Polycom CX5000 System User’s Guide
System Requirements
The following are the minimum system requirements for the Polycom CX5000 system
hardware and software.
• Computer running one of the following operating systems:
o Windows XP™ operating system (SP2 or later, 32-bit only)
o Windows Vista™ operating system (32-bit and 64-bit)
o Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Computer running one of the following client applications:
o Microsoft Lync™ 2010
o Microsoft Office Communicator 2007
o Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, client version 8.0.6362.128 or later
• Computer with 2.0 gigahertz or higher processor.
• Recommended 2.0 gigabyte (GB) of RAM or higher.
• 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available hard disk space.
• Video card with 128 MB of RAM or higher.
• Super VGA (1280 × 1024) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor.
• Keyboard and mouse, or compatible pointing device.
• Graphics hardware running in full hardware acceleration mode.
• For conference phone use, an analog PSTN phone line.
• For remote management, an Ethernet network adapter appropriate for the
type of local-area or wide-area network to which you will connect.
• For the Polycom CX5000 HD system, the computer to which a CX5000 HD
device is connected must have a quad-core processor to transmit HD video to
the far end. A quad core processor is not required to display HD video received
from the far end.