Hardware – PCThe minimum requirements for running Cubase SX/SL on a PC are:
• A 800MHz Pentium processor or Athlon processor and Windows XP.
• 384MB of RAM.
• Monitor and graphics card supporting 1024 x 768 resolution.
• A free USB drive for the copy protection key.
• A DVD ROM drive.
For optimum performance we recommend the following:
• Pentium or Athlon processor at 2.8GHz or faster.
• 512MB of RAM.
• A dual monitor setup with 1152 x 864 screen resolution or higher.
RAM
Audio work requires a lot of RAM! In fact, there is a direct relation between
the amount of available RAM and the number of audio channels
that you can have running. As specified earlier, 384 MB is the minimum
requirement, but as a general rule “the more the better” applies.