System requirements for Windows 8.1

If you want to install Windows 8.1, you should first check the system requirements. Here you will find the most important information.

Windows 8.1 system requirements

The system requirements of Windows 8.1 hardly differ from those of the predecessor:

• Processor: The processor requires 1 GHz or faster
• RAM: At least 1 GB for 32-bit and 2 GB for 64-bit
• Free hard disk space: at least 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics card with WDDM driver
• You can find further requirements details for some features on the Microsoft website.
• To make sure that your complete hardware is really Win 8.1 compatible, you should run the Windows 8.1 upgrade wizard; After a successful check, this tool can also install the new version of Windows on request.