: October 24th, 2007


Qual chart update is in progress. The information contained in this chart is currently being updated.

Products Version Cut number
Maya Complete / Unlimited
32-bit
200708022245-704165
Maya Complete / Unlimited
64-bit
200708030019-704171

Contents of this document


General Configuration

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:


Operating Systems and processors

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


Notes on Operating Systems
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


Notes about graphics cards


Qual chart update is in progress. The information contained in this chart is currently being updated.

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

Video Cards without Hardware Overlay Planes

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.


Driver Notes and Settings

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]

Drivers Note and Caveats

  Driver version Description
Workaround
Windows Vista Business 64 Bit
Nvidia Quadro FX 4400

162.50

Fcheck playback is very slow and unstable

none
Windows Vista Business 32 Bit
ATI/AMD All
 8.353.2.1

Overlay Planes not loading correctly

none
ATI/AMD All

 8.353.2.1

Slow interactive Paint performance

none
Nvidia Quadro FX 1500
Nvidia Quadro FX 3450
162.50

 Some Artisan artifacting

none
Windows XP SP2 32-Bit and 64 Bit
ATi FireGL V3400  8.353.2.1

incorrect hardware texture displays in the interactive

none

Compiler Requirements

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

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

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