Check you computer specifications and performance
The specification of the Graphic Card is more important than the CPU(Computer Processing Unit), and must be ranked among top 150 in the ranking list.
(See below for the minimum and the recommended specifications)
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating System | Windows/98/2000/XP/Vista | Windows XP & Service Pack 3/ Vista |
| Processor | AMD Turion 64bit 1.6Ghz or Higher | Intel/AMD Dual Core 2.0 Ghz or Higher |
| Memory | 512 MB RAM or Higher | 1GB RAM or Higher |
| Hard Drive Space | 40 MB Free | 40 MB Free |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA Quadro FX 600 256MB | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 256MB |
| Additional | DirectX 9.0 or Higher, USB 2.0 | DirectX 10 or Higher, USB 2.0 |
If in doubt as your computer/laptop falls between minimum and recommended specifications we recommend using the PassMark Performance Test tool to test your computer performance as all are built slightly differently.
For example: we tested 2 laptops that met the minimum spec requirement. However Cloud9 runs on one in a very jerky unworkable way whereas on the second Cloud9 worked very well and smoothly.
So we put both through the performance test, and the performance scores for the first unworkable one ( Intel P4 1.8GHz, 2048 MB RAM, ATI RADEON 9700) were only 72 on CPU-Floating Point Math, 0.5 on CPU-Multimedia Instructions Graphics, and 9.6 on 3D – Complex. These scores are well below the standard of the minimum scores and the recommended scores.
So please make sure your performance socres meet the requirements.
| Passmark Rating from the Performance Test | ||
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| CPU-Floating Point Math | 280 | 500 |
| CPU-Multimedia Instructions | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 3D Graphics Mark | 245 | 635 |
| Graphics 3D – Complex | 14 | 40 |
