GETTING STARTED: E-Prime Machine Requirements [22669]

A summary of the machine requirements is listed below:

	E-Prime 3.0 Update 3 (3.0.3.214 /.219) Machine Requirements⁵
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows® 10, 11⁴	Windows® 10, 11⁴
Processor	Intel Core i5 3000 Series 3GHz AMD FX 6000 Series 3GHz	Intel Core i7 10000 Series 3GHz or higher AMD Ryzen 7 3000 Series 3GHz or higher
RAM	8GB	16GB or higher
Video Card	DirectX™ 11¹ or greater adapter	DirectX™ 11¹ or greater adapter with 4GB RAM or higher
Hard Disk	HDD	SSD
Ports	USB (if using USB license key or Chronos®)	USB
Additional	Chronos® or a Core Audio sound card compatible for audio presentation²

	E-Prime 3.0 Prior to Update 3 (Versions 3.0.3.31 /.60 /.80) Machine Requirements⁵
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows® 7 SP1, 8, 10 (.31/.60/.80) \| 11⁴ (.80)	Windows® 7 SP1, 8, 10 (.31/.60/80) \| 11⁴ (.80)
Processor	Intel Core i3 2GHz or higher (.31/.60) \| Intel Core i3 3GHz or higher (.80)	Intel Core i7 2GHz or higher (.31/.60) \| Intel Core i7 3GHz or higher (.80)
RAM	2GB (.31/.60) \| 4GB (.80)	4GB or higher
Video Card	DirectX™ 7 or greater adapter (Windows 7) DirectX™ 11¹ or greater adapter (Windows 8, 10 or 11)	DirectX™ 7 or greater adapter (Windows 7) DirectX™ 11¹ or greater adapter (Windows 8, 10 or 11) with 128MB RAM or higher
Hard Disk	HDD	SSD
Ports	USB	USB
Additional	Chronos® or a Core Audio sound card compatible for audio presentation²

	E-Prime 2.0 Machine Requirements⁵
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows® XP SP3 32-bit, Vista, 7 SP1, 8, 10.	Windows® XP SP3 32-bit, Vista, 7 SP1, 8, 10.
Processor	Pentium Dual-Core or Multi-Core Processor 2GHz or higher	Intel Core i7 Processor 2GHz or higher
RAM	1024MB RAM	2048MB RAM or higher
Video Card	DirectX video card¹	DirectX video card with 128MB RAM or higher¹
Ports	USB	USB
Additional	CD-ROM, Serial Port³, Internet Connection, Sound hardware as recommended²

¹ DirectX 11 Hardware Acceleration required for Windows 8, 10 and 11. See TIMING: E-Prime requires specific DirectX 11 settings for accurate timing [19550] for details.
² Please see sound timing recommendations in AV: Sound Latency - Not all sound cards provide optimal millisecond timing [17206].
³ Recommended hardware add-on: Serial Response Box. USB-to-Serial conversion cable may be used to receive serial data. Please see INFO: Use of DB9 Serial to USB adapter within E-Prime [17569] for more details.

⁴ The machine must also meet Windows 11 requirements. See Windows 11 System Requirements (microsoft.com).

⁵ See INFO: E-Prime Machine Configuration Requirements [43078] for important machine configuraiton requirements.

NOTE: These requirements are updated as necessary in accordance with the latest minor versions of E-Prime 3.0 and E-Prime 2.0. Older minor versions may have different requirements; for more details, please see RELEASE INFO: Updated Hardware Requirements for new E-Prime versions do not change hardware requirements for prior E-Prime versions [19574].

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