3ds Max 6 system requirements .
Primary operating systems; XP professional (sp1), Windows 2000 (sp4), and XP home (sp1).
Internet explorer 6.
DirectX 9 recommended (DirectX 8.1 minimum), OpenGL.
hardware system requirements.
Intel pi or later processor or AMD running at 301 Mhz minimum (dual Intel Xeon(tm) or Dual AMD Athlon system recommended).
512 Mb Ram and 500 Mb swap space minimum (1 Gb Ram and 2 Gb swap space recommended).
Graphics card supporting 1024x768x16-bit color with 64 Mb RAM. (OpenGl and Direct3D hardware acceleration supported; 3d graphics accelerator 1280 por 1024 32-bit color with 256 Mb Ram preferred).
Windows-compliant pointing device. (specific optimization for Microsoft intellimouse (tm)). Wacom Intuos or similar pressure sensitive tablet recommended for Vertex Paint.
CD-rom drive.
Optional: sound card and speakers, cabling for TCP/IP-compliant network, 3d hardware graphics acceleration, video input and output devices, joystick, midi-instruments, 3-button mouse.