# System Requirements

Source: https://help.malighting.com/grandMA3/2.4/HTML/onpc_system_requirements.html
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If you would like to run grandMA3 on your PC, here is what it takes.

| Type             | Minimum                                                                                                                                                                              | Recommended                          |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------ |
| Operating system | Windows® 10 64bit version 1803 or later, Windows® 11 64bit version 21H2 or later, Apple® macOS® Monterey (version 12) or later, Admin rights are required for all operating systems. |                                      |
| Processor        | 6th Generation Intel® Core CPU™ processor-based platform or later with 4 or more cores and SSE 4.2 or comparable AMD® CPU, AVX2,  Apple® M1® SoC CPU with 8 or more cores or later.  |                                      |
| RAM              | 8 GB                                                                                                                                                                                 | 16 GB                                |
| Hard disk        | 32 GB of available space                                                                                                                                                             | type SSD                             |
| Graphics card    | Any graphic card with hardware acceleration, OpenGL 4.1 support, and 1024 MB VRAM, or Apple® M1® SoC GPU with 8 or more cores or later.                                              | 4 096 MB VRAM  32 GB unified memory  |
| Resolution       | 1 920 x 1 080 or higher.                                                                                                                                                             |                                      |
| Network card     | 1000BASE-T                                                                                                                                                                           |                                      |

Additional requirements:

- To use the grandMA3 onPC in session with grandMA3 consoles, a minimum of 16 GB of RAM (24GB Unified Memory when using Apple® M1® SoC or later) is required.
- To use the online help and download the latest version of grandMA3 onPC, make sure that you have internet access.
- To save the software on a USB flash drive, use a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port.