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Is my PC compatible with Pro Tools on Windows XP?

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AMD Desktop Processors
 

AMD Chipset Family Opteron X2 Opteron Athlon 64 X2 Athlon 64
nVidia nForce Professional2 Colfax (Mobo- Tyan S28951); HP 93001 Not Tested N/A N/A
nVidia nForce42 N/A N/A D.I.Y. Mobo - ASUS A8N-E3 Not Tested
nVidia nForce3 N/A N/A Not Tested D.I.Y. Mobo - MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
VIA K8T800 N/A N/A N/A D.I.Y. Mobo - SK8V (FX-53)
AMD Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested Not Tested

N/A = Not Applicable (processor/chipset combination not available)

1 Also supported with Pro Tools|HD systems
2 Based on same family
3 Requires AMD Dual-Core Optimizer

Although not tested, there have been reports of incompatibility from some users with Pro Tools and motherboards with the NVIDIA nForce 405, nForce 410, and nForce 430 graphics chipsets:
NVIDEA Motherboard GPU Technical Specifications

Please Note: Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors have not been tested by Digidesign.

 
Intel Xeon Desktop Processors
 

Intel Chipset Family Xeon
51xx & 50xx* Such as: Dell Precision 6901; Dell Precision 490; HP xw84001
7525 Such as: Dell Precision 6701; HP xw82001
7505 Such as: Dell Precision 6501; HP xw80001

1 Also supported with Pro Tools|HD systems

*Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 series and 5000 series.

Please Note: Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors have not been tested by Digidesign on Windows.

 
Intel Core 2 Duo and Core Duo Desktop Processors
 

Intel Chipset Family Core 2 Duo Core Duo
975 Such as: Dell Precision 390; Dell Dimension 9100; Dell Dimension 5100; HP xw4400 D.I.Y. Mobo - Intel D975XBX CoreDuo
965 D.I.Y. Mobo - Intel DP965LT Core2Duo Not Tested
955 N/A Not Tested
9452 N/A Not Tested

N/A = Not Applicable (processor/chipset combination not available)

2 First support for dual-core CPUs

Please Note: Intel Core 2 Quad processors have not been tested by Digidesign.

 
Intel Pentium D and Pentium 4 Desktop Processors
 

Intel Chipset Family Pentium D Pentium 4
975 Not Tested Not Tested
965 Not Tested Not Tested
955 Such as: Dell Precision 380; D.I.Y. Mobos - ASUS P5WD2 and FoxConn 955X7AA1 Not Tested
9452 Such as: Dell Dimension 9100; Dell Dimension 5100 Not Tested
9253 N/A D.I.Y. Mobo - Intel D925XECV2
9153 N/A D.I.Y. Mobo - Intel 915PBL
875 N/A Such as: Music XPC C4; HP xw4100; Terra M6 (Mobo - ASUS P4C800-E)1
865 N/A Such as: Music XPC C3. D.I.Y. Mobo - Intel 865PERL

N/A = Not Applicable (processor/chipset combination not available)

1 Also supported with Pro Tools|HD systems
2 First support for dual-core CPUs
3 USB devices (such as Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Mini, Mbox) require Intel ICH-6 stepping B-1 or later

Please Note: Intel Pentium Dual-Core processors have not been tested by Digidesign.

 

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