Vue 8 Pioneer is optimized for 32 bit and 64 bit Windows systems. On the Macintosh platform, it is optimized for Power PC (Mac OS 10.5 only) and Intel processors.
Macintosh
MacIntel: Mac OS X v10.4+ ; PPC: Mac OS X v10.5 (up to 10.5.8),
1.25GHz PowerPC or Intel processor or faster,
512 MB of free RAM (1GB recommended),
200 MB of free Hard Disk space,
1024x768 in 65K colors/16 bits (24+ bits recommended).
Windows
Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 32/64,
1GHz Pentium III or better processor,
512 MB of free RAM (1GB recommended),
200 MB of free Hard Disk space,
1024x768 in 65K colors/16 bits (24+ bits recommended).
An OpenGL accelerated video board is not required, but is a big plus.
Supported Video Boards
The following boards will perform using the new Shader engine. Other boards may not perform using the Shader engine, but will perform using the older fixed-pipeline one. In any case, Vue can perform in software OpenGL regardless of the video boards.
Windows:
All boards with NVidia Quadro, GeForce8/9 and GT200 chips,
ATI FirePro V8000 series with up-to-date drivers (i.e. not on original CD)
Boards with ATI Radeon 4800 series with updated drivers will work, but can suffer small performance issues. New ATI 5800 series remain untested at this point.
Macintosh:
All boards with NVidia GeForce and GT200 chips,
All boards with ATI Radeon HD and 4800 series (10.5.6+ required).
Boards that are not on this list may work with Vue, but haven't been extensively tested. If you run into any OpenGL issues, try disabling background draw and antialiasing in the Options panel. Worst case scenario: you can always run Vue in software OpenGL mode.
Recommended chips:
Windows:
nVidia GT260/275/280.
nVidia QuadroFX 1800/3800 (5800 untested but should work fast and stable).
ATI FirePro V8000 series with up-to-date drivers (i.e. not on original CD).
Macintosh:
nVidia GT series.
ATI HD 2600 and 4000 series.
Not recommended:
Windows:
All ATI Radeon prior to 4000 series.
ATI 9000 series, X series, and HD series might work, but with fewer options, and you may experience severe slowdowns.
ATI FireGL 5000 series.
Macintosh:
Intel-based GPUs and nVidia 7300 board will not work with Vue (with hw acceleration).
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