System Requirements

ZBrush – Windows

Highly Recommended:

    • OS: 64-bit editions of Windows 10 or 11.
    • CPU: Intel i7/i9/Xeon technology and newer or AMD Ryzen/Threadripper and newer.
    • RAM: 16 GB required for working with multi-million poly models. (32+ GB preferred.)
    • HDD: 100 GB of free hard drive space for ZBrush and its scratch disk. (SSD drive highly recommended.)
    • Pen Tablet: Compatible pressure sensitive tablet from Wacom, XPen, XenceLabs, Huion or other compatible pressure sensitive tablets. (Must support WinTab API.)
    • Monitor: 1920×1080 monitor resolution or higher with 32-bit color.
    • Video card: Must support OpenGL 3.3 or higher and Vulkan 1.1 or higher.
    • Redshift: Redshift (including Redshift in ZBrush) has its own system requirements. Please see here.

Minimum System Requirements:

    • OS: 64-bit editions of Windows 10 or 11. (32-bit operating systems are no longer supported.)
    • CPU:  Intel i7/i9 technology and newer or AMD Ryzen and newer.
    • RAM: 4 GB (6+ GB strongly recommended)
    • HDD: 20 GB of free hard drive space for ZBrush and its scratch disk.
    • Pen Tablet: Mouse or compatible pressure sensitive tablet. (Must support WinTab API.)
    • Monitor: 1280×1024 monitor resolution with 32-bit color.
    • Video card: Must support OpenGL 3.3 or higher and Vulkan 1.1 or higher.
    • Redshift: Redshift (including Redshift in ZBrush) has its own system requirements. Please see here.

 


ZBrush – Macintosh

Highly Recommended:

    • OS: Mac OS: 10.14 or above.
    • CPU: Apple Silicon technology.
    • RAM: 16 GB required for working with multi-million polys. (32+ GB preferred.)
    • HDD: 100GB of free hard drive space ZBrush and its scratch disk. (SSD drive highly recommended.)
    • Pen Tablet: Mouse or compatible pressure sensitive tablet.
    • Monitor: 1920×1080 monitor resolution or higher with millions of colors.
    • Video card: Must support OpenGL 3.3 or higher.
    • Redshift: Redshift (including Redshift in ZBrush) has its own system requirements. Please see here.

Minimum System Requirements:

    • OS: Mac OS: 10.14 or above.
    • CPU: Intel i7/i9 technology or above.
    • RAM: 4 GB (6+ GB strongly recommended)
    • HDD: 20 GB of free hard drive space for ZBrush and its scratch disk.
    • Pen Tablet: Mouse or compatible pressure sensitive tablet.
    • Monitor: 1280×1024 monitor resolution with millions of colors.
    • Video card: Must support OpenGL 3.3 or higher.
    • Redshift: Redshift (including Redshift in ZBrush) has its own system requirements. Please see here.

 


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