System requirements and supported hardware

Recommended environment as of September 2026. Why this stack exists is in About eiviz.

Frame upload assumes the CPU can write GPU memory directly, instead of a normal slow path (256 MB windows).
That is Resizable BAR (ReBAR) on Windows, unified memory on Apple Silicon, and host-visible VRAM in Vulkan on Linux.

Windows

The target is Windows 11 (x64). Windows on ARM is not supported.

A discrete GPU with Resizable BAR enabled is required. Integrated-only machines are out of scope.
AMD calls the same feature Smart Access Memory (SAM).

GPU	Recommended
NVIDIA	GeForce RTX 3000 series or later
AMD	Radeon RX 6000 series or later
Intel	Arc A-series (Alchemist) or later

Any GPU with Direct3D 12 support can run.

macOS

The target is macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon.

Intel Macs and external GPUs are out of scope.

Note

Nobody on the current team uses an Apple Silicon Mac day to day, so those performance claims are unverified. Development machines are Intel-generation MacBooks.

Linux

Caution

This platform is not implemented yet. The notes below may change without notice and do not describe a shipping build.

Both of the following are required:

1. Vulkan Video — a path that ties video files and USB Video Capture to the GPU.
2. Vulkan host-visible VRAM — the CPU must be able to write VRAM directly through Vulkan. Same idea as ReBAR on Windows.

The generation that satisfies both at once matches Windows:

GPU	Floor	Driver guidance
NVIDIA	GeForce RTX 3000 series or later	v535 or later
AMD	Radeon RX 6000 series or later	Mesa RADV or later
Intel	Arc A-series or later	Mesa ANV or later