Supported operating systems
Please make sure you have the latest service packs from Microsoft® installed.
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) *
- Microsoft® Windows® Vista© (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft® Windows® XP (32-bit and 64-bit)
* We recommend Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit to get the best experience when running HitFilm.
Minimum system requirements
Please make sure your graphics drivers are up-to-date - visit NVIDIA or AMD/ATI to download the latest drivers.
- Processor: 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64
- RAM: 2GB
- Graphics card: Intel HD 3000, NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or AMD/ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT with at least 512 MB video memory and support for OpenGL 2.0. View more graphics cards which meet our minimum requirements »
NVIDIA GeForce
Desktop
- 7900 GT,
- 7900 GTO,
- 7950 G,
- 7950 GX2,
- 8800 GS,
- 8800 GT,
- 8800 GTS,
- 8800 GTX,
- 9600 GSO,
- 9600 GT,
- 9800 GT,
- GT 220,
- GT 240,
- GT 430,
- GT 440,
- GT 530,
- GT 545.
Mobile
- 8800M GTX,
- 9800M GTS,
- 9800M GTX,
- GTS 150M,
- GTS 160M,
- GTS 250M,
- GTS 260M,
- GTX 260M,
- GTX 280M,
- GTX 285M,
- GTS 350M,
- GTS 360M,
- GT 435M,
- GT 445M,
- GT 525M,
- GT 540M,
- GT 550M,
- GT 555M,
- GT 630M.
AMD/ATI Radeon
Desktop
- HD 2900 GT,
- HD 2900 XT,
- HD 2900 PRO,
- HD 3850,
- HD 3870,
- HD 4650,
- HD 4670,
- HD 4770,
- HD 4830,
- HD 5550,
- HD 5570,
- HD 5670,
- HD 6570.
Mobile
- Mobility HD 3850,
- Mobility HD 3870,
- Mobility HD 4860,
- Mobility HD 5650,
- Mobility HD 5730,
- Mobility HD 5750,
- Mobility HD 5770,
- Mobility 6500M,
- Mobility 6600M,
- Mobility 6700M.
Intel integrated graphics
Desktop
- Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 4000.
Mobile
- Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 4000.
* Better cards are highlighted in bold.
- Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 in 32-bit color mode
- Sound card: Internal sound card
- Hard disk space: 300MB free disk space for program installation
- Optical drive: DVD drive (only for installation of the box version)
- Internet connection: Required for online activation and HitFilm.com web services
HitFilm uses your computer's processor and graphics card. For high definition and 3D projects your system should meet or exceed the recommended specification (below).
Recommended system requirements
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad or AMD Phenom X4
- RAM: 4GB
- Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX or AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850 with at least 1024 MB video memory and support for OpenGL 2.0. View more graphics cards which meet our recommended requirements »
NVIDIA GeForce
Desktop
- 8800 Ultra,
- 9800 GTX,
- 9800 GTX+,
- 9800 GX2,
- GTS 250,
- GTX 260,
- GTX 275,
- GTX 280,
- GTX 285,
- GTX 295,
- GTX 450,
- GTX 460,
- GTX 465,
- GTX 470,
- GTX 480,
- GTX 550 Ti,
- GTX 560,
- GTX 560 Ti,
- GTX 570,
- GTX 580,
- GTX 590.
Mobile
- GTX 460M,
- GTX 470M,
- GTX 480M,
- GTX 485M,
- GTX 560M,
- GTX 570M,
- GTX 580M.
AMD/ATI Radeon
Desktop
- HD 3870 X2,
- HD 4850,
- HD 4850 X2,
- HD 4870,
- HD 4870 X2,
- HD 4890,
- HD 5750,
- HD 5770,
- HD 5830,
- HD 5850,
- HD 5870,
- HD 5970,
- HD 6750,
- HD 6770,
- HD 6790,
- HD 6850,
- HD 6870,
- HD 6950,
- HD 6950,
- HD 6970,
- HD 6990.
Mobile
- HD 4850,
- HD 5850,
- HD 5870,
- 6800M,
- 6900M,
- 6990M.
* Better cards are highlighted in bold.
- Screen resolution: 1280 x 800 in 32-bit color mode
- Sound card: Internal sound card
- Hard disk space: 300MB free disk space for program installation
- Optical drive: DVD drive (only for installation of the box version)
- Internet connection: Required for online activation and HitFilm.com web services
Intel 64-bit Itanium (IA64) enterprise class processors are NOT supported.
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