Installation guide

Feature Performance
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Feature Performance
A number of features in this editing application are processor-intensive. As a result, you might
experience problems if you are working on an older system. The following chart shows the
hardware that Avid has successfully qualified when using these features. For a list of the
qualified systems, see
Qualified Workstations and Laptops.
Feature Description Recommended System
DMF and Background
Transcode, Background
Render
8 GB RAM minimum. 16 GB
RAM recommended
See Qualified Workstations
Editing High Resolution
Media (Higher than 2K+)
8 GB RAM minimum. 16 GB
RAM recommended
Qualified Dual 6 Core, Dual 8 Core
systems
J2K Capture Qualified Dual 6 Core, Dual 8 Core
systems
HD Long GOP 9-way
MultiCam with high
stream count sequences
Avid recommends 16 GB RAM Qualified Dual 6 Core, Dual 8 Core
systems
Storage: 10Gb Ethernet ISIS,
Stereoscopic 3D For optimal performance with
Stereoscopic 3D, use these higher
performance systems. Avid
recommends a minimum of 12GB
RAM when using Stereoscopic
3D.
Qualified 6 core Xeon Workstations
XDCAM HD50 Capture Baseband capture through Nitris
DX, Mojo DX
Qualified 6 core Xeon Workstations
HD RGB 4444
ProRes 4444
DNxHD 4444
HD RGB capture requires a high
end workstation with Nitris DX
and fast storage.
Qualified Dual 6 Core, Dual 8 Core
systems
Storage: 10Gb Ethernet ISIS,
AMA (RED) AMA is a processor intensive
operation. Older platforms may
not offer optimum performance.
you will get better performance
with higher end workstations.
Qualified Xeon Workstations