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Hardware Requirements

Make sure your PC includes the following for best performance:

  • Processor:
    • Quad Core Intel Core i5 9th generation 2.0 GHz or higher highly recommended. 64 bit processor or

    • Quad-core AMD Ryzen 5 or greater (2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ or higher)

  • RAM: 8 GB (dslrBooth will be able to run with 4 GB RAM. However, it is recommended to have 8 GB RAM because the software is optimized to take full advantage of multiple cores. These optimizations will run better with 8GB RAM)
  • Graphics card that supports DirectX 12
    • NVIDIA® GPU released in 2016 or later is highly recommended.
    • Intel® integrated graphics included in quad-core Intel® Core™ i5 or higher (8th generation or higher).
    • AMD® Radeon™ Graphics included in quad-core AMD Ryzen™ 5 or higher (2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ or higher) or discrete graphics card with support for DirectX 12 and at least 1 GB dedicated memory.
    • AMD® GPU released in 2016 or later.
  • Windows 10 version 1903 (19H1 - May 2019) or greater or Windows 11 with latest updates. Set power mode to Best Performance.
  • Display Resolution of 1920x1080 recommended.
  • Touch screen is recommended for sharing features but not required.

Note: Intel i5 Surface Pros 7 and 7+ do not have internal fans. Due to this throttling can occur and cause lag. We recommend using a Windows tablet with internal fans.

Not Supported:

  • AMD APU processors are problematic in working with high performance multi-threaded applications such as dslrBooth.
  • ARM and ARM64 processors such as those found on Microsoft Surface X (Microsoft SQ1/SQ2 processor). 
  • Intel Atom, Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium and Intel Gold processors are budget processors and are too slow to keep up with the demands of processing high resolution photos from DSLR cameras.

If you have a slower PC, dslrBooth might work for you but it will slower. To get it to run a bit faster, lower your camera settings to the slowest image size and set your template to 300x300 dpi. This should speed up processing.

If you have issues with dslrBooth performance, please run the user benchmark app and email us a link to your results and we can review. We recommend a 2-Core score >= 200 and 4-Core score >= 350 for best performance.

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    Moy Aguayo

    So if I got an AMD processor computer I won't be able to install the software?

    Or it will just won't run as smooth as in Intel computers?

    Thanks a lot

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    Michael

    Regular AMD processors will work. AMD APU processors will not

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    Criș Marian

    The software it's looking great but beafore I buy can you please tel me if it's working On Surface Pro 1 (i5, 4gb ram).

    Thank you

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    Michael

    It should work fine on the Surface Pro.

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    Philippe

    What component are key for a good performance.
    Would 4x 1333 MHz with 2GB DDR3 be sufficient?

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    Michael

    Lisa, we have many customers using windows 10 with no issues. It's likely a driver issue that will get resolved with windows 10 as it time goes by.

    Philippe, that will be too slow. Please see specs above.

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    mark_racca
    Will the software run with Intel Stick with Quad Core Intel Atom Processor?
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    paulajescu

    Hi, I bought dslrBooth when I had windows 8.1 and my computer upgraded to windows 10 and I cannot revert it. It seems to be running with windows 10 but I cannot change the template or settings, how can I fix this? 

     

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    Michael

    Paula, make sure dslrBooth is not running in tablet mode in windows 10.

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    Rodrigo Bustos

    Hi, Please, could you tell me if a INTEL Core i3, 4GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4400 is good machine for this software??

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    Hoten Toth

    Hi,
    I have similar question as Rodrigo, will it work on Dell Inspiron 11z Touch?

    - INTEL CORE i3 4030U Haswell, 4GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics 4400. I just need to use basic photo feature (no greenscreen),graphics over photo and instant print through Wifi.

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    Michael

    i3 processors will work but will be slower to process. To get it to run a bit faster, lower your camera settings to the slowest image size and set your template to 300x300 dpi. This should speed up processing.

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    Jim

    It says that Atom processors aren't supported but the Surface Pro 3 is. Is the Atom processor on the SP3 ok? I'm confused.

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    Michael

    The Surface Pro 3 will work fine. Atom processor will be slower but it'll work.

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    Mgomez1839

    How would I find out if my computer is AMD APU or regular AMD?

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    Michael

    http://www.wikihow.com/Check-CPU-Speed

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    Anthoni

    Is this ok for my photobooth? Lenovo IdeaCentre C40-30 21.5" FullHD Touch All in One  (i3-4005U, 4GB, 1TB, Nvidia 820A 2GB)
    Thank you very much!

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    Michael

    We recommend i5. i3 will probably work but will be much slower.

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