Hardware Requirements
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HD - Minimum Recommended Hardware Specifications |
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CPU |
Intel® Core™ i7/i9/Xeon 6 Core 3.5GHz / AMD Ryzen 3800X/5600 Series. |
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Power Supply |
800 Watt Redundant Power Supply |
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System Drives |
1TB NVMe Main OS Drive, 2TB SSD Secondary storage Drive |
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Mainboard |
Socket 2066, Socket 2011, AMD X570 (PCI-E 4.0) |
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Memory |
32GB |
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GPU |
NVIDIA® RTX 3080 |
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Video Board |
AJA® Kona 4, AJA® Kona 5, AJA® Corvid 44, AJA® Corvid 44 12G, AJA® Corvid 88, AJA® Io 4k plus |
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Blackmagic Design® DeckLink Pro 8K, DeckLink Duo 2, Decklink Quad 2, DeckLink SDI 4K ... |
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UHD/4K - Minimum Recommended Hardware Specifications |
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CPU |
Intel® Core™ i7/i9/Xeon 6 Core 4 GHz and up / AMD Ryzen 3900X/5800 Series. |
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Power Supply |
1000 Watt Redundant Power Supply |
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System Drives |
1TB NVMe Main OS Drive, 2TB SSD Secondary storage Drive |
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Mainboard |
Socket 2066, Socket 2011, AMD X570 (PCI-E 4.0) |
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Memory |
32GB |
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GPU |
NVIDIA® RTX 4090 |
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Video Board |
AJA® Kona 5, AJA® Corvid 44 12G, AJA® Io 4k Plus |
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Blackmagic Design® DeckLink Pro 8K, DeckLink SDI 4K ... |
AMD GPUs are NOT supported.
Video cards
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Video card |
Firmware Version |
Video |
Audio* |
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AJA |
Kona 4 |
2021/04/14 (4K) |
HD |
embedded over SDI |
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AJA |
Kona 5 |
2021/12/23 (4K) |
HD |
embedded over SDI
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2021/12/26 (8K)** |
multiformat HD & UHD |
embedded over SDI |
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AJA |
Corvid 44 |
2021/09/16 (4K) |
HD |
embedded over SDI |
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AJA |
Corvid 44 12G |
2021/12/19 (8K) |
multiformat HD & UHD |
embedded over SDI |
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AJA |
Corvid 88 |
2021/11/30 (4K) |
HD |
embedded over SDI |
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AJA |
Io 4k Plus |
2021/06/23 (Io4KPlus) |
multiformat HD & UHD |
embedded over SDI |
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BMD |
DeckLink 8K Pro |
Driver 12.4 |
HD & UHD |
embedded over SDI |
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BMD |
DeckLink Quad 2 |
Driver 12.4 |
HD |
embedded over SDI |
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BMD |
DeckLink Duo 2 |
Driver 12.4 |
HD |
embedded over SDI |
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BMD |
DeckLink SDI 4K |
Driver 12.4 |
HD & UHD |
embedded over SDI |
* Digital audio output generated in the Pixotope engine
** It is recommended to run the Kona 5 with 8K firmware by default to support all video standards without needing to change the firmware.
*** AES/EBU is only supported by Kona 5 with 4K firmware installed. No other firmware or video card supports this audio format.
Other BlackMagic Design devices not listed with SDI support may also work.
GPUs
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NVIDIA® RTX 30 series |
3070, 3070Ti, 3080, 3080Ti, 3090, 3090Ti |
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NVIDIA® RTX 40 series |
4070Ti, 4080, 4090 |
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NVIDIA® RTX Professional series |
A6000, RTX 6000 Ada |
Other RTX cards not listed may also work.
Drivers
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Operating System |
Windows® 10 Pro, 64-bit with the latest updates |
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AJA Driver |
For all formats using Kona 4, Kona 5, AJA® Corvid 44, Corvid 44 12G, Corvid 88, Io 4k Plus 16.2 (retail) |
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Nvidia Driver |
442.50 or latest from Nvidia.com |
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BMD DeckLink Driver |
Driver 12.4 |
Software Requirements
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Please refer to the AJA Documentation of PC System Configuration for 4K / UltraHD / 2K / HD: https://www.aja.com/support/kona-pc-system-configuration
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For troubleshooting AJA issues or access to more AJA card settings, please contact AJA support: https://www.aja.com/support
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To install Microsoft DirectX, use DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35