What are the necessary hardware/system requirements?

What are the necessary hardware/system requirements?

Minimum system requirements for Excire Foto

Supported processors

Multi-core processor with 64-bit and AVX support
Not supported:
Older AMD processors such as AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1100T and AMD Phenom(tm) II X (also known as AMD Athlon II X4 640) are not supported.
Intel Core 2 Duo processors are not supported.

Operating systems

macOS 10.14 (or newer) or Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11 (64bit)

Memory

Min. 8GB RAM. However, 16GB or more is recommended

Hard disk

The Excire databases require about 250MB for 100,000 photos. Preview memory is then about 25GB at highest quality, raw formats and when previews are generated for each photo.

Minimum system requirements for Excire Search (plugin for Lightroom Classic)

Supported processors

Multi-core processor with 64-bit and AVX support.
Not supported:
Older AMD processors such as AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1100T and AMD Phenom(tm) II X (also known as AMD Athlon II X4 640) are not supported.
Intel Core 2 Duo processors are not supported.

Operating systems

macOS 10.14 (or newer) or Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11 (64bit)

Memory

Min. 8GB RAM. However, 16GB or more is recommended

Hard disk

375MB of free hard drive space for the base installation and additional space for image signatures. For example, an Adobe Lightroom catalog of 100,000 images requires about another 800 MB of additional memory.

Internet access

The program requires Internet access once every 30 days to check for a valid license.

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