MetaVR Product System Requirements

MetaVR™ recommends that you use the most current hardware to get the best results from our products. Currently, the fastest and most capable commercial graphics cards are those built with the nVidia GeForce GXT 580 series.

Recommended System Configuration

The following is a recommended high-end system configuration:

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit system; note that Virtual Reality Scene Generator™ (VRSG™) does not operate on a Linux system running a Windows emulator
• CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 3.4 GHz / 3.8 GHz 8 MB processor (4 cores / 8 threads); Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z (Z68 chipset) LGA-1155 Micro-ATX motherboard
• Memory: 8 GB (2 - 4 GB) PC3-10600/DDR3-1333 dual channel RAM
• Storage: Intel 320 G3 300 GB 2.5" SATA-300 solid-state-drive (SSD) for the operating system; Seagate (GOFLEX) Barracuda XT 4 TB 64 MB 7200 RPM SATA-600 hard drive recommended for data storage (more storage might be needed to compile a large number of Metadesic terrain tiles)
• Graphics hardware: nVidia GeForce GTX 580 PCI-Express 2.0 or better with 3 GB memory
• Network card: 1 GB FastEthernet
• Graphics software: Microsoft DirectX 9.0c
• Input device: 6 degrees-of-freedom device such as 3Dconnection SpaceExplorer or SpacePilot as a primary navigation input device for VRSG, and optionally a gamepad for a secondary device for VRSG's First Person Simulator (FPS), UAV camera, fixed wing simulation modes
• DVD reader: MetaVR products are delivered on DVD media

Minimum System Configuration

The following minimum requirements were established by testing the lowest-end MetaVR internal use system:

• Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit system
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Quad Core 3.0 GHz 8 MB 1333 FSB processor; Asus P5Q-EM (G45 chipset) MATX motherboard
• Memory: 4 GB PC2-6400/DDR2-800 Dual Channel RAM (4 - 1 GB)
• Storage: Intel X25-M 160 GB 2.5" SATA-II solid state drive for the operating system and 1 TB drive for databases
• Graphics hardware: nVidia GeForce GTX 460 with 1 GB memory, or other Microsoft DirectX-compliant 3D graphics accelerator that supports DirectX texture compression
• Graphics software: Microsoft DirectX 9.0c
• Network card: 1 GB FastEthernet
• DVD reader: MetaVR products are delivered on DVD media

About Storage Requirements

Storage requirements for MetaVR Terrain Tools for ESRI ArcGIS might require as much as twice the storage requirements of MetaVR VRSG to account for the space needed to store imagery and elevation source data and compiled terrain.