This page gives some details on what hardware and operating systems are required for V-Ray to work properly.
Windows
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Processor | 1st Gen Intel® Core™ or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64) |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file; (Actual amount required will vary with scene requirements.) |
| USB Port | Required for customers using legacy hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0 |
| TCP/IP | Only IPv4 required for distributed rendering is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported |
| GPU Acceleration | NVIDIA CUDA: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta- and Turing-based NVIDIA card(s) with with latest recommended video driver or at least version 441.20; NVIDIA RTX: RTX cards with latest recommended video driver or at least version 441.28; V-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2; NVIDIA AI Denoiser: Maxwell, Pascal, Volta or Turing-based NVIDIA card with latest recommended video driver or at least version 441.20 The minimum required compute capability is 5.21 |
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Version of Maya | Supported Operating System |
| Maya 2017 | Windows ® 8.1 and Windows ® 10 Professional |
| Maya 2018 | Windows ® 8.1 and Windows ® 10 Professional |
| Maya 2019 | Windows ® 8.1 and Windows ® 10 Professional |
| Maya 2020 | Windows ® 8.1 and Windows ® 10 Professional |
Linux
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray.
Processor | 1st Gen Intel® Core™ or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64) |
| 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 |
| GPU Support | NVIDIA CUDA: Maxwell-, Pascal-, Volta- and Turing-based NVIDIA card(s) with latest recommended video driver or at least 410.48; NVIDIA RTX: RTX cards with latest recommended video driver or at least version 440.36 V-Ray Production Denoiser: AMD or NVIDIA GPU supporting OpenCL 1.2; NVIDIA AI Denoiser: Maxwell, Pascal, Volta or Turing-based NVIDIA card with latest recommended video driver or at least 410.48 The minimum required compute capability is 5.21 |
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
| Version of Maya | Supported Operating System |
| Maya 2017 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 and 7.2 WS, or CentOS 6.5 and 7.2 |
| Maya 2018 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 and 7.2 WS, or CentOS 6.5 and 7.2 |
| Maya 2019 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 and 7.2 WS, or CentOS 7.2 |
| Maya 2020 | Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 and 7.2 WS, or CentOS 7.2 |
macOS
Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray.
Processor | 1st Gen Intel® Core™ or compatible processor with SSE4.2 support (x64) |
| 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 |
V-Ray GPU works only with C++/CPU devices under macOS. V-Ray GPU can still be used in distributed rendering where a macOS machine runs the CUDA engine on a CPU device together with Windows/Linux machine(s) running CUDA engine on GPU device(s).
The following table shows the versions of Autodesk Maya and operating systems on which V-Ray is supported. Note that V-Ray is only supported for 64 bit operating systems and 64 bit versions of Maya.
Version of Maya | Supported Operating Systems |
| Maya 2017 | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.10.5 and 10.11.x |
| Maya 2018 | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.10.5 and 10.11.x |
| Maya 2019 | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14, 10.13, 10.12 and 10.11.x |
| Maya 2020 | Apple ® macOS ® X 10.14, 10.13, 10.12 and 10.11.x |
* The Autodesk Maya system requirements can be found here page: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Maya.html
For additional information on hardware, see the Hardware Recommendations article.
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