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Will Premier Elements 4 work with Athlon???

PostPosted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:38 pm
by jenclark
I'm running my PC with Athlon 64 x2 4600 (2.40GHZ, 512Kx2) on Vista. Does anyone know if there is a compatibility issue with Premiere Elements working on an Athlon chip? :?:

I need to know this before Tuesday, I will buy the upgrade then if and only if it will work. Can anyone advise me on this???

Re: Will Premier Elements 4 work with Athlon???

PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:05 am
by genevh
It should work. The AMD Athlon 64 (single or dual core) chips are fully compatible with any software out there that will run on an Intel chip. You may run into some issues when trying to match up hardware, but even that is rare nowadays as far as I know.

Re: Will Premier Elements 4 work with Athlon???

PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:26 am
by jenclark
dual core.........sorry left that one out. I will then try it and see, the cost difference between the two isn't that much, I think I saw a Black Friday sale price difference of $20.........need to sell one of my photos for $20............any takers???? :lol: Oh, er, I mean after I take some..........HE HE HE :mrgreen:

Thanks Gene your a smart Grasshoppa!!!!

Re: Will Premier Elements 4 work with Athlon???

PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:22 pm
by genevh
64 x2 4600


X2 in the AMD lingo means dual core...you didn't leave it out. :D

Thanks Gene your a smart Grasshoppa!!!!


That is debatable! :geek:

Thanks!

Re: Will Premier Elements 4 work with Athlon???

PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:23 pm
by chuckmsp
Some of the older AMD processors did not support the SSE2 instruction set, that has not been the case for a few years now. If you have a dual core processor you will not have any problems running Premiere Elements :)

Re: Will Premier Elements 4 work with Athlon???

PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:34 pm
by jenclark
Great........looks like CompUSA had the combo 6/4 for $69.99. I think that is the best around for Black Friday. I may skip the PSE6 and just go for PE4...still undecided on that part. Appreciate your help Chuck.


Yes Gene......Smart GrassHoppa!!!!