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dslrBooth Hardware Requirements

Make sure your PC includes the following for best performance:

Processor

  • Quad Core Intel Core i5 9th generation 2.0 GHz with or higher highly recommended. 64 bit processor. More than 2 performance cores needed if processing video. 
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  • Quad-core AMD Ryzen 5 or greater (2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ or higher)

Memory (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

  • NVIDIA® GPU released in 2016 or later with 4GB or greater is highly recommended.
  • NVIDIA GeForce 1650 or greater with at least 4 GB dedicated VRAM
  • AMD Radeon RX 560 or greater with at least 4 GB dedicated VRAM

Integrated graphics for the above processors will also work but will take a longer time to process AI background removal and will not have the best live view performance.

Operating System

Note: Intel i5 Surface Pros 7 and 7+ do not have internal fans. Due to this CPU throttling can occur and cause lag specially during live view. We recommend using a Windows tablet with internal fans instead for a better experience.

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.

 

Recommended Systems

Mini PC

  • Lenovo - IdeaCentre Mini Desktop - Intel Core i7-13700H - 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD
  • MSI - PRO DP21 Desktop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 500GB SSD
  • MSI - DP20ZA Desktop - AMD Ryzen R5 - 16GB Memory - 500GB SSD

Tablet

  • Microsoft - Surface Pro 9 - 13" Touch-Screen - Intel Evo Platform Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 512GB
  • Lenovo - Yoga 9i 2-in-1 14" 4K OLED Touch Laptop with Pen - Intel Evo Platform - Core i7-1360P with 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD
  • Dell - Inspiron 16.0" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop -13th Gen Intel Evo i7 - 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD

Laptop

  • HP - Victus 15.6" Model 15-fa1163dx Full HD 144Hz Gaming Laptop - Intel 12th Gen Core i7 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 - 512GB SSD
  • HP OMEN Model 16-wd0073dx - 16.1" 165Hz Full HD Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB DDR5 Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 - 1TB SSD
  • Alienware Model AWM16-7602BLK-PUS - m16 QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop - 13th Gen Core i9 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 - 1TB SSD
  • Dell Model i5535-A933GRY-PUS - G15 15.6" Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 16GB Memory - 1 TB SSD
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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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