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KONA 3 Installation and Operation Manual — System Requirements
System Requirements
AJA Video recommends that your system meet minimum hardware and software
requirements to achieve a satisfactory level of performance when operating it. Here,
we provide minimum and recommended requirements and then discuss disk storage
issues that should be understood for proper system configuration.
Minimum and
Recommended
System and
Software
Requirements
The following table outlines the system hardware and software needed.
Item Recommended
Operating System OS X version 10.4.x
QuickTime: QuickTIme 7 or latest Apple release version of QuickTime
Recommended Software
Suite:
Final Cut Pro 5 / or latest release of Final Cut Studio
Recommended Kona Driver: For FCP 5.1 and later, Kona driver version 3.1 or latest
driver release
Macintosh Tower: For PCIe version of KONA 3:
Power Mac G5 Dual 2GHz (M9590LL/A)
PCI-Express
2GB or more RAM
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3 GHz (M9591LL/A)
PCI-Express
2GB or more RAM
Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz (M9592LL/A)
PCI-Express
2GB or more RAM
MacPro 2.66GHz (MA356LL/A) or 2.0GHz or 3.0GHz build
to orders
PCI-Express
2GB or more RAM
MacPro 2.66Ghz 8 core (MA356LL/A) or 2.0GHz or 3.0GHz
build to orders
PCI-Express
2GB or more RAM
Or latest generation PCIe slot equipped Apple desktop
computer
For PCI-X version (KONA 3X)
Power Mac G5 2.5Ghz (M9457LL/A)
PCI-X 133Mhz
2GB or more of RAM
PowerMac G5 2.7Ghz (M9749LL/A)
PCI-X 133Mhz
2GB or more of RAM
Intel XServe Quad 2.0Ghz (MA409LL/A)
via Apple PCI-X riser for slot 1, part number: 922-7860
2GB or more of RAM