Blackmagic Design: Windows Thunderbolt, PCI Express, and USB 3.0 System Requirements (1/2018)

Blackmagic Design: Windows Thunderbolt, PCI Express, and USB 3.0 System Requirements (1/2018)

In addition to the hardware and software required below, it is recommended the PCs have an absolute minimum of 4GB of memory, an accelerated graphics card, and a CPU that meets or exceeds the system requirements of the software application you are planning on using. Apple QuickTime needs to be installed for some applications to function with a Blackmagic capture card.

Supported Operating Systems

Blackmagic Design Thunderbolt devices are compatible with:

Windows 7 64bit

Windows 8 64bit

Windows 10 64 bit

 

The following laptops are compatible with Blackmagic Design Thunderbolt devices:

DELL – Precision 7720

DELL – Precision 7520

DELL – XPS

 

The following Intel NUC is compatible with Blackmagic Design Thunderbolt devices:

Intel Nuc – NUC7i7BNH

 

Supported Hardware

The following motherboards are compatible with Blackmagic Design Thunderbolt devices:

ASRock Z87 Extreme 4

ASRock Z87 Extreme4/TB4

ASRock Z87 Extreme11/ac

Asus Z87-Expert

Asus Z87 Deluxe/Quad

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7 TH

Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H TH

Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH

Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH

Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH
*Gigabyte Z270X-UD3 with TB3 card

MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt

SuperMicro X10SAT
SuperMicro C7Z87-OCE (Legacy)

Windows PCI Express System Requirements

Operating Systems

Blackmagic Design Capture cards are compatible with the following Windows-based operating systems:

Windows 7 64 bit

Windows 8 64 bit

Windows 10 64 bit

Certified PC Workstations

The following workstations are certified for use with DeckLink and Intensity capture cards:

Dell Precision 7910

Dell T7610

Hewlett Packard Z420

Hewlett Packard Z440

Hewlett Packard Z620

Hewlett Packard Z640

Hewlett Packard Z820

Hewlett Packard Z840
*Precision 7920 Tower

*Precision 7920 Rack (not recommended for DeckLink Quad card)
Hewlett Packard XW8600 (Legacy, not recommended for DeckLink PCI or PCI-X cards)

Hewlett Packard XW9300 (Legacy)
Hewlett Packard Z400 (Legacy)

Hewlett Packard Z600 (Legacy)

Hewlett Packard Z800 (Legacy)

Recommended Motherboards

The following motherboards are recommended for use with DeckLink, Multibridge and Intensity capture cards:

*ASRock H270M-ITX/ac
ASRock Z87 Extreme 6

ASRock Z87 Extreme11/ac

ASRock Z87 Extreme4/TB4

ASRock Z87 Extreme4 (not recommended for DeckLink Studio 4K)

ASRock Z87E-ITX

Asus Z87 Deluxe/Quad

Asus Z87-Expert

Asus Z87-Gryphon

Asus Z87-A

Asus Z87-PLUS

Asus Z87-PRO

Gigabyte H81-D3

Gigabyte GA-H87M-D3H (not recommended for DeckLink Duo)

Gigabyte Q87M-D2H

Gigabyte X170 Extreme ECC

Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF

Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3

Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H TH

Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH

Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH

Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7 TH

Gigabyte Z97-UD5H

Gigabyte Z97-WIFI

Gigabyte Z97X-UD7 TH

Gigabyte Z170X GAMING 5
*Gigabyte Z270X-UD3

MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt

SuperMicro C7H170-M

SuperMicro C7X99-OCE
*SuperMicro C7X99-OCE - F

SuperMicro C7Z170-SQ

SuperMicro C7Z87-OCE

SuperMicro C7Z97-OCE (not recommended for DeckLink Studio 2)

SuperMicro X10SAT (not recommended for DeckLink Studio 4K)

SuperMicro X10SLV (not recommended with DeckLink SDI)

SuperMicro X10SLV-Q (not recommended with DeckLink SDI)

The following motherboards have been discontinued but are known to work in legacy configuration.

3DBoxx 4920

Asus P5B

Asus P5E

Asus P5Q Pro Turbo

Asus P6T

Asus P6X58D

Asus P6X58D-E WS

Asus P8P67 PRO (Rev 3.1)

Asus P9X79 WS

Gigabyte EP45-DS3

Gigabyte G1.Sniper (X58 chipset)

Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD7-B3 (rev. 1.0)

Gigabyte x48DQ6

Gigabyte X79-UD5

Intel D975XBX

Intel DX58SO

Supermicro C7Z97-M

XFX 790i Ultra

Windows USB 3.0 System Requirements

Operating Systems

Blackmagic Design USB 3.0 devices are compatible with the following Windows based operating systems:

Windows 7 64-bit

Windows 8 64-bit

Windows 10 64 bit

Certified PC Workstations

The following workstations are certified for use with UltraStudio Pro, UltraStudio SDI, Intensity Shuttle, ATEM 1 M/E, ATEM 2 M/E and Pocket UltraScope devices with USB 3.0 Expander cards:

Hewlett Packard Z420

Hewlett Packard Z620

Hewlett Packard Z820

Hewlett Packard Z400 - (discontinued)

Hewlett Packard Z600 - (discontinued)

Hewlett Packard Z800 - (discontinued)

 

Certified Notebook Computers

Notebooks certified for use with UltraStudio Pro, UltraStudio SDI and Intensity Shuttle.

MSI GE620 - (discontinued)

 

Presently there are no certified notebook computers for use with Pocket UltraScope. Testing is being conducted on several new notebook models and the results are expected soon. We will update this support note when we find new notebook models which can be reliably used with Pocket UltraScope. We advise against purchasing notebook computers for use with it until certification testing has been successfully completed.

 

The following notebook computers have not been verified by Blackmagic Design but have been reported by end-users as working with UltraStudio Pro, UltraStudio SDI, Intensity Shuttle, ATEM 1 M/E, and ATEM 2 M/E. Blackmagic Design cannot guarantee full compatibility.

 

Alienware M18x r2

ASUS G75VW

ASUS G74SX

ASUS G55VW

ASUS G53SW

ASUS K75

ASUS N56VZ

Lenovo P580-308725U

Lenovo W520

Lenovo T420

HP ProBook 4740S

Dell Precision M6600

Dell Precision M4600

MSI GT683 DXR

MSI FX720

MSI GS627 Core2 Quad Q9000

Acer 5755G i7-2670QM

Samsung RC512

Samsung SF411

Toshiba Satellite P775-S7215

Custom built - Clevo P170EM, HM77 Express Chipset, i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor, GeForce GTX 680M

Recommended Motherboards

The following motherboards have onboard USB 3.0 and have been tested to work with UltraStudio Pro, UltraStudio SDI, Intensity Shuttle, ATEM 1 M/E, ATEM 2 M/E, and Pocket UltraScope.

ASUS P6X58D-Premium

ASUS P6X58D-E

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7

Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5

Gigabyte G1.Sniper (rev. 1.0)

 

The following motherboards have not been verified by Blackmagic Design but have been reported by end-users as working with UltraStudio Pro, UltraStudio SDI, Intensity Shuttle, ATEM 1 M/E, ATEM 2 M/E, and Pocket UltraScope. Blackmagic Design cannot guarantee full compatibility.

 

ASUS P8Z77-M

ASUS P8Z77-V LK

ASUS P9X79

ASUS P6T Deluxe (with Renesas PCIe expansion card)

Intel DX58SO (with Renesas PCIe expansion card)

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