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, or tier 2 manufacturers, e.g. ASUS, ACER
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Memory:
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Memory required : 4 GB
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Graphics Cards : NVIDIA Professional Line
Graphics cards : Consumer Edition
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NVIDIA Geforce 400 or 500 series
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For all cards : Minimum graphics memory 1 GB
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Fermi chip, 300+ stream processors
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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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Graphics drivers
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Microsoft Windows XP64, Vista 32, Vista 64, Win7 64 bits - NVIDIA ForceWare release 26x.xx
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Linux NVIDIA driver version - 64 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.44
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Operating Systems
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 (32bit, 64bit), Microsoft Windows Vista 32, Windows Vista 64, Microsoft Win7 64 bits.
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Red Hat RHEL WS/ES 4.8 (64bit only) RHEL WS/ES 5.6 (64bit only), CentOS 5.6 (64 bit only)
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RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION
Workstations:
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HP - xw9400, xw8600, z400, z800
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2nd Tier - call or email Headwave
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Memory:
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64bit Linux : 4 GB
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32bit Windows XP : 4 GB ("/3GB" boot parameter recommended for Petrel module usage)
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64bit Windows XP : 4 GB
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32bit Vista : 4 GB
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64bit Vista: 4 GB
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64bit Win7: 4GB
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Disk space:
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moderate workspaces (~50 GB total) - 500 GB SATA in RAID 1 or RAID 5 configuration
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large workspaces (>100 GB total) - 10-50 TB SATA in RAID 1 or RAID 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/1GB (or higher) memory
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Large sized workspace graphics - Quadro FX4700, FX5700, FX4800, FX5800
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Graphics memory - minimum 1 GB
Operating Systems
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Microsoft Windows Win7 Professional
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Red Hat RHES 4.8, or 5.6, or CentOS 5.6
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Graphics drivers
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Linux NVIDIA driver version - 260.xx+ -64 bit - NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.xx
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Microsoft Windows XP SP3, XP64-SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista 32/64 driver version - 26x.xx
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Microsoft Windows Win7 64 driver version - 26x.xx
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http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_family.html
