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RenderMan now requires CPUs capable of running the full SSE4.2 instruction set. A minimum of 4GB of RAM is recommended. Your scene data may require more.

RenderMan XPU requires a Cuda capable Nvidia GPU and CPUs capable of running the full SSE4.2 instruction set. A minimum of 11 GB of RAM is recommended. Your scene data may require more.

For A.I. Denoising in "it", Optix 7 supported hardware, Nvidia Maxwell and newer.

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Bridge Products

Maya: Compatible with 2020 (requires 23.1+), 20192019+

Katana: Compatible with 3.5, 3.2, 3.1, and 3.00+

Houdini: Compatible with 18.0, 17.5, and 17.0 production versions (Indie available on the recent release of 17.5 and 18 Houdini)

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Plugins for RenderMan: Custom RenderMan plugins now require C++14 in order to be compiled and must be compiled with gcc 6.3.1 / Visual Studio 2015 / Xcode 10

You can find similar requirements in the 2018 2019 VFX Reference Platform.

The Download Menu. Choose the main installer highlighted here at the top. Versions below are useful for sys admins creating deployments.

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