Recommended Hardware

PowerMILL 10 will work on the same hardware as PowerMILL 9.  Background processing works on single processor machines and dual-processor machines will show noticeable performance benefits from parallel processing as well.

To obtain the most benefit from PowerMILL 10 we recommend:

• Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9550 (2.83GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 12MB L2 Cache, Quad Core) 375W
• 8GB (4 x 2.0GB DIMM) 800MHZ ECC Dual Channel Memory (requires 64-bit O/S)
• 512MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro FX 3700 (MRGA15), DualMonitor DVI or VGA Graphics Card (configured in a hardware mirror)
• 2 x 320GB (7,200 rpm) SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive with NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache™
• Genuine Windows Vista® Business x64 SP1

If calculation time is a major issue then dual quad-core processors will help foreground and background calculations to run at maximum speed.

• 2 x Intel® Xeon® X5450 (3.00GHz, 1333MHz, 2x6MB Cache, Quad Core)
• 16GB, 667MHz, ECC Memory (8x2GB)
• 512MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro FX 3700 (MRGA15), Dual Monitor DVI or VGA Graphics Card
• 2 x 320GB (7,200 rpm) SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive with NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache™
• Genuine Windows Vista® Business x64 SP1 WITH Media