Quote Hi. I'm completely computer illiterate and do not
understand the system requirements for running PD 16. Could someone PLEASE tell me if my computer is compatible with PD 16 (before I waste my money)?
Thank you so much!


Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Microprocessor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz

System Memory: 8GB

Memory Slot 1: 8GB
ELPIDA 1600MHz

System Board: 1963 KBC Version 93.52

System BIOS: F.67

Graphic Device 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Version: 23.21.13.8912 (3/7/201

Graphic Device 2: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600

Current Resolution: 1366 x 768

Refresh Rate: 59

Version: 20.19.15.4531 (9/29/2016)

Graphics Memory: 4,021 MB

Aero Status: Enabled

Looks good. Give it a try by downloading a trial version.

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Quote Hi. I'm completely computer illiterate and do not
understand the system requirements for running PD 16. Could someone PLEASE tell me if my computer is compatible with PD 16 (before I waste my money)?
Thank you so much!


Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Microprocessor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz

System Memory: 8GB

Memory Slot 1: 8GB
ELPIDA 1600MHz

System Board: 1963 KBC Version 93.52

System BIOS: F.67

Graphic Device 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M

Version: 23.21.13.8912 (3/7/201

Graphic Device 2: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600

Current Resolution: 1366 x 768

Refresh Rate: 59

Version: 20.19.15.4531 (9/29/2016)

Graphics Memory: 4,021 MB

Aero Status: Enabled

Looks good. Give it a try by downloading a trial version.

Thanks. Good idea.

Using the trial version is a great way to tell.

The box on PD version 15 recommended 6 Gb of memory, any i-series processor, 1 Gb memory on a video card --with OpenCL preferable, and 7 Gb of free space on your hard drive. You exceed these.

I've been operating with an i5 processor with a slower clock speed than yours, so I suspect your setup should work. And 4 Gb of graphic memory is good. If you want to speed up your system in the future you can boot off an SSD drive rather than a hard drive. [Keep the hard drive for data storage.] And adding more RAM won't hurt (Except in the pocket book with the prices these days) Part of the issue will relate to how long and complicated your video projects are. PowerDirector does a decent job on most recent systems.

--Jim

On a laptop you will not be able to use the nVidia card for rendering, it will default to intel one. It's a very well known issue.