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 2GHz or higher	Intel Core i7 2GHz or higher
RAM	2GB	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/Windows 7 and 8.	Windows XP SP3 32-bit/Vista SP1 32 and 64- bit/7 SP1 32 and 64-bit/Windows 7 and 8.
Processor	Pentium 4 1.8 GHz Processor	Pentium Dual-Core or Multi-Core Processor 2GHz or higher
RAM	512MB RAM	1024MB 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 INFO: E-Prime 2.0 SP1/SP2 requires specific DirectX 11 settings [19550] for details.
** Please see sound timing recommendationss in INFO: 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.