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IMPORTANT:- MINIMUM HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS FOR DELCAM PRODUCTS

Processors

Processor manufacturers are continually developing better and faster chips with enhanced functionality and new features. In 2001, Intel introduced the SSE2 instruction set, which improves the calculation of floating point numbers. AMD introduced the same functionality very soon afterwards.

CLICK HERE to read the Wikipedia article on SSE2

Delcam's products are also being continually developed to give customers the best possible performance, using the best available hardware. Future versions of all Delcam products will require processors that support the SSE2 instruction set.

What Does This Mean for You?

If the processor in your computer does not support SSE2 instructions you will not be able to run future versions of your Delcam software. Your existing software will continue to run as it does today.

What Should You Do?

The most important thing is to find out if your computer supports SSE2 (if you do not already know). If your current hardware is less than five years old it should be fine, but you can check by running a small test program.

DOWNLOAD the application to check if SSE2 is supported on your machine

If your computer does not pass this test, you should upgrade your hardware as soon as possible.

Operating Systems

64-bit Operating Systems not only allow Delcam products to work on much larger data sets without running out of memory, but are also approximately 15% faster overall. If you are changing your hardware, you should also consider upgrading to the latest 64-bit operating system. Microsoft have announced that Windows XP will not be supported after July of this year, and are encouraging all users to upgrade their Operating Systems before that date, as no further Service Packs will be issued. All Delcam software has been thoroughly tested, and runs on 64-bit versions of Windows 7 or Windows Vista. Delcam recommend that you upgrade to 64-bit Windows 7, which will continue to be supported for many years to come.

NOTE: PowerMILL will not run on 64-bit Windows XP, due to a bug in XP itself which will not be fixed by Microsoft. PowerMILL will continue to run on the 32-bit XP platform.