GETTING STARTED: E-Prime Machine Requirements [22669]

Machine Requirements and Compatibility

A summary of the machine requirements is listed below:

	E-Prime 3.0 Machine Requirements
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows® 7 SP1, 8, 10	Windows® 7 SP1, 8, 10
Processor	Intel Core i3 3GHz or higher	Intel Core i7 3GHz or higher
RAM	4GB	4GB or higher
Video Card	DirectX™ 7 or greater adapter (Windows 7) DirectX™ 11* or greater adapter (Windows 8 or 10)	DirectX™ 7 or greater adapter (Windows 7) DirectX™ 11* or greater adapter (Windows 8 or 10) with 128MB RAM or higher
Ports	USB	USB
Additional		Chronos® or a Core Audio sound card compatible for audio presentation

	E-Prime 2.0 Machine Requirements
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating System	Windows XP SP3 32-bit/Vista SP1 32 and 64- bit/7 SP1 32 and 64-bit/8 32 and 64-bit/8.1 32 and 64-bit/10 (E-Prime 2.0 SP2 only).	Windows XP SP3 32-bit/Vista SP1 32 and 64- bit/7 SP1 32 and 64-bit/8 32 and 64-bit/8.1 32 and 64-bit/10 (E-Prime 2.0 SP2 only).
Processor	Pentium Dual-Core or Multi-Core Processor 2GHz or higher	Intel Core i7 Processor 2GHz or higher
RAM	1024MB RAM or higher	2048MB RAM or higher
Video Card	DirectX video card*	DirectX video card with 128MB RAM or higher*
Ports	USB Port	USB Port
Additional		CD-ROM, Serial Port*, Internet Connection, Sound hardware as recommended

* DirectX 11 Hardware Acceleration required for Windows 8 and Windows 10. See TIMING: E-Prime requires specific DirectX 11 settings for accurate timing [19550] for details.
** Please see sound timing recommendationss in TIMING: Sound Latency - Not all sound cards provide optimal millisecond timing [17206].
*** 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.

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].