System Requirements
Operating System
- Windows: Tested on Windows XP and Vista (32 and 64 bit)
- Linux: Tested on Fedora Core 6, RHEL 4, Ubuntu 7.10 and Debian 3.1 and 4.0 (32 and 64-bit)
- Mac OS X: Requires 64-bit Intel-based Mac with OS X v10.5 Leopard
- Requires administrator privileges to install.
- GL-enabled desktops are not currently supported.
Memory
- 1 GB required (2-4 GB+ Recommended)
- Multiprocessor systems should be configured with additional RAM
- Houdini supports multiprocessor compositing and rendering
Processor
- Recent generation 32 or 64 bit AMD or Intel processors (requires SSE or higher)
- Houdini supports MMX and Streaming SIMD (SSE2) where present
Disk Space
- 500 MB required for installation
Input Devices
- 3 Button mouse required
- Scroll wheel used where present
- Wacom tablet recommended for Houdini's brush-based tools
Graphics Card
- Workstation-class OpenGL graphics card (such as NVidia and ATI)
- Minimum resolution: 1024 x 768 (1920 x 1200 widescreen Recommended)
- Color depth of 16-bit+ required (32-bit+ "true color" Recommended)
- Requires support for OpenGL 1.2 or later; Takes advantage of OpenGL 2.0 support if available
- Hardware-accelerated OpenGL required for optimum performance
- Performance may suffer with complex scenes on non-workstation graphics cards and on laptops
- Houdini does not require support for Direct3D (all viewports and interfaces use OpenGL)
Other
- Sound card and speakers/headset required for audio
- Class C network (TCP/IP) recommended for floating licenses
- Network support required for offline simulation, batch processing and rendering
- Internet browser required for connection to www.sidefx.com (Houdini Exchange and Forums)
- Video encoder required for creating AVI/QT/etc.
