This page provides information on hardware and operating system requirements for V-Ray to work properly.
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Overview
Please make sure that your system fulfills the following requirements before installing V-Ray. Check the NUKE system requirements on The Foundry website for additional information.
Windows
Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64-bit operating systems and 64-bit versions of NUKE.
| Processor | Intel® Pentium ® IV or compatible processor with SSE3 support. |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file |
| USB Port | Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
The following table shows the versions of The Foundry NUKE and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported.
| Version of NUKE | Supported Operating System |
NUKE 8 64-bit | Windows ® 7 SP1, Windows ® 8 |
NUKE 9 64-bit | Windows ® 7 SP1, Windows ® 8 |
NUKE 10 64-bit | Windows ® 7 SP1, Windows ® 8 |
| NUKE 10.5 64-bit | Windows ® 7 SP1, Windows ® 8 |
Linux
Processor | Intel ® Pentium ® IV or compatible processor with SSE3 support. |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file |
| USB Port | Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
The following table shows the versions of The Foundry NUKE and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported.
| Version of NUKE | Supported Operating System |
NUKE 8 64-bit | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6 WS, or CentOS 6 (64-bit) or newer |
NUKE 9 64-bit | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6 WS, or CentOS 6 (64-bit) or newer |
NUKE 10 64-bitt | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6 WS, or CentOS 6 (64-bit) or newer |
NUKE 10.5 64-bit | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6 WS, or CentOS 6 (64-bit) or newer |