# Hardware suggestion and graphic cards (Ubuntu or MacOS)

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/hardware-suggestion-and-graphic-cards-ubuntu-or-macos/14348>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 31, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/hardware-suggestion-and-graphic-cards-ubuntu-or-macos/14348 "2020-10-31T18:14:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![manjula](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/manjula/32/80981_2.png) [@manjula](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/manjula)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/hardware-suggestion-and-graphic-cards-ubuntu-or-macos/14348/2 "2020-10-31T18:24:18Z")

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Hi you can get a idea,

> [@3D Slicer Hardware requirements](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-hardware-requirements/9937/1):
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> As i understand 3D Slicer is mainly built on VTK and ITK. I understand answers to the following will depend on the type of data and size of data and what you are going to do with it but in general is it possible to tell,

> **[Getting Started — 3D Slicer documentation](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/getting_started.html#system-requirements)**

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