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Calculate Minimum System Requirements

  • 08-05-2006 2:45pm
    #1
    SparrowHawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 390 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Is there any way (software) to assist in calculating minimum system requirements for running software, or do I just go & find a crappy pc & work my way up?

    Many thanks,

    SH


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  • #2
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Read the box / website for the software... and a touch of common sense&experience.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    You could use the task manager to see how much memory is in use when the app runs. A Very rough rule of thumb is to say the memory used by an open file is three times the size of the file. Databases and PST's might only use 1% of their maximum possible size. At the other end a well compressed image file might expand to 100 times it's size as a bitmap..

    The next question is physical ram or virtual memory for the spec. ie. do you want the program to "run" or run .RAm is about 1000 times as fast as a HDD. An example here the minimum spec of windows 95 was 386 with 4MB of ram. Took up to 16 minutes to boot !

    Read the blurb for the RECOMMENDED spec and add together all the apps you want to run at the same time to get a base amount of ram. then add in 3x the size of documents you expect to edit on a regular basis. - You will still be way off. - another option is to get the spec of the most demanding app and work from it.

    But at the end of the day youll have to see the programs running to see if they are fast enough for you as different manufacturers seem to have different ideas of what people consider fast.


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