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The system supports all monitors capable of running at a

resolution of 800x600 or higher. The GibbsCAM window
is dynamically resizable from approximately 640x525 to
the highest resolution your monitor will support. Please
be aware that with monitors running higher monitor
resolutions you will need more RAM to support solids and
Cut Part Rendering as well as a better video card.
Recommended and actual requirements do not have a
definite value. Your requirements will vary depending on
the complexity of the part you are working with. If you
use only the basic Mill or Lathe modules the minimum
requirements shown below are quite adequate. We
recommend Keeping Windows fully up to date with all
service packs and updates as they are released.

Laptops - If you are considering the purchase of a

laptop for use with GibbsCAM please call technical
support at 800-654-9399. Most modern laptops come
with dual video cards which can cause stability problems.
It is important that you are able to disable the Intel video
card at the BIOS level for the computer and some
manufacturers do not allow this.

IMPORTANTNOTE:

Support for the following CPUs was dropped with the

release of GibbsCAM v9.5:

Intel Pentium II and Pentium III

Intel Celeron processors <= 1.3Ghz
AMD Athlon and Athlon XP
AMD Duron and Sempron (32-bit)

Core Requirements
If you are running very complex parts or toolpath you may require
higher specifications

MinimumRequirements
Windows 2008 Server, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10
(with all available Windows updates)
Intel Pentium 4 or newer (including Celeron 1.7Ghz (or higher)
and Xeon, Pentium M, Core, Core 2, and Core i5/i7) AMD
Athlon 64 or newer (including Sempron 64, Turion 64, and
Phenom)

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1GB RAM with a minimum of 64 MB not in use by other

applications
A quality Nvidia or AMD (ATI) 3D accelerated video card with
the latest drivers installed
512MB of available hard drive space (for virtual memory usage
and temporary file storage)

RecommendedSystemConfiguration
Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (with all available
Windows updates)
Intel Pentium Core 2, and Core i5/i7) AMD Athlon 64 or newer
(including Turion 64, and Phenom)
4GB RAM with a minimum of 256 MB not in use by other
applications
A quality Nvidia or AMD (ATI) 3D accelerated video card with
the latest drivers installed
1GB of available hard drive space (for virtual memory usage
and temporary file storage)

Optimal System Configuration (for complex

3D parts)
Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 (with all available
Windows updates)
Intel Pentium Core i5/i7
8GB RAM (16GB or more is recommended for very complex
parts)
A quality Nvidia or AMD (ATI) 3D accelerated video card with
the latest drivers installed
1GB of available hard drive space (for virtual memory usage
and temporary file storage)

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