Hardware Needed for Affinity Publisher and/or Photo

[chasm]

Affinity looks wonderful.

I've only used MS Publisher but have purchased Affinity Publisher and Photo.

MS Publisher didn't require a separate graphics card and could run on as little as 2 GB RAM.

I've got a couple of laptops we're considering loading Affinity Publisher on.

It seems from this FAQ you can't run Affinity on a PC which doesn't have a separate graphics card, is that correct?

Onboard VRAM won't be enough?

Will an iCore 5 CPU be enough?

Or will I need at least an iCore 7?

Will 8GB RAM be enough?

Naturally, 16GB is always better.

Thank you!

 

[Alfred]

16 minutes ago, chasm said:

It seems from this FAQ you can't run Affinity on a PC which doesn't have a separate graphics card, is that correct?

Onboard VRAM won't be enough?

No, that’s incorrect. All of the Affinity apps support onboard graphics.

17 minutes ago, chasm said:

Will an iCore 5 CPU be enough?

Or will I need at least an iCore 7?

A Core i3 is enough, but an i5 or an i7 (or an i9!) is obviously better.

19 minutes ago, chasm said:

Will 8GB RAM be enough?

Naturally, 16GB is always better.

In theory 4GB is sufficient, but for anything other than the simplest projects your computer will probably struggle if it doesn’t have at least 8GB RAM installed.

From this page:

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Windows

Hardware

Windows-based PC (64 bit) with mouse or equivalent input device

Hardware GPU acceleration*

DirectX 10-compatible Graphics Cards and above

4GB RAM

938MB of available hard drive space; more during installation

1280x768 display size or better

* Requires:

-Windows 10 April 2020 update (or later)

-Direct3D level 12.0-capable card

 

[GarryP]

chasm: You have posted your question in the one of the “Beta” sections of the forums and these sections are only for posting queries and problems with the beta versions of the software. You should have posted in the relevant “Questions” section instead. A moderator will probably move this thread for you.

[Pauls]

so long as the graphics chip (internal or seperate) supports Direct3D level 12.0 you'll be good to go.

[chasm]

Hi Pauls, Thank you so much!