* Intel® Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required
* 64-bit operating system required: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or Windows® 7
* 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)
* 10GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
* 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
* 1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card
* Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU–accelerated performance; visit www.adobe.com/go/premiere_systemreqs for the latest list of supported cards
* Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for SD/HD workflows
* OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device
* Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model
* DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
* QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features
* Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files
* Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis*

Supported NVIDIA graphics cards for GPU acceleration
* GeForce GTX 285 (Windows and Mac OS)
* GeForce GTX 470 (Windows)
* GeForce GTX 570 (Windows)
* GeForce GTX 580 (Windows)
* Quadro FX 3700M (Windows)
* Quadro FX 3800 (Windows)
* Quadro FX 3800M (Windows)
* Quadro FX 4800 (Windows and Mac OS)
* Quadro FX 5800 (Windows)
* Quadro 2000 (Windows)
* Quadro 2000D (Windows)
* Quadro 2000M (Windows)
* Quadro 3000M (Windows)
* Quadro 4000 (Windows and Mac OS)
* Quadro 4000M (Windows)
* Quadro 5000 (Windows)
* Quadro 5000M (Windows)
* Quadro 5010M (Windows)
* Quadro 6000 (Windows)
* Quadro CX (Windows)

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