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Windows requirements

| Minimum for Authoring Without 3D | Minimum for Playback Without 3D | Minimum 3D Support for Authoring and Playback | Full 3D Support
CPU | Pentium 200 | Pentium 166 | Pentium II 266 (using modern 3D-accelerated graphics hardware) Pentium II 300 (without modern 3D-accelerated graphics hardware) | Pentium III 450
System | Win 95/Win NT 4 or later | Win 95/Win NT 4 or later | Win 95/Win NT 4 and SP3 or later | Win 95/Win NT 4 and SP3 or later
RAM | 32 MB available | 32 MB installed | 32 MB installed for playback 64 MB installed for authoring | 64 MB
Disk Space | 100 MB | 100 MB | 100 MB | 100 MB
Browser | —— | Netscape 4.X Internet Explorer 4.X AOL 4.0 | Netscape 4.X Internet Explorer 4.X AOL 4.0 | Netscape 4.0 or later Internet Explorer 4.0 or later AOL 4.0 or later
Renderer |  |  | DirectX 5.2 orOpenGL 1.0 | DirectX 7.0 or OpenGL 1.0
Video Card | (built-in) | (built-in) | 64-bit 3D accelerator with 4MB VRAM | 128-bit 3D accelerator with 8MB VRAM
Monitor | 256-color with 800 x 600 resolution | 256-color with 800 x 600 resolution | 256-color with 800 x 600 resolution | 256-color with 800 x 600 resolution