Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 is a comprehensive, integrated solution for 3D modeling, animation and rendering for professionals in the field of game development, visual effects and design.
Powerful 3D Modeling-Advanced set of tools for modeling and texturing helps you work faster and more efficiently.
System requirements:

32-bit 3ds Max:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Microsoft Windows Vista Business (SP2 or higher) or Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or higher)
For the overall animation and play individual parts and products of small and medium difficulty (not more than 1000 parts ili100000 polygons):
Processor Intel Pentium 4 with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz or equivalent AMD processor technology SSE2
2 GB of RAM (4 GB)
2 GB of swap space (4 GB)
3 GB of free hard disk space
Graphics card that supports Direct3D 10, Direct3D 9 or OpenGL (at least 256 MB of memory for your video card is recommended 1 GB or more)
Three-button mouse driver
DVD-ROM drive
Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later
Connecting to the Internet to download files, and access to Autodesk Subscription Aware

64-bit 3ds Max:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64, Microsoft Windows Vista Business x64 (SP2 or higher) or Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 (SP2 or higher)
For the overall animation and play individual parts and products of small and medium difficulty (not more than 1000 parts ili100000 polygons):
The Intel 1964 or AMD 64 technology SSE2 *
4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
4 GB of swap space (recommended 8 GB) **
3 GB of free hard disk space
Graphics card that supports Direct3D 10, Direct3D nine or OpenGL (at least 256 MB of memory for your video card, 1 GB recommended)
Three-button mouse driver
DVD-ROM drive
Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later
Connecting to the Internet to download files, and access to Autodesk Subscription Aware

For large scenes and complex set of data (more than 1000 items ili100000 polygons):
The Intel 64 or AMD64 technology SSE2 *
8 GB RAM
8 GB swap space
3 GB of free hard disk space
Graphics card that supports Direct3D 10, Direct3D 9 or OpenGL (at least 1 GB of memory for your video card)
Three-button mouse driver
DVD-ROM drive
Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later
Connecting to the Internet to download files, and access to Autodesk Subscription Aware

To install and run 3ds Max Composite feature requires one of the following 32 – or 64-bit operating systems:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or higher)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 (SP2 or higher)
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64

Requirements for Media cache on your hard disk:
No less than 10 GB, 200 GB recommended
Hard disk: IDE, SATA, SATA 2, SAS, SCSI