Supported operating systems

Windows 10/11

Notes

ReluxDesktop cannot be run directly on MAC or Linux operating systems. On these platforms, the program can only be used within an emulator, a so-called virtual  machine.

A virtual machine for MS Windows or Linux can be created, for example, with the freely available virtualization software VMware Workstation Player or Fusion for Mac.

Further internet references:  https://www.vmware.com/de/trials-test-drives.html

Processor (CPU)

Minimum: Intel or AMD processors with 4 or more cores and 2GHz clock speed.

Recommended: Intel or AMD processors with 8 or more cores and not older than 8  years. e.g., the AMD Ryzen or Intel Core i7 series.

Notes

ReluxDesktop is a 64-bit program. This means that the program can use the entire available working memory of a 64-bit operating system.

This includes the light calculation kernels for artificial light and daylight calculations. Light calculation also has multicore support.

  The   number   of   threads   can   be   adjusted   in   the   settings:

  This mode can also be activated by the user directly in ReluxDesktop in the Settings:

 

Realtime Rendering

In order to use Realtime Rendering the requirements to the graphic cards are higher.

Minimum: 4GB VRAM, support of Vulkan 1.1

Recommended: 6GB VRAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX or AMD Radeon RX

In case you have multiple GPUs, just one GPU will be used.

  Not supported graphic cards are Radeon 6000 mobile GPUs and all Intel Integrated Graphics onboard

  GPUs.

  Further internet references:

  https://learn.enscape3d.com/blog/knowledgebase/system-requirements/#hard