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What are the minimum system requirements for CyberLink PowerDVD 9/9.5?

I. For DVD Playback

Operating System:
Windows XP with Service Pack 3 Installed / Windows Vista/ Windows 7

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.

Note: We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

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

II. For Blu-ray disc Playback
The system requirements for CyberLink PowerDVD 9 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 3 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 9500 series, GeForce 9600 series, GeForce 9800 series, Geforce GTX 260 series, GeForce GTX280 series, GeForce GTX290 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.

Note: We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.

Display Device

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

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