List of projects by system requirements
From BOINC
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Projects may require additional system requirements due to form of processing and size of work units. Some projects will not work or work poorly if the minimal system requirements were not reached.
[edit] System requirements
| Project | Minimal CPU | Recommended CPU | Minimal RAM | Recommended RAM | Disk space | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| climateprediction.net | 1.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz | 256 MB | 1.5 GB | 1 GB | [1] |
| Einstein@home | 350 MHz | 800 MHz | 128 MB | 256 MB | 100 MB | [2] |
| Rosetta@home | 500MHz | 500MHz | 256 MB | 512 MB | 400 MB | [3] |
| SETI@home | 233 MHz | 500 MHz | 64 MB | 256 MB | 20 MB | [4] |
| SIMAP | 233 MHz | 233 MHz | 64 MB | 64 MB | 64 MB | [5] |
| Spinhenge@home | 233 MHz | 233 MHz | 64 MB | 64 MB | 30 MB | [6] |
| World Community Grid | ? | ? | 128 MB | 512 MB | 1 GB | [7] |
[edit] Operating systems supported
| Projects | Windows | Linux | Mac OS X | Solaris | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95/98/ME | XP/2000/2003/Vista | x86 | x86-64 | PowerPC | x86 | SPARC | x86 | |
| climateprediction.net | No | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Einstein@home | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Rosetta@home | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | limited tasks avail. | Yes | No | No |
| SETI@home | 98 only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SIMAP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spinhenge@home | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
| World Community Grid | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
