Standard requirements
The recommended requirements to run Aimsun 6 for medium/standard size networks are:
Windows® version
- Windows® XP/Vista (32- and 64-bit versions)
- Intel® or AMD® CPUs (32- and 64-bit versions). To take advantage of multi-threading, the computer must have more than one CPU and/or be of multi-core type
- 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
- 200 MB of hard disk capacity
- Colour monitor with resolution of at least 1024x768
- CD-ROM drive
- 1 USB slot
- Microsoft Windows®-compliant pointing device. Two-button mouse with scroll wheel is recommended
- Graphics card with OpenGL 1.5 hardware acceleration and 64 MB of video RAM
Aimsun users are advised to install all Windows® updates and the latest graphics card drivers.
Mac OS X® version (available Q3 2008)
- Mac OS X® 10.4 (Tiger®) or 10.5 (Leopard®)
- Intel® or PowerPC® CPUs (32- and 64-bit versions). To take advantage of multi-threading, the computer must have more than one CPU and/or be of multi-core type
- 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
- 200 MB of hard disk capacity
- Colour monitor with resolution of at least 1024x768
- CD-ROM drive
- 1 USB slot
- Mac OS X®-compliant pointing device. Two-button mouse with scroll wheel is recommended
- Graphics card with OpenGL 1.5 hardware acceleration and 64 MB of video RAM
Aimsun users are advised to install the latest Mac OS X® updates.
Additional Requirements for High-End Applications
The following additional requirements apply when using Aimsun 6 for high-end applications:
Intensive 3D Visualisation
- 2 GB of RAM (4 GB highly recommended)
- High-end graphics card
- 1-20 GB of additional hard disk capacity
- Colour monitor with screen size of at least 19?? and resolution of at least 1440x900
- Graphics card with OpenGL 1.5 support and at least 128MB of RAM
- A 3D modelling and visualisation application such as Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® Maya®, Google SketchUp Pro etc
- A video editing application such as Camtasia Studio, Adobe Premier etc
Online Simulation or Offline Simulation of Very Large Networks
- 2xQuad-Core CPUs, 4xDual-Core CPUs or 4xQuad-Core CPUs
- 4 GB of RAM
- Support for 1 Gbit data exchange
- Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 64-bit Standard recommended
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