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• Processor: Minimum: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64. Recommended: Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 X2, Intel Core i3/i5/i7 or better _(see notes 1 and 2 below)_
• Operating System: Microsoft® Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Microsoft® Windows Vista, 32\- and 64-bit versions or Microsoft® Windows 7, 32\- and 64-bit versions. _(see notes 3 and 4 below)_
• Memory: Minimum: 1 GB for XP O/S, 2 GB for Vista and Windows 7 O/S. Recommended: 2 to 4 GB for 32-bit O/S, 4 GB or more for 64-bit O/S. _(see note 5 below)_
• Disk Space: 6 GB to install the program, additional space required for running and storing model files and analysis results.
• Video Card: Supporting 1024 by 768 resolution and 16 bits colors. Recommended: discrete video card with ATI / NVIDIA GPU & dedicated graphics RAM. _(see note 6 below)_

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*Notes:*

1) To be able to take advantage of the features of the newer CPU's, CSi products will not run on some of the older CPU's from Intel and AMD. A CPU that has SSE2 support is now required.

2) SAPfire® Analytical Engine now includes a multi-threaded solver that can take advantage of the newer multi-core CPUs.

3) Support for Microsoft® Windows 2000 and Microsoft® Windows NT has been discontinued. Microsoft® Windows XP without Service Pack 2 may cause unexpected problems when running CSi products.

4) With a 64 bit operating system, SAPfire® {color:#ff0000}SAPFire{color} ® Analytical Engine can utilize more than 4 GB of RAM, making it possible to more efficiently solve larger problems.

5) The problem size that can be solved & the solution speed increases considerably with more RAM. Windows Vista and Windows 7 require more RAM than XP for the operating system itself.

6) OpenGL graphics mode fully utilizes the hardware acceleration provided by a GPU & dedicated graphics RAM.

h1. References

* [SAP2000 System Requirements|http://www.csiberkeley.com/sap2000/system-requirements] at CSI Website
* [CSiBridge System Requirements|http://www.csiberkeley.com/csibridge/system-requirements] at CSI Website
* [ETABS System Requirements|http://www.csiberkeley.com/etabs/system-requirements] at CSI Website
* [SAFE System Requirements|http://www.csiberkeley.com/safe/system-requirements] at CSI Website
* [PERFORM-3D System Requirements|http://www.csiberkeley.com/perform3d/system-requirements] at CSI Website
* [CSiCOL System Requirements|http://www.csiberkeley.com/csicol/system-requirements] at CSI Website


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