Windows – Minimum hardware spec for playing Blu-ray disks

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What is the minimum hardware spec for running Blu-ray disks, and uncompressed 1080p video?

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Sytem Requirements For Blu-ray Disc Playback in WINDOWS 7 & VISTA

For Blu-ray Disc Playback CPU Minimum Requirements

Intel

* Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz)
* Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz)
* Pentium D 930 (3.0 GHz), 935 3.2GHz or 940 (3.2 GHz)
* Core Duo T2400 (1.83 GHz)
* Pentium M 755 (2.0 GHz)
* Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8 GHz) or T5600 (1.83 GHz)

Recommended

* Pentium EE 840 (3.2 GHz) or 955 (3.4 GHz) or 965 3.73 GHz, Pentium D

945 (3.4 GHz), 950 (3.4 GHz) or 960 (3.6 GHz), Core Duo T2500 (2 GHz), T2600 (2.16 GHz) or T2700 (2.33 GHz), Core 2 Duo E6300 (1.8 GHz), E6400 (2.13 GHz), E6600 (2.4 GHz), E6700 (2.66 GHz) or X6800 (2.93 GHz), T7200 (2.00 GHz), T7400 (2.16 GHz), T7600 (2.33GHz) Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz), Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (2.66 GHz), or X6800 (2.93 GHz).

AMD

* Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2 GHz) or 4000+ (2 GHz)
* Turion 64 X2 TL-50 (1.6 GHz)
* TL-52 (1.6 GHz) or TL-56 (1.8 GHz)

Recommended

* Athlon 64-FX, FX-60 (2.6 GHz) or FX-62 (2.8 GHz), Athlon 64 X2 4200+

(2.2 GHz), 4400+ (2.2 GHz), 4600+ (2.4 GHz), 4800+(2.4 GHz) or 5000+ (2.6 GHz), Turion 64 X2 TL-60 (2.0 GHz).

System Memory (RAM)

* 1 GB or above is recommended.

Disc Drive

* Super Multi Blue combo disc drive.
* BD-ROM/BD-RE.

Graphics Cards (GPU)

Intel

* 965, G33, G35, G45 graphics software decoder (Intel Core 2 Duo

E6700 (2.66GHz) / AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 (2.8GHz) or above is recommended). * Recommended driver version: 15.8 or later. * Video RAM: memory requires 256MB or above.

NVIDIA

* Minimum: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900

GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2. * Recommended: GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8800 series, GeForce 9400 series, GeForce 9600 series, GeForce 9800 series, GeForce GTX280. * Recommended driver version: 174.53 or later. * Video RAM: graphics card memory requires 256MB or above.

ATI

* Minimum: ATI Radeon X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series.
* Recommended: ATI Radeon HD 2400, 2600, 2900 series, ATI MOBILITY RADEON

HD 3400, 3600, 3800 Series, ATI HD 4600 Series, ATI HD 4800 Series. * Recommended driver version: 8.44 or later. * Video RAM: graphics card memory requires 256 MB or above.

Note: we strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version. Display Devices

* HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant display

for digital output. * TV or computer monitor for analog output.

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