Recommended system for Cheetah 5

[bruth]

With every new release of Cheetah, we reexamine the performance of Cheetah on available hardware. Based on tested performance, we come up with a list of recommended system requirements. This post will be updated whenever we determine that different hardware would improve Cheetah's performance. If your system does not meet these requirements, you may experience problems when running Cheetah. When obtaining a new PC, there is nothing wrong with exceeding these requirements. If you have a problem running Cheetah, please include your system specifications in your email. Here are the recommended system requirements for use with the current version Cheetah:



Recommended Hardware Requirements:

Intel Pentium D / AMD 64 x2 or newer processor
2GB RAM
250GB Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM Hard Drive
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7, 8 or 9, series graphics card (NVIDIA Quadro and all ATI cards are not supported)
DirectX capable sound card for audio output
1000Mbps (gigabit) Ethernet adapter

If you are using more than one monitor, please also read Graphics Performance and Multiple Monitors with Cheetah 5.

Software Requirements:

Windows Vista, Vista SP1, Vista SP2, Windows XP SP2, XP SP3 (Not Compatible with 64bit Windows XP, 64bit Windows Vista, 32/64bit Windows 7)

[admin]

Windows is no longer supporting Windows XP SP2. As of right now, Windows XP SP2 users can no longer get support or security patches. All users of XP should upgrade to at least Windows XP SP3 which will be supported until 2014.