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Windows requirements

Minimum for Authoring Without 3D

Minimum for Playback Without 3D

Minimum 3D Support for Authoring and Playback

Full 3D Support

CPU

Pentium 200

Pentium 166

Pentium II 266 (using modern 3D-accelerated graphics hardware)

Pentium II 300 (without modern 3D-accelerated graphics hardware)

Pentium III 450

System

Win 95/Win NT 4 or later

Win 95/Win NT 4 or later

Win 95/Win NT 4 and SP3 or later

Win 95/Win NT 4 and SP3 or later

RAM

32 MB available

32 MB installed

32 MB installed for playback

64 MB installed for authoring

64 MB

Disk Space

100 MB

100 MB

100 MB

100 MB

Browser

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Netscape 4.X

Internet Explorer 4.X

AOL 4.0

Netscape 4.X

Internet Explorer 4.X

AOL 4.0

Netscape 4.0 or later

Internet Explorer 4.0 or later

AOL 4.0 or later

Renderer

DirectX 5.2 orOpenGL 1.0

DirectX 7.0 or OpenGL 1.0

Video Card

(built-in)

(built-in)

64-bit 3D accelerator with 4MB VRAM

128-bit 3D accelerator with 8MB VRAM

Monitor

256-color with 800 x 600 resolution

256-color with 800 x 600 resolution

256-color with 800 x 600 resolution

256-color with 800 x 600 resolution