Specifications

Appendix A System requirements 223

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS A

This appendix lists what you need in order to install WATCHOUT on a PC.

COMPUTER A WATCHOUT computer has the following minimum system requirements:

• Intel or AMD dual core processor (quad core to drive multiple displays).

• USB port.

• Ethernet port.

• SATA hard disk (SSD recommended to drive multiple displays).

• 2 GB RAM (3 GB to drive multiple displays).

• PCI Express 16x video card slot.

• Modern ATI or nVidia graphics card with 256 MB of video memory (1GB

if driving multiple dusokays).

• High quality audio output or sound card/interface.

• Windows XP Home (Windows 7 Home to drive multiple displays).

• DirectX 9c (included in Windows 7).

◆ NOTE: It is generally not recommended to mix different kinds of computers

or graphics cards in one display cluster.

▲ IMPORTANT: These are mini-

mum system requirements.

Faster processor, faster mem-

ory, SSD or faster hard disk

with cache memory, faster

graphics card with more vid-

eo memory, etc, will enhance

performance. Some functions

(for example, live video inte-

gration) require additional

hardware.