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title: "System Requirements"
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## **Overview**

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Please make sure that your system fulfills the following requirements before installing V-Ray. Check the [Nuke system requirements](https://www.foundry.com/products/nuke/requirements) on The Foundry website for additional information.


## **Windows**

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  Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64-bit operating systems and 64-bit versions of Nuke.


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| Processor | 1st Gen Intel® Core™[*](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110625479/System+Requirements#SystemRequirements-note) or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64) |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file |
| USB Port | Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| GPU Support | <span style="color: #333333">NVIDIA GPUs of Maxwell generation or later with the</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> </span><span style="color: #172b4d">[latest recommended video driver](https://www.chaosgroup.com/vray-gpu)</span><br><span style="color: #172b4d">The minimum required compute capability is 5.2</span><sup><span style="color: #172b4d">[**](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110625479/System+Requirements#SystemRequirements-note)</span></sup><span style="color: #172b4d">.</span> |

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* <span style="color: #172b4d">Windows 11 is required for running Intel Alder Lake processors.</span>

** [CUDA compute capability and card reference](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)


The following table shows the versions of The Foundry Nuke and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported.


|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| ** Version of Nuke ** | ** Supported Operating System ** |
| Nuke 12 64-bit | Windows<sup> ® </sup>10, Windows<sup> ® </sup>11 |
| Nuke 12.1 64-bit | Windows<sup> ® </sup>10, Windows<sup> ® </sup>11 |
| Nuke 12.2 64-bit | Windows<sup> ® </sup>10, Windows<sup> ® </sup>11 |
| Nuke 13 64-bit | Windows<sup> ® </sup>10, Windows<sup> ® </sup>11 |


## **Linux**

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|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Processor | 1st Gen Intel® Core™ or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64) |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file |
| USB Port | Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| GPU Support | <span style="color: #333333">NVIDIA GPUs of Maxwell generation or later with the</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> </span><span style="color: #172b4d">[latest recommended video driver](https://www.chaosgroup.com/vray-gpu)</span><br><span style="color: #172b4d">The minimum required compute capability is 5.2</span><sup>[*](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110625479/System+Requirements#SystemRequirements-notes)</sup><span style="color: #172b4d"> .</span> |

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* [CUDA compute capability and card reference](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus)


The following table shows the versions of The Foundry Nuke and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported.


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| ** Version of Nuke ** | ** Supported Operating System ** |
| Nuke 12 64-bit | CentOS 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 (64-bit) |
| Nuke 12.1 64-bit | CentOS 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 (64-bit) |
| Nuke 12.2 64-bit | CentOS 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 (64-bit) |
| Nuke 13 64-bit | CentOS 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 (64-bit) |