Ideal Hardware for High-End Powerpoint?

[John Galt]

I have an upcoming Powerpoint presentation that is going to really test the
hardware it runs on -- its full of transitions and animations. I'll be
getting a dedicated workstation to run it (it will be a kiosk). What do I
need to really handle all the dynamic stuff smoothly -- CPU? RAM? A high-end
DX9 video card?

 

[John Galt]

Anybody? ...

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

This is a bit like asking how big a pick up truck you need to pull out a
tree stump. It depends on so much. The answer might be, well, whatever the
minimum is you can get away with. But.

I have a number of presentations that are graphic intense. My laptop is
1700MHz, 1 gig of RAM, and 1 gig of video RAM. Even so, some presentations
on this system will only run if Hardware Acceleration is turned on. Also
have Direct X 9.0c. Video card is ATI Mobility Radeon 9600. I hope that is
some information to start with.

--
Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
October 10-13, San Diego CA
http://www.powerpointlive.com

 

[TAJ Simmons]

John,

Unless someone has access to a range of computers, and runs a 'standard pre-defined' presentation, times it, notes the
quality of animations, notes the resolution and color depth, office updates, windows update, ram type, direct version,
processor type, motherboard type, and all the other variables, it would be hard to say 'go for XYZ because of ABC.'

Now if there is anyone out there who has a range of computers and would like to text how well something runs....I have
two standard presentations....that really give powerpoint a run for it's money.

One of them is here
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointtextfx.htm

You could always fall back on the standard line 'ram' line "get the most that you can afford"

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com