What are the minimum requirements for my PC to run Vectric Software?

Below you will find the minimum PC requirements for running Vectric Software. Of course this is the minimum you need but you should keep in mind that higher specifications will give you better performance. Also with the addition of a dedicated graphics card you will see even better performance with regards to the 3D view, toolpath previews and overall performance.

If you are unsure if your PC or laptop meets our minimum requirements we suggest downloading a free trial of the software you are intending to invest in and test it here.

Aspire
VCarve Pro
VCarve Desktop

For running Aspire and VCarve Pro/Desktop these are our minimum requirements, but we do recommend a higher PC specification for improved performance:

Computer:

  • 2 Ghz Multi-Core X86 or x64 CPU
  • 4Gb RAM
  • 1GB Disk space (Program)
  • USB drive required for USB Media Pack if purchased.
  • 8GB Additional disk space required if you wish to store the tutorials and clipart supplied, on your hard drive.

Display:

1024 x 768 Graphics display

Operating System:

Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 or 11

Optional Minimum Graphics Card Requirements:

Graphics card with a minimum of 2 GBs of dedicated RAM and OpenGL 3.3 as a minimum or later. Note: Vectric software can be run with CPU rendering as fallback.

Cut2D Desktop
Cut2D Pro
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For running Cut2D Pro and Cut2D Desktop these are our minimum requirements, but we do recommend a higher PC specification for improved performance:

Computer:

  • 2 Ghz Multi-Core X86 or x64 CPU
  • 2Gb RAM
  • 700 Mb Disk space (Program)
  • USB drive required for USB Media Pack if purchased.
  • 2GB Additional disk space required if you wish to store the tutorials and clipart supplied, on your hard drive.

Display:

1024 x 768 Graphics display

Operating System:

Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 or 11

Optional Minimum Graphics Card Requirements:

Graphics card with a minimum of 2 GBs of dedicated RAM and OpenGL 3.3 as a minimum or later. Note: Vectric software can be run with CPU rendering as fallback.

Cut3D
PhotoVCarve
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For running Cut3D and PhotoVCarve these are our minimum requirements, but we do recommend a higher PC specification for improved performance:

Computer:

  • 1 GHz Pentium 4
  • 512 Mb RAM
  • 60 Mb Free disk space

Display:

1024 x 768 Graphics display

Operating System:

Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 or 11

Notes:

Much of the functionality of Cut3D and PhotoVCarve have been adopted by VCarve and Aspire. Trial versions of these can be downloaded from here. For more details contact support – support@vectric.com