Autodesk Maya 2012

Workstations & Mobile Workstations Certification

Contents

Readme First Whats New Important Notes Processor Support Workstations Workstation Caveats and Limitations Mobile Workstations Mobile Workstation Caveats and Limitations Send Feedback on this Document
Microsoft Windows Platform
Last updated: May 31st 2011.

Readme First

The information contained in the Readme First document applies to all hardware certification for the Autodesk Media & Entertainment 2012 software product releases and should be consulted by all users prior to consulting the Certification charts.

Whats New

Certification wave of the Autodesk Maya 2012 software. New BOXX Tech systems were certified and some updates occurred within our Dell, Lenovo and Fujitsu Siemens computer inventory. Laptop hardware certification for the Autodesk Media & Entertainment 2012 software product releases is now completed.

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Autodesk Maya

2012 Software

Workstations & Mobile Workstations Certification Microsoft Windows

Important Notes

Please refer to the graphics hardware page to obtain further information on the graphics cards that have been certified for Autodesk Maya 2012. Please refer to the hardware vendor site to get a list of all supported graphics cards for the workstations listed below If you are experiencing additional issues not listed in this document, please search our support Knowledge Base or contact customer support (http://www.autodesk.com/maya-support)

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Processor Support
The following table provides a list of supported/certified processor for the Autodesk Maya 2012 software release on Microsoft Windows operating system.

Table Legend

Certified Supported although not officially Certified in our lab
Processor Certification for Autodesk Maya 2012 for Windows

Processor

Certification

Intel processor

Intel Xeon processor Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor Quad-Core Intel Xeon Dual-Core Intel Xeon Intel Core Duo processor Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor Intel Core2 Quad processor Intel Core 2 Extreme Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Intel Centrino processor

AMD processor

Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Athlon FX processor Athlon X2 processor for notebooks Athlon X2 Dual-Core Second-Generation AMD Opteron AMD Opteron Quad-Core AMD Opteron

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Workstations
The following table provides a list of certified workstations for the Autodesk Maya 2012 software product release on Microsoft Windows operating system.
Certified. Certified with caveats. Certification planned or in progress. Results coming shortly. Supported although not officially Certified in our lab. Hardware component falls below minimum system requirements to run the Autodesk product. Certification failed due to serious problems. No Certification planned OR not applicable. Not yet tested.
Workstation Certifications for Autodesk Maya 2012 for Microsoft Windows

Workstation

Brand Model

Windows XP Professional

SP3 32-bit X64 SP2 64-bit
Windows Vista Business SP1

32-bit 64-bit

Windows 7
Z800 Workstation Z600 Workstation Z400 Workstation Z210 Workstation Z200 Workstation Z200 Workstation: Low Profile

Dell

Precision T1600 Workstation Precision T7500 Precision T3500 Precision T7400 Precision T3400

Lenovo

ThinkStation E30 Workstation

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Brand ThinkStation D20 ThinkStation S20 ThinkStation C20 ThinkStation D10 ThinkStation S10

BOXX
3D Boxx 8550 Workstation 3D Boxx 8520 3D Boxx 7620 3D Boxx 4880 3D Boxx 4860

Fujitsu

CELSIUS W480 Workstation CELSIUS W280 CELSIUS R670 CELSIUS R570 CELSIUS M470 CELSIUS M460

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Workstation Caveats & Limitations
There are currently no workstation caveats / limitations to report for the current release of this Autodesk product. Note: Refer to the graphics Certification document for potential caveats that may apply to graphics card models similar to the one you have for your workstation.

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Mobile Workstations
The following table provides a list of certified mobile workstations for the Autodesk Maya 2012 software product release on Microsoft Windows operating system.
Certified. Certified with caveats. Certification planned or in progress. Results coming shortly. Supported although not yet Certified in our lab. Hardware component falls below minimum system requirements to run the Autodesk product. Certification failed due to serious problems. No Certification planned OR not applicable. Not yet tested.
Mobile Workstation Certifications for Autodesk Maya 2012 for Microsoft Windows

Mobile Workstation

Brand Graphic Driver
SP3 32-bit X64 Edition SP2
EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation NVIDIA Quadro 5000m XP: 266.58 Win7: 267.76 EliteBook 8740w NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800m XP: 266.58 Win7: 267.76 EliteBook 8740w NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800m XP: 266.58 Win7: 267.76 EliteBook 8740w EliteBook 8540w AMD FirePro M8720 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 8.773.1. 1 XP: 266.58 Win7:

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267.76 EliteBook 8540w Nvidia Quadro FX 1800M XP: 266.58 Win7: 267.76 EliteBook 8540w EliteBook 8440w EliteBook 8730w EliteBook 8730w EliteBook 8730w EliteBook 8530w EliteBook 8530w AMD FirePro M5800 Nvidia Quadro FX 380M Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M Nvidia Quadro FX 2700M 8.773.1. 1

ATI FireGL v5725

Nvidia
Quadro FX 770M ATI FireGL v5700
Precision M6600 Mobile Workstation NVIDIA Quadro 4000m 268.44

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Precision M6600
AMD FirePro M8900 graphics card NVIDIA Quadro 2000m AMD FirePro M5950 NVIDIA Quadro 5000m NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800m AMD FirePro M7740 AMD FirePro M7820 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M Nvidia Quadro FX 1800M

8.8072

Precision M4600 Precision M4600 Precision M6500 Precision M6500 Precision M6500 Precision M6500 Precision M4500 Precision M4500 Precision M6400

268.44

267.76
8.773.1. 1 8.773.1. 1 267.76
Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M ATI FirePro M7740 Nvidia Quadro FX 770M
Precision M6400 Precision M4400

Lenovo

ThinkPad W520 Mobile Workstation NVIDIA Quadro 2000m 268.44

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ThinkPad W520 ThinkPad W701

NVIDIA Quadro 1000m

Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M Nvidia Quadro FX 880M Nvidia Quadro FX 3700M FireGL V5700

ThinkPad W701

ThinkPad W510 ThinkPad W700

ThinkPad W500

GoBOXX 2650 Mobile Workstation GoBOXX 1600
Nvidia Quadro FX 3800M Nvidia Quadro FX 2800M

Fujitsu Siemens

Celsius H910 Celsius H700
Nvidia Quadro 4000M Nvidia Quadro FX 880M

267.39

XP: 266.58 Win7:

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Mobile Workstation Caveats & Limitations
The following table provides a description of workstations caveats and limitations.
Autodesk Maya 2012 for Microsoft Windows
Model Graphic Driver OS Caveat / Limitation Status Workaround
Note: Refer to the graphics certification document for potential caveats that may apply to graphics card models similar to the one you have for your mobile workstation.

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