Minimum System Requirements - GRASS VALLEY EDIUS VERSION 5.1 User Reference Manual

Preface

Minimum System Requirements

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• Intel® or AMD® CPU 3.0 GHz or faster (multiple CPUs or multi-core
CPUs are recommended; SSE2 and SSE3 instruction sets supported).
• 1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
• 800MB or more free disk space for the software installation.
• DVD-ROM Drive for software installation.
• DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW drive required when creating DVD video
with Burn to Disc
• Blu-Ray BD-R/BD-RE drive required when creating Blu-Ray disc with
Burn to Disc
• DirectX 9.0 or later
• Graphics card supporting Direct3D 9.0c or later and support for Pixel-
Shader Model 3.0 is required.
• For SD editing: 128 MB RAM or larger required; 256 MB or larger
recommended.
• For HD editing: 256 MB RAM or larger required; 512 MB or larger
recommended.
• ATA 100/7200 rpm or faster hard drive is necessary for video storage.
• Available hard drive space should be twice the size of file to be
edited.
• RAID 0 recommended for HD editing.
• One free USB port (1.1 or higher) for software protection key.
• Soundcard with WDM driver support is required.
• Supported operating systems:
• Windows® XP Home or Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2
or later, 32-bit)
• Windows® Vista ( SP1 or later, 32-bit or 64-bit) including the fol-
lowing:
• Windows® Vista Home Basic
• Windows® Vista Home Premium
• Windows® Vista Business
• Windows® Vista Ultimate
Note External video decks/camera may require either a free IEEE 1394 FireWire
port or USB 2.0 port for connectivity.
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