Supported Systems

Headwave 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:

HP, whiteboxes

Memory:

Memory required : 2 GB

Graphics Cards : Professional Line

NVIDIA Quadro High-End, Ultra-High-End (refer to

http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_family.html

Graphics cards : Consumer Edition

	NVIDIA Geforce 8800 GT, GTX, ULTRA
	NVIDIA Geforce 9200
	NVIDIA Geforce 280, 285, 286, 290
	For all cards : Minimum graphics memory 512MB

Mobile Graphics

	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>)
	NVIDIA Geforce 8600 (512MB memory)
	NVIDIA Geforce 8700 (512MB memory)
	NVIDIA Geforce 8900 (512MB memory)

Graphics drivers

	Windows XP Professional SP3, Windows Vista 32 - NVIDIA ForceWare release 190
	Linux NVIDIA driver version - 185 -32 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185
	Linux NVIDIA driver version - 185 -64 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185

Operating Systems

	Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (32bit, 64bit), Microsoft Windows Vista 32
	Red Hat RHEL WS/ES 4.3 (64bit only)

RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION

Workstations:

	HP - xw9400, xw8600, z400, z800
	2nd Tier - call or email Headwave

Memory:

	64bit Linux : 4 GB
	32bit Windows XP : 4 GB ("/3GB" boot parameter recommended for Petrel module usage)
	64bit Windows XP : 4 GB
	32bit Vista : 4 GB

Disk space:

	moderate workspaces (~50 GB total) - 250 GB SATA in RAID 1 configuration
	large workspaces (>100 GB total) - 500 GB SATA in RAID 1 configuration

Graphics

	See comparison pages on Nvidia as per above
	Moderate sized workspace graphics - GeForce 8800 GT, 8800GTX, 8800GTS w/1GB (or higher) memory
	Large sized workspace graphics - Quadro FX4700, FX5700, FX4800, FX5800

Graphics memory - minimum 1 GB
Operating Systems

	Microsoft Windows XP Professional XP3
	Red Hat RHES 4.3

Graphics drivers

	Linux NVIDIA driver version - 185+ -32 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86-185.07
	Linux NVIDIA driver version - 185+ -64 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.07
	MIcrosoft Windows XP SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista 32 driver version - 185.85