Mastercam System Requirements as of 10-10-2017

Mastercam System Requirements as of 10-10-2017

Mastercam System Requirements


CNC Recommendations


Minimum

Recommended

Video

OpenGL 3.2 support with 1 GB memory. No onboard graphics

NVIDIA Quadro graphics card with 2 GB (or higher) dedicated memory

Storage

Hard drive with at least 20GB free USB and/or DVD drive (depending on installation media and licensing method)

Solid State Drive (SSD) with at least 20GB free

Processor

Intel or AMD 64-bit processor, 2.4GHz or faster

Intel I7 or Xeon E3, 3.2GHz or faster

OS

Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 64-bit Professional

Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 64-bit Professional

Monitor

1920 * 1080 resolution

1920 * 1080 resolution, dual monitors

Memory

8 GB

32 GB


QTE Recommended video cards


Top Teir Card


QUADRO P5000

  • CUDA Parallel-Processing Cores 2560

  • GPU Memory 16GB GDDR5X

  • FP32 Performance 8.9 TFLOPS

  • Graphics Bus PCI Express 3.0 x 16

  • Display Connectors DP 1.4 (4), DVI-D (1), Optional Stereo (1)

  • Form Factor 4.4" H x 10.5" L Dual Slot

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-Quadro-VCQP5000-PB-256-bit-EXPRESS/dp/B01N6W4CVB

Mid-range performance


QUADRO P4000

  • CUDA Parallel-Processing Cores 1792

  • GPU Memory 8 GB GDDR5

  • FP32 Performance 5.3 TFLOPS

  • Graphics Bus PCI Express 3.0 x 16

  • Display Connectors                       DP 1.4 (4), Optional Stereo (1)

  • Form Factor 4.4” H x 9.5” L Single Slot

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-NVIDIA-Quadro-Professional-Graphics/dp/B06X9TNDFF



Bare Minimum Video card


QUADRO P2000

  • CUDA Parallel-Processing Cores      1024

  • GPU Memory 5 GB GDDR5

  • FP32 Performance 3.0 TFLOPS

  • Graphics Bus PCI Express 3.0 x 16

  • Display Connectors DP 1.4 (4)

  • Form Factor 4.4” H x 7.9” L Single Sl

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-VCQP2000-PB-Video-Graphic-Cards/dp/B06X9Q9XW3


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