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Technical Support
Altair provides comprehensive software support via web FAQs, tutorials, training classes, telephone, and
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Altair Online Support

The Altair website is a valuable online companion to Altair software. Visit Altair Connect for tips and
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Telephone and Email

When contacting Altair support, please specify the product and version number you are using along with
a detailed description of the problem. Many times, it is very beneficial for the support engineer to know
what type of workstation, operating system, RAM, and graphics board you have, so please have that
information ready. If you send an email, please specify the workstation type, operating system, RAM,
and graphics board information in the email.

To contact an Altair support representative, reference the following table:

Table 1:

Location Telephone Email

Australia 64.9.413.7981 anzsupport@altair.com

Brazil 55.11.3884.0414 br_support@altair.com

Canada 416.447.6463 support@altairengineering.ca

China 86.400.619.6186 support@altair.com.cn

France 33.1.4133.0992 francesupport@altair.com

Germany 49.7031.6208.22 hwsupport@altair.de

India 91.80.6629.4500 support@india.altair.com

Italy 39.800.905.595 support@altairengineering.it

Japan 81.3.5396.2881 support@altairjp.co.jp

Korea 82.70.4050.9200 support@altair.co.kr

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Location Telephone Email

Mexico 55.56.58.68.08 mx-support@altair.com

New Zealand 64.9.413.7981 anzsupport@altair.com

North America 248.614.2425 hwsupport@altair.com

Scandinavia 46.46.460.2828 support@altair.se

Spain +34 910 810 080 support@altair.se

South Africa 27.21.8311500 support@altair.co.za

United Kingdom 01926.468.600 support@uk.altair.com

For questions or comments about this help system, send an email to hwsupport@altair.com.
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Altair HyperWorks 2018

Hardware Recommendations and Certifications

The following table lists the recommended CAE/CAD graphic boards to use with HyperWorks** applications. The most
recent vendor/manufacturer drivers should be used and all driver support for these cards should be addressed to the
appropriate manufacturer of the graphic board.

NOTE: We no longer will support AMD graphics cards on Linux x86_64 operating systems in HyperWorks 2018 and
higher products.

AMD Graphics Card (GPU) Table

Manufacturer Adaptor Type Driver Version (minimum

or higher)

Ultra High-End Windows 7/10

RadeonPro WX 9100 (64-bit):
FirePro W9100 18.Q2.1
FirePro W8100 Linux (64-bit):
NOT SUPPORTED
High-End
RadeonPro WX 7100
FirePro W7100
AMD
Mid-Range
(RadeonPro &
RadeonPro WX 5100
FirePro 3D series)
FirePro W5100

Entry Level
RadeonPro WX 4100
RadeonPro WX 3100
RadeonPro WX 2100
FirePro W4100
FirePro W2100

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NVIDIA Graphics Cards (GPU) Table

Manufacturer Adaptor Type

Driver Version (minimum
or higher)

Ultra High-End Windows 7/10 (64-bit) ODE

Quadro GV100 Graphics Driver:
Quadro GP100 391.74
Quadro P6000
Quadro M6000 Linux (64-bit) Long Lived Driver:
Quadro K6000 390.67

High-End
Quadro P5000
Quadro M5000
Quadro K5200
Quadro K5000
Quadro P4000
Quadro M4000
Quadro K4200
Quadro K4000
NVIDIA
(Quadro series) Mid-Range
Quadro P2000
Quadro M2000
Quadro K2200
Quadro K2000
Quadro K2000D

Entry Level
Quadro P1000
Quadro P620
Quadro P600
Quadro P400
Quadro K1200
Quadro K620
Quadro K600
Quadro K420

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Recommended Laptop/Notebook Graphic Board List

Manufacturer Adaptor Type

Driver Version (minimum
or higher)

WX 7100M Windows 7/10

WX 4170M (64-bit): 18.Q1
WX 4150M
WX 4130M NOTE: Please check with manufacturer
WX 3100M or laptop vendor OEM for official driver
WX 2100M support and for most recent driver
AMD
updates.
(FirePro and RadeonPro W7170M
Mobility series) W6150M
W5170M
W5130M
W4190M

P5000 Windows 7/10

P4000 (64-bit):
P3000 391.74

M5000M NOTE: Please check with manufacturer

M4000M or laptop vendor OEM for official driver
M3000M support and for most recent driver
M2200M updates
M2000M
M1000M NVIDIA does not support Windows Vista
M620M drivers and laptop OEM drivers should be
M520M used
NVIDIA M600M
(Quadro mobility series) M500M

K5100M
K4100M
K3100M
K2200M
K2100M
K1100M
K620M
K610M
K510M

**In order to provide advanced graphical capabilities and features in the HyperWorks products, there is
a minimum requirement of OpenGL 3.2. Not meeting this hardware and driver requirement may cause
problems with newer HyperWorks versions and features. Performance of HyperWorks may be degraded
with compositing desktop effects enabled under Linux environments.

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Recommended Workstation Desktop and

Laptop/Notebook Hardware List

Manufacture Desktop Laptop/Notebook

r
Model GPU GPU Model GPU GPU

AMD NVIDIA AMD NVIDIA

(FirePro/ (Quadro) (RadeonPro) (Quadro)
RadeonPro)
P1000 5520
WX 4100 WX 7100M N/A
P620 AIO
WX 3100
P600
3420T WX 2100
P400 5520 N/A M1200M

WX 7100 P2000M
P4000 5530 N/A
WX 5100 P1000M
P2000
WX 4100
P1000
WX 3100
P620
WX 2100 5720 WX 7100M N/A
3620T P600
P400
W7100
W5100 P5000M
M4000 7520 WX 7100M
P3000M

WX 4100 P6000 P5000M

DELL WX 5100 P4000 P4000M
(Precision) 7720 WX 7100M
WX 7100 P2000 P3000M
P1000 M1200M
5810 W8100 P600
W7100 P400
P4000M
W9100 7530 WX 4150M P3200M
M5000 P2000M

GP100 7730 WX 7100M P5200M

WX 9100 P6000 WX 4150M P4200M
WX 7100 P5000 P3200M
5820/ WX 5100 P4000
7820 WX 4100 P2000
WX 3100 P1000
WX 2100 P620

GP100
WX 9100 P5000
WX 7100
P6000
WX 5100
P4000
7920 WX 4100
WX 3100 P2000
WX 2100 P1000
P620

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Manufacturer Desktop Laptop/Notebook

Model AMD NVIDIA Model AMD NVIDIA

(FirePro) (Quadro) (FirePro) (Quadro)

P400
P40 Yoga N/A M500M
P600
P320 N/A P1000
P2000 P50s N/A M500M
P4000
P320 P400
SFF N/A P600 P51s N/A M520M
P1000

M1000M
P330 P620
N/A P50 N/A M2000M
Lenovo SFF P1000
Workstations
P400
ThinkStation
P620
&
P1000 M1200M
ThinkPad P330 N/A P51 N/A
P2000 M2200M
P4000

P400
P600 M620M
P1000 N/A P3000M
P520 N/A P71
P2000 P4000M
P4000 P5000M
P5000
P400
P600
P600M
P1000
P2000M
P2000
P720 N/A P72 N/A P3200M
P4000
P4200M
P5000
P5200M
P6000
GP100

P400
P600 P52s N/A P500M
P1000
P2000
P920 N/A
P4000
P5000
P6000 P1 Mobility N/A P2000M
GP100

NOTE:
For NVIDIA GPU based laptops/notebooks the Optimus power saving option in the BIOS should be
disabled and the NVIDIA drivers properly installed for optimal performance in HyperWorks.

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For AMD GPU based laptops/notebooks the Enduro/Switchable Graphics power saving option should be
disabled and the AMD drivers properly installed for optimal performance in HyperWorks.

Optimus (Intel/NVIDIA) enabled drivers may create performance issues with notebooks/laptops
compared to a dedicated non-shared GPU driver. Disabling the Optimus feature in BIOS, if available, will
help give the best overall graphics performance.
Disable nView Window manager under NVIDIA drivers if you experience random crashes and/or issues.
All power saving modes, settings and governors for CPU frequencies and GPU performance should be
set to maximum settings in order to get the optimal performance out of HyperWorks products. This
includes smooth graphics and high frame rates (FPS) on Windows and Linux platforms.

Additional Information on Driver Installations:

NVIDIA Driver Update recommendation is to use the “Custom” install option and select a “Perform
clean installation” option to validate that there are no conflicts in DLL/drivers. Below you will find the
screenshot of the option mentioned. The same should be done with AMD hardware and drivers as well
using AMD’s custom uninstall tools.

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