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              System Requirements grandMA3 onPC
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        grandMA3 User Manual » grandMA3 onPC » System Requirements
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        Version 2.1
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If you would like to run grandMA3 on your PC, here is what it takes.
| Type | Minimum | Recommended | 
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| Operating system | Windows® 10 64bit version 1803 or later, Windows® 11 64bit version 21H2 or later, Apple® macOS® Catalina 10.15 or later, Admin rights are required for all operating systems.  | 
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| Processor | 6th Generation Intel® Core CPU™ processor-based platform or later with 4 or more cores and SSE 4.2 or comparable AMD® CPU, Apple® M1® SoC CPU with 8 or more cores, Apple® M2® SoC CPU with 8 or more cores  | 
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| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB | 
| Hard disk | 32 GB of available space | type SSD | 
| Graphics card | Any graphic card with hardware acceleration, OpenGL 4.1 support, and 1024 MB VRAM, or Apple® M1® SoC GPU with 8 or more cores. Apple® M2® SoC GPU with 8 or more cores, with hardware acceleration, OpenGL 4.1 support, and 8 GB unified memory  | 
			4 096 MB VRAM 32 GB unified memory  | 
		
| Resolution | 1 920 x 1 080 or higher. | |
| Network card | 1000BASE-T | 
Additional requirements:
- To use the grandMA3 onPC in session with grandMA3 consoles, a minimum of 16 GB of RAM (24GB Unified Memory when using Apple® M1® SoC or Apple® M2® SoC) is required.
 - To use the online help and download the latest version of grandMA3 onPC, make sure that you have internet access.
 - To save the software on a USB flash drive, use a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port.
 
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        Hint: | 
| In general, more cores and more cache memory are recommended instead of a higher processor clock speed. | 
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        Hint: | 
| For Apple® macOS® High Sierra 10.13 or Apple® mac OS® Mojave 10.14, grandMA3 onPC version 1.8.8.2 is required. | 
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        Important: | 
| Unfortunately AMD Radeon driver 22.11.2 creates graphical issues. We recommend to use AMD Radeon Driver 22.5.1. |