VideoStudio 10 with AMD processor?

[PixelBob]

Hi,

I am an avid fan of Ulead VideoStudio. I have used Cyberlink PowerDirector (so-so), Pinnacle Studio 9 (utter junk), and Ulead VideoStudio 8 (awesome).

I would buy version 10 in a flash, except that I am put off by one system requirement:

Intel® Pentium® M, Intel® Pentium® D, or Intel® Pentium® 4 Extreme Edition processors or AMD Athlon™ 64 compatible

Well, I have a 1.90 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP processor on my system, with 1.5G RAM and 500G of hard drive capacity. It lets me edit and render DVD movies very nicely with Ulead VideoStudio 8.

Does the new version REQUIRE an Intel processor or the 64 bit AMD, or is it just optimized for these? Will it just render a little slower with an AMD Athlon XP processor, or not run at all?

Thanks!
PixelBob

[sjj1805]

Not being a betting man I would put money on it.
I think its a badly worded line requiring some punctuation in relation to the final word
Intel® Pentium® M, Intel® Pentium® D, or Intel® Pentium® 4 Extreme Edition processors or AMD Athlon™ 64 compatible

They are not required, they are compatible.
The System Requirements shows
Intel® Pentium® 4 or higher

Though from my experience of computers over the past 25 years, you will find slightly less powerful processors will also work

[htchien]

Yes, UVS 10 will run on AMD CPUs, including AMD Athlon XP and Athlon 64.

Hope this helps.

H.T.

[vinsonchien]

http://www.ulead.com/vs/sysreq.htm

- Intel® Pentium® 4 or higher
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4, Windows® XP SP2 Home Edition/Professional, Windows® XP Media Center Edition, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition
- 256 MB of RAM (512 MB or more recommended)
- Intel® Pentium® M, Intel® Pentium® D, or Intel® Pentium® 4 Extreme Edition processors or AMD Athlon™ 64 compatible

[THoff]

However, there is some Adobe software that will not run on some older AMD processors due to a lack of SSE instructions, so PixelBob has a very valid question, and I think Ulead should clarify the system requirements.