Describes the operating systems that XNA Game Studio supports, and the computing hardware you will need to use XNA Game Studio.
Supported Operating Systems
XNA Game Studio is fully supported on the following operating systems.
| Operating System | Supported Versions |
| Microsoft® Windows® XP | - Home Edition
- Professional Edition
- Media Center Edition
- Tablet Edition
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| Windows Vista™ | - Home Basic Edition
- Home Premium Edition
- Business Edition
- Enterprise Edition
- Ultimate Edition
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Remarks
- Windows XP requires Service Pack 2 or later.
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Although XNA Game Studio itself is available only in English, on Windows Vista, it is supported under any of the available language settings. On Windows XP, XNA Game Studio may fail to install under some language settings.
- Administrator permissions are not required to run XNA Game Studio. However, Administrator permissions (administrative elevation on Windows Vista) are required to install XNA Game Studio.
- Although the setup program for XNA Game Studio will complete on the Windows 2003 Server operating system, XNA Game Studio is not officially supported on Windows 2003 Server, and the XNA Game Studio software may not work as expected.
Hardware Requirements
To run XNA Framework games on Windows, you will need a graphics card that supports Shader Model 1.1 or greater and DirectX 9.0c. We recommend that you use a graphics card that supports Shader Model 2.0 because some samples and starter kits may require it.
You should ensure that your graphics card is using the most recent drivers by checking with your hardware vendor and by accessing Microsoft Update.
To develop XNA Framework games for Xbox 360, you will need to have a hard drive connected to your Xbox 360 console.
Other hardware requirements for XNA Game Studio are identical to those for Visual Studio 2005. For more information, see the Visual Studio documentation.