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Article Windows 7 system requirements.

To run the Windows 7 official release you will need the following hardware components.

* 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
* 1 GB of RAM (32-bit)/2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
* 16 GB of available disk space (32-bit)/20 GB (64-bit)
* DirectX 9 graphics device with Windows Display Driver Model 1.0 or higher driver to run Aero theme.

To run the XP mode you will need atleast 2 GB of RAM, and 15 GB of additional hard drive space and have a processoe that supports hardware virtualization.

"All CPUs AMD is currently shipping, except Sempron, include AMD-V and therefore support XP mode," an AMD spokeswoman said to CNet.

The following Intel Desktop CPUs will run XP mode.
Core 2 Duo-E6300/6320/6400/6420/6540/6550
-E6600/6700/6750/6850
-E8200/8300/8400/8500/8600
Core 2 Extreme- QX6700/6800/6850
- QX9650/9770/9775 and X6800
Core 2 Quad - Q6600/6700
- Q9300/9400/9400S
- Q9450/9550/9550S/9650
Core i7/Core i7 Extreme - I7-920/940 I7-965
Pentium D / Pentium EE - 920/930/940/950/960/955/965

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Created On:

23 Sep 2009 9:21 AM