Supported operating systems and minimum requirements for hardware and
memory.
Windows
- Operating System
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Windows 11 (64-bit)
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Notice: As of October 14,
2025, Microsoft Windows 10 will reach its end of support. Following Microsoft's
messaging, all Altair 2026 applications will no longer support Windows 10. Altair is
providing this information to help our customers prepare and accommodate for this
change. Altair 2026 will support the Windows 11 operating system, along with our
other Linux-based operating systems. Please contact your local Altair support teams
if you have any questions or concerns.
- Memory
- 8 GB of RAM (32 GB recommended)
- 15 GB or more of free hard disk space
- Graphics Hardware
- OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator compatible with OpenGL 3.3 or higher
- Vulkan 1.2 or higher
- OpenCL 2.1 required
- True color (24-bit) support
- Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers
- 1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience
- 4 GB or higher dedicated RAM
- Only AMD and NVIDIA GPUs supported (Intel chipsets are not supported)
Linux
- Operating System
- RHEL/Oracle Linux 9.4 (64-bit)
- CIQ Rocky Linux 9.4
- Memory
- 8 GB of RAM (32 GB recommended)
- 15 GB or more of free hard disk space
- Graphics Hardware
- OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator compatible with OpenGL 3.3 or higher
- Vulkan 1.2 or higher
- OpenCL 2.1 required
- True color (24-bit) support
- Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers
- 1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience
- 4 GB or higher dedicated RAM
- Only AMD and NVIDIA GPUs supported (Intel chipsets are not supported)
