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.