Blender/C2/Hardware-requirement-to-install-Blender/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:03	Welcome to the series of Blender tutorials.
00:06	In this tutorial, we shall look at the hardware specifications and requirements for Blender 2.59.
00:16	This script has been contributed by Chirag Raman.
00:20	First Up, we shall look at what the official Blender website has to say about the hardware requirements.
00:28	Open your internet browser.
00:30	I am using Firefox 3.09.
00:34	In the address bar, type: www.blender.org and hit the Enter key.
00:44	This should take you to the official blender website.
00:47	For ease of demonstration, I have already loaded the System Requirements page.
00:53	Blender is Free and Open Source.
00:56	Blender 2.59 works on nearly all operating systems.
01:02	For this tutorial, I am using Windows XP operating system.
01:07	Different parts of Blender are dependent on different pieces of computer hardware.
01:13	A faster CPU and more RAM can help to increase rendering speed while the speed of the Blender interface, viewports and real-time engine is influenced by the speed of the graphics card.
01:26	Fast and large hard drives can also speed up work when dealing with large video files.
01:32	As you can see, the Blender Organization shows Hardware Specifications for 3 sections of usage:
01:40	Minimum, Good and Production levels.
01:44	The Minimum hardware specifications required to run Blender are –
01:48	* 1 GHZ Single Core CPU
1:53	* 512 MB RAM
01:56	* 1024 x 768 pixels Display with 16 bit color
02:03	* 3 Button Mouse
02:05	* Open GL Graphics Card with 64 MB RAM
02:12	The Good specifications level includes –
02:15	* 2 GHZ Dual Core CPU
02:20	* 2 GB RAM
02:22	* 1920 x 1200 pixels Display with 24 bit color
02:28	* 3 Button Mouse
02:30	* Open GL Graphics Card with 256 or 512 MB RAM
02:40	Production level hardware specifications will be –
02:43	* 64 bits, Multi Core CPU
02:47	* 8-16 GB RAM
02:50	* Two times 1920 x 1200 pixels Display with 24 bit color
02:56	* 3 Button Mouse + tablet
02:59	* Open GL Graphics Card with 1 GB RAM, ATI FireGL or Nvidia Quadro
03:09	To make sure you meet any one of the specified levels, you need to check your system configuration.
03:16	Minimize your browser window.
03:19	Go to the Control Panel. Once here, double click on the System icon.
03:25	So, here you can see the current specifications of your machine and compare it against what the Blender Foundation suggests.
03:35	Most Windows Operating systems are either 32-bit or 64-bit. I am using 32-bit Windows.
03:44	The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way the CPU handles information.
03:51	The 64-bit version of Windows handles large amounts RAM more effectively than a 32-bit system.
03:59	Also, if you are planning to invest in a new computer for Blender,
04:04	it would be a good idea to check out this article over at www.blenderguru .com/the-ultimate-guide-to-buying-a- computer-for-blender.
04:21	This guide gives you detailed information about Operating system,
04:29	CPU,
04:35	RAM,
04:41	Graphics card,
04:49	Case,
04:55	and hard drive.
05:02	So, that completes the tutorial on the Hardware Requirements for running Blender.
05:07	This tutorial is created by Project Oscar and supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT.
05:15	More information on the same is available at the following links. oscar.iitb.ac.in and spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro.
05:32	The Spoken Tutorial Project: conducts workshops using spoken tutorials;
05:37	also gives certificates to those who pass an online test.
05:42	For more details, please write to contact@spoken-tutorial.org
05:50	Thanks for joining us
05:53	and this is Monisha from IIT Bombay, signing off.

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