Supported SystemsHeadwave supports a limited number of platforms and operating systems. Hardware meeting the following criteria, running the software versions listed, and having the indicated NVIDIA driver version should work without problem. Please contact your Headwave representative if any problems are discovered.
REQUIRED MINIMUM CONFIGURATION
Workstations:
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HP, Dell, IBM, whiteboxes
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Memory:
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Memory required : 2 GB
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Graphics Cards : Professional Line
Graphics cards : Consumer Edition
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NVIDIA Geforce 7800 GT, GTX
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NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT, GTX
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NVIDIA Geforce 8600 GT
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NVIDIA Geforce 8700 GT
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NVIDIA Geforce 8800 GT, GTX, ULTRA
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NVIDIA Geforce 9200
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For all cards : Minimum graphics memory 256 MB, 512MB highly recommended
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Mobile Graphics
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NVIDIA Quadro FX Mobile High-End only (refer to >link http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_go.html http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_go.html>)
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NVIDIA Geforce 8600 (512MB memory)
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NVIDIA Geforce 8700 (512MB memory)
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NVIDIA Geforce 8900 (512MB memory)
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NVIDIA Geforce 7600-7950 Mobile (512MB memory)
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Graphics drivers
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Windows XP Professional SP2 - NVIDIA ForceWare release 162.65
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Linux NVIDIA driver version - 162+ -32 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86-162+
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Linux NVIDIA driver version - 162+ -64 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-162+
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Operating Systems
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (32bit, 64bit)
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Red Hat RHEL WS/ES 4.3 (64bit only)
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opensuse 10.2 or newer (64bit only)
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RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION
Workstations:
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HP - 8400, 9400, 8600(on release)
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Dell Precision family
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IBM workstations
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Memory:
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64bit Linux : 4 GB
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32bit Linux : 2 GB
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32bit Windows XP : 4 GB ("/3GB" boot parameter recommended for Petrel module usage)
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Disk space:
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moderate workspaces (~50 GB total) - 250 GB SATA in RAID 1 configuration
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large workspaces (>100 GB total) - 500 GB SATA in RAID 1 configuration
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Graphics
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See comparison pages on Nvidia as per above
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Moderate sized workspace graphics - GeForce 8800 GT, 8800GTX, 8800GTS w/512MB (or higher) memory
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Large sized workspace graphics - Quadro FX4600, FX5600
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Extremely large workspace graphics - QuadroPlex Model IV
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Graphics memory - minimum 512 MB
Operating Systems
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional XP2
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Red Hat RHES 4.3
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opensuse 10.2
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Graphics drivers
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Linux NVIDIA driver version - 169.07 -32 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07
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Linux NVIDIA driver version - 169.07 -64 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.07
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MIcrosoft Windows XP SP2 driver version - 162.75
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