Hardware & OS Requirements

Earth Volumetric Studio (EVS) has very few specific hardware requirements and has been designed to run on a wide range of PC hardware. The software will run on virtually any Windows 10 64 bit computer.

The following table gives Recommended and Ideal system configurations. Of these requirements, CPU speed, number of cores, memory speed have the greatest impact on calculation time, while graphics resolution and number monitors affects the appearance and usability the greatest. All system hardware must meet 64 bit - Windows 7 or higher hardware requirements.

Hardware Item	Recommended Configuration	Ideal Configuration
Operating System	Windows 11 64 bit : Windows 10 is acceptable	Windows 11 Professional - 64 bit
CPU	current generation Intel chipset	High end Intel® chip or AMD chip
RAM	32 Gb - 2,400 Mhz or higher	64+ Gb - DDR5-5,200 or faster. Note: memory speed is particularly important. Budget at least 32 Gb per 20 million nodes of model size
Hard Disk	800 Mb installation 5+ Gb free	800 Mb installation & 250+ Gb free
Graphics Card	ATI or NVIDIA Gaming cards	High end NVIDIA GeForce card
Graphics Resolution	1920 x 1080 or 4k monitor	4k Dual Monitors
Monitor	19 inch color	Single 65-85" 4k monitor or Dual monitors of 24 to 48+ inches 4K
E-mail & Internet Access	Required for software downloads and technical support	Required for software downloads and technical support

Operating System & IT Requirements

EVS is compatible with 64 bit versions of Windows 10 or 11.

Please download and install all critical updates from: https://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Recommended & Required Corporate IT Settings

Setting or Issue	Recommended Configuration	Required Configuration
TCP/IP Ports		Open Ports 9346, 9347 & 9348 (Floating or Enterprise Licenses)
Anti-Virus & Anti-Malware	White list (protect) the following files and folders: C Tech File formats (.evs, .evsp, .4dm, .ctupdate) and all C Tech install folders and EVS projects folders