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What are the system requirements for CyberLink PowerDirector 2025?

Operating System

64-bit Microsoft Windows 11*, 10* (Windows 11 Arm64 is supported)

CPU Processor

Intel Core™ i-series (6th Generation or above) or AMD Ryzen-series and above. 

Full-HD video editing: Intel Corei5 or above recommended
2K/4K/360° video editing: Intel Corei7 or above recommended

Qualcomm
Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3
Snapdragon® X Elite

Graphics Processor (GPU)

128 MB VGA VRAM or higher (1 GB or higher VRAM and OpenCL capable are recommended)
DirectX 11 compatible for 360° video editing. 2 GB VGA VRAM or higher for AI Plugin.

[NVIDIA]
GeForce GT/GTS/GTX 200/400/500/600/700/800/900/1000/2000/3000/4000 Series
GeForce RTX 2000 series

[AMD / ATI]
AMD APU Family with AMD Radeon™ HD Graphics: A-Series, E2-Series, C-Series, E-Series, G-Series
AMD Radeon™ Graphics: RX Series, R9 Series, R7 Series, R5 Series,HD 7000 Series, HD 6000 Series
ATI Radeon™ HD Graphics: 5900 Series, 5800 Series, 5700 Series, 5600 Series, 5500 Series, 5400 Series
ATI FirePro™ Graphics
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD: 5800 Series, 5700 Series, 5600 Series, 5400 Series
ATI Mobility FirePro™: M7820, M5800

[Intel]
HD Graphics (6th Generation or above)

Neural Processing Unit (NPU)**

Intel
Intel Core™ Ultra and above

Qualcomm
Snapdragon® X Elite

Screen Resolution

1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above.

Memory

8GB required (16GB or above recommended) 

Hard Disk Space
(Installation)

7GB required minimum
10 GB (20 GB recommended) for DVD production
60 GB (100 GB recommended) for Blu-ray Disc/AVCHD production

Burning Drive

A DVD burner (DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn DVD/AVCHD titles.
A Blu-ray Disc recordable drive is required to burn Blu-ray Discs.

Internet Connection

Required for initial software and file format activation. It is also required to access the subscription version, for online services, some software features, and to download program and AI component updates

Other

Windows Media Player (Media Feature pack) is required.
Microsoft WebView 2 runtime is required.

Note:

* The AI related features require Windows11/10 system components "AVX2" and AI computing module to operate the features. Internet connection is required to download and install these AI components from the CyberLink server. Occasional updates may also be downloaded in the future for these features.

The CPUs that support the AVX2 instruction set:

Intel

Haswell (4th generation) processor: Core i7-4770 (only Core and Xeon branded), and above

Please note that the 4th and 5th generations do not meet the minimum CPU requirement of PowerDirector 2025/365.

AMD

AMD A8-7670K and above

AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 and above

Besides, importing/exporting video with Dolby Digital audio is only supported on Windows 10/11 with Windows inbox codec. CyberLink does not provide the codec for Dolby Digital audio in the product.

** It is required for the NPU acceleration option in PowerDirector if you would like to accelerate the AI feature processing by your NPU.

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