For 32-bit 3ds Max 2017 and 3ds Max Design 2017

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP3 or higher)
For more details (no more than 1000 parts or 100,000 polygons):
1.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or equivalent AMD® processor with SSE2 * support
2 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
2 GB in the paging file (recommended 4 GB)
3 GB of free hard disk space
Graphics adapter supporting Direct3D® 10, Direct3D 9 or OpenGL
At least 512 MB of graphics card memory (1 GB or higher recommended)
Three-button mouse with driver installed
Internet connection for downloading files and accessing Autodesk® Subscription Aware

For 64-bit 3ds Max 2017 and 3ds Max Design 2017

Operating system: Windows 7 Professional x64 or Windows XP Professional x64 (SP3 or higher)
For more details (no more than 1000 parts or 100,000 polygons):
1.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent AMD® processor with SSE23 support


4 GB of RAM (recommended 8 GB)
5 GB in the paging file (recommended 8 GB)
3 GB of free hard disk space
Graphics adapter with Direct3D® 10, Direct3D 9 or OpenGL technology
At least 512 MB of graphics card memory (1 GB or higher recommended)
Three-button mouse with driver installed
Internet connection to download files and access Autodesk Subscription Aware
For large scenes and complex data sets (over 1000 parts or 100,000 polygons):
Intel 64 or AMD64 processor with SSE23 support
8 GB of RAM
8 GB in the paging file
3 GB of free hard disk space
Graphics adapter that supports Direct3D 10, Direct3D 9, or OpenGL
At least 1 GB of graphics card memory
Three-button mouse with driver installed
Internet connection to download files and access Autodesk Subscription Aware



Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design provide powerful integrated 3D modeling, animation, and rendering tools that allow artists and designers to focus on creativity, not technical issues. The products are based on one technology, but different sets of tools are provided: one for game developers, visual effects and graphics artists, and another for architects, designers, designers, and visualization specialists.