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Second Life Minimum Requirements

In order for an efficient use of Second Life viewer, you PC must meet the following minimum requirements:

Windows Minimum Requirements Recommended Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL Cable or DSL Operating System: XP, Vista, or Windows 7 XP, Vista, or Windows 7 CPU with SSE2 support, including 1.5 GHz (XP), 2-GHz (Vista) 32-bit () Processor: Pentium 4, Pentium M, Core or Atom, or better AMD Athlon 64 or later. : 512 MB or more 1 GB or more Screen Resolution: 1024x768 pixels 1024x768 pixels or higher

GeForce 6600 or better NVIDIA Graphics cards  OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250 or 9000 Series: better  9600, 9800  OR Intel 945 chipset 200 Series:  275 GTX, 295 GTX Graphics Card for XP**: ATI Graphics Cards 4000 Series:  4850, 4870, 4890 5000 Series:  5850, 5870, 5970

 NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better NVIDIA Graphics cards  OR ATI Radeon 9500 or better 9000 Series:  OR Intel 945 chipset  9600, 9800 200 Series: Graphics Card for Vista  275 GTX, 295 GTX or Windows 7 ATI Graphics Cards (requires latest drivers)**: 4000 Series:  4850, 4870, 4890 5000 Series:  5850, 5870, 5970 Mac OS X Minimum Requirements Recommended Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL Cable or DSL Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 or better Mac OS X 10.5.4 or better Computer Processor: 1.5 GHz Intel based Mac 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or above Computer Memory: 512 MB or more 1 GB or more Screen Resolution: 1024x768 pixels 1024x768 pixels or higher

 ATI Radeon 9200 and above  ATI: 4850, 4870  OR NVIDIA GeForce 2,  OR NVIDIA: 9800 Graphics Card**: GeForce 4  Linux Minimum Requirements Recommended

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Linux Minimum Requirements Recommended Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL Cable or DSL A reasonably modern 32-bit Linux A reasonably modern 32-bit Linux environment is required. If you are environment is required. If you are Operating System: running a 64-bit Linux distribution then running a 64-bit Linux distribution then you will need its 32-bit compatibility you will need its 32-bit compatibility environment installed. environment installed. 800 MHz Pentium III or Athlon, or 1.5 GHz or better Computer Processor: better Computer Memory: 512MB or more 1 GB or more Screen Resolution: 1024x768 pixels 1024x768 pixels or higher

 NVIDIA GeForce 6600, or  ATI: 4850, 4870 better  OR NVIDIA: 9600, 9800 Graphics Card:  OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250, or better

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