System requirements
Adobe's suggested system requirements for Production Studio
* Intel Pentium 4 1.4GHz processor for DV (Pentium 4 3.4GHz processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology for HDV; dual Intel Xeon 2.8GHz processors for HD; SSE2-enabled processor required for AMD systems)
* Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition or Windows XP Home Edition, each with Service Pack 2
* 512MB of RAM (1GB required when running multiple applications and when using Adobe Dynamic Link; 2GB required for HDV and HD)
* Production Studio Standard requires 10GB of available hard-disk space for installation. Production Studio Premium requires 21GB of available hard-disk space for installation. An additional 10GB available hard-disk space is recommended for After Effects disk caching.
* Dedicated 7,200rpm hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD
* 1280x1024 video display with 32-bit colour adapter
* DVD-ROM drive required for installation
* DVD+-R burner required for DVD creation
* CD-RW drive required for audio CD creation
* Microsoft DirectX-compatible sound card (multi-channel ASIO-compatible sound card required for surround sound support)
* OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 video interface card for DV and HDV (AJA Xena HS for HD)
* QuickTime 6.5 software required to import and export QuickTime files
* Internet or phone connection required for product activation and Internet-related services
* Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos. (The Adobe Stock Photos service may not be available in all countries, languages, and currencies and is subject to change. Use is governed by Adobe Stock Photos Terms of Service. For details, visit http://www.adobe.com/adobestockphotos.)
* For OpenGL support: Adobe After Effects supported OpenGL 2.0 card (Nvidia recommended). For a current list, visit: http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/opengl.html.
* Adobe-recommended graphics card required for GPU-accelerated playback (see complete listing at http://www.adobe.com/compatiblehardware).
* For Adobe PostScript printers: PostScript Level 2 or PostScript 3
