the minimum capability of the computer for the capture card itself is fairly low. it is typically the application being used with the capture card that sets the minimum requirements of the computer. for example, pure video capture applications typically do not require hefty machines. yet the various streaming encoding applications, for example realproducer or windows media encoder, may require up to dual 2 ghz processor for some of their challenging encoding profiles.

    for x86 pcs, the minimum system requirements are as follows:

    1 300 mhz pentium ii processor or higher with at least 128mb ram

    2 one available pci slot

    3 windows nt 4.0, windows 2000, or windows xp,

    4 approximately 7.5 megabytes of storage for system files

    for optimum performance, we recommend at least the following additional features.

    video display adapter with:

    1 4 mbytes memory minimum (8 mbytes or more recommended)

    2 direct draw capability

    3 an up-to-date display device driver with direct draw capability