# System Requirements

> Minimum system requirements to run Asset Transformer Studio

Since loading and optimizing complex and heavy CAD files requires a lot of computing power, you should use Asset Transformer Studio with the best hardware configuration possible (powerful CPU-GPU, comfortable quantity of RAM). Please note that system requirements heavily depend on the type and complexity of CAD and 3D assets your company or studio is dealing with (eg: a game character vs. a complete oil and gas platform).

* One instance of Asset Transformer Studio is multi-threaded (not multi-processor)
* 1 CPU with 4 to 32 CPU cores is recommended
  * Asset Transformer Studio uses a maximum of 32 CPU cores per instance
* Memory usage depends on the volume of data that the Asset Transformer Studio will deal with during the task
  * It is not easily predictable but for simplification matters, the number of polygons in your scene will be the major indicator of memory consumption. We recommend sizing a comfortable amount of RAM in order to prevent Asset Transformer Studio from exiting during the process due to lack of memory.
  * As a reference, 1M polygons takes about 0.5Gb of RAM and a point cloud of 1M points takes about 50Mb of RAM.

Find below the minimum system configurations to run Asset Transformer Studio efficiently:

### Minimum

* **Processor**: x64 architecture
* **Graphics Hardware**: dedicated GPU unit with [Vulkan 1.3 support or later](https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#windows) (installed by default with NVIDIA drivers)
* **Operating System**: Windows 10 (64-bit) or newer

> **Note:**
>
> For a better experience, we recommend using NVIDIA RTX graphic cards.

> **Warning:**
>
> * **AMD** graphic cards are **not fully supported**, using one might result in a poor experience of Asset Transformer Studio.
> * **Intel® Iris® Xe and Arc™** are not suited for heavy 3D rendering and therefore are **not supported**.
> * Software using **V**irtual **D**esktop **I**nfrastructure (**VDI**) such as Windows Remote Desktop, VMware Horizon or Microsoft Azure Desktop prevents using the GPU properly and are **not supported**. If you need remote access to your computer please use streaming software like [Parsec](https://parsec.app/).

## Related topics

* [Application Installation](./application-installation.md)
* [System Requirements for Unity](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/system-requirements.html) (article by Unity)