Hardware Support - AQWA V5.5 System Requirements

 
WINDOWS NT 4.0/2000/XP

Disk Space

Requirement

Minimum: 500 MB

Recommended: 1 GB +

To verify

  • Start Windows Explorer.

  • Select the icon of the disk on which you are installing AQWA.

  • Right-click on that icon and select Properties.

  • Select the General tab folder on the dialog box.

Physical Memory

Requirement

Minimum: 256 MB

Recommended: 512 MB +

To verify

  • Start Windows Explorer.

  • Select

            Help->About Windows.

Virtual Memory

Requirement

Minimum: 500 MB

Recommended: 1 GB

To verify

  • Select

 Start->Settings->Control Panel     from the Task Bar.

  • Double-click the System icon in the Control Panel.

  • Select the Performance tab folder and locate the Virtual Memory section

Graphics Card

Requirement

Hardware acceleration for increased graphics performance requires a suitable graphics card:

  • We do not recommend any particular graphics card.

  • AQWA is not customized or optimized for any particular graphics card.

To verify

  • Users are encouraged to download the latest drivers directly from the graphics card manufacturer, if any performance issues arise.

Supported Operating Systems

AQWA is currently available under the following Windows based operating systems:

  • Windows NT 4.0

  • Windows 2000 Professional

  • Windows XP Professional

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