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What are the minimum system requirements for CyberLink PowerDVD 8?

I. For DVD Playback
CPU:
Intel:

• Minimum: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
• Recommended: Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or above

AMD:

• Minimum: Sempron 2600+ 1.6GHz
• Recommended: Athlon 64 2800+ 1.8GHz or above

System Memory (RAM):
512MB or above
Disc Drive:
DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R/RW, DVD Dual, DVD-Multi, or a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive with 1394, USB2.0,ATAPI, SCSI, or CardBus interface
Graphic Card (GPU):
AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0.

Display Devices:
TV or computer monitor for digital/analog output.

II. For Blu-ray disc Playback
The system requirements for CyberLink PowerDVD 8 vary depending on the operating system installed on your machine (XP or Vista). Please consult the system requirements for your version of Windows.

Note: Using an Intel graphics card for Blu-ray Disc playback is only supported under Windows Vista.

CPU:
Intel (Minimum):
Pentium 4 541 3.2 GHz, Pentium D 840 3.2 GHz, Pentium D 930 3.0 GHz, 935 3.2GHz or 940 3.2 GHz, Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz, Pentium M 755 2.0 GHz, Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz, or T5600 1.83 GHz

Intel (Recommended):
 Pentium EE 840 3.2 GHz, 955 3.4 GHz or 965 3.73 GHz, Pentium D 945 3.4 GHz, 950 3.4 GHz or 960 3.6 GHz, Core Duo T2500 2.0 GHz, T2600 2.16 GHz, or T2700 2.33 GHz, Core 2 Duo E6300 1.8 GHz, E6400 2.13 GHz, E6600 2.4 GHz, E6700 2.66 GHZ or X6800 2.93 GHz, T7200 2.00 GHz, T7400 2.16 GHz, T7600 2.33 GHz, Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz, Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66 GHz, or X6800 2.93 GHz

AMD (Minimum):
 Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz or 4000+ 2.0 GHz, Turion 64 X2 TL-50 1.6 GHz, TL-52 1.6 GHz or TL-56 1.8 GHz  

AMD (Recommended):
Athlon 64 FX FX-60 2.6 GHz or FX-62 2.8 GHz, Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz, 4400+ 2.2 GHz, 4600+ 2.4 GHz, 4800+ 2.4 GHz or 5000+ 2.6 GHz, Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.0 GHz
 
System Memory (RAM)
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Installed

• 512MB or above, 1GB is recommended

Windows Vista:

• 1GB or above is recommended

Disc Drive

• Super Multi Blue combo disc drive
• BD-ROM/BD-RE

Graphic Card (GPU)

• Intel:
       965G, G33, G35, G45 Graphics
•  NVIDIA:
• Minimum: GeForce 7600 GT series, GeForce 7800 GTX 512 series, GeForce 7900 GX2 series, GeForce 7900 GTX series, GeForce 7950 GX2 series.
• Recommended: GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8800 series, GeForce 9400 series, GeForce 9600 series, GeForce 9800 series, Geforce GTX 260 series, GeForce GTX280 series.
• ATI:
• Minimum: ATI Radeon X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series
• Recommended: ATI Radeon HD 2400 series, 2600 series, 2900 series, 3400 series, 3600 series, 3800 series, 4600 Series, and 4800 Series

Video RAM: Graphics card memory requires 256MB or above.

Display Device

• HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant display for digital output
• TV or computer monitor for analog output