For SD/HD workflows, an Adobe certified card for capture and export to tape.Some 3D features in Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended require a Microsoft DirectX 9 capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM for OpenGL support, an Adobe After Effects® supported OpenGL 2.0 card (NVIDIA recommended).1,280x1,024 monitor resolution with 32-bit video card Adobe recommended graphics card for GPU-accelerated playback.Microsoft DirectX or ASIO compatible sound card.Dedicated 7,200 RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD SCSI disk subsystem preferred.20.5GB of available hard-disk space to install all core components (up to 1GB of additional free space may be required during installation) custom installing select components requires less space.1GB of RAM for DV 2GB of RAM for HDV and HD more RAM recommended when running multiple components.Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™ Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions).Intel® Pentium® 4 (1.4GHz processor for DV 3.4GHz processor for HDV), Intel Centrino®, Intel Xeon® (dual 2.8GHz processors for HD), or Intel Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor SSE2-enabled processor required for AMD systems.System requirements and languages Windows