Requirements
============

.. warning::
  Meshroom requires an NVIDIA GPU card with a CUDA compute capability >= 3.0 for the MVS part. You can check your CUDA Properties `here <https://github.com/tpruvot/ccminer/wiki/Compatibility>`_ or on the `NVIDIA dev page <https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus#compute>`_.

  In case you do not have a CUDA GPU, you can use the :doc:`draft meshing </feature-documentation/nodes/Meshing>` option which uses the CPU for meshing.

Here are the minimum requirements for Meshroom:

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| Minimum requirements                                                     |
+===================+======================================================+
| Operating systems | Windows x64, Linux, macOS (some work required)       |
+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| CPU               | Recent Intel or AMD cpus                             |
+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| RAM               | 8 GB                                                 |
+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Hard Drive        | ~400 MB for Meshroom + space for your data           |
+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+

To obtain better performances on a desktop/laptop machine the recommended requirements are:

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| Recommended requirements                                                 |
+===================+======================================================+
| CPU               | Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7                         |
+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| RAM               | 32 GB                                                |
+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Hard Drive        | 20 GB+ HDD or SSD                                    |
+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| GPU               | Recent NVIDIA GPU                                    |
+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------+