Specifications Requirements Reason
Brand Dell Inspiron 560 Dell Inspiron 560 has been rated as 1st rank in
2012 best multimedia computers.
Processor
Intel Core i7-2600 (8M Cache, Speed -
3.10 GHz)
Currently Intel is leading company and i7-2600 processor has some new graphics specification such as Intel® InTru3D Technology, Intel Quick Sync Video, Dual Display Capable, Intel Flexible Display Interface (Intel FDI) and Intel Clear Video HD Technology which are helpful to do multimedia works.
Following advance technologies has been supported
Intel®Turbo Boost Technology
Intel vPro Technology
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel Trusted Execution Technology
AES New Instructions
Intel 64
Idle States
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
Thermal Monitoring Technologies
Intel Fast Memory Access
Intel Flex Memory Access
Execute Disable Bit
RAM DDR3 (8GB) DDR3 (8 GB) will offer best performance and it will take less loading time for multimedia software which are latest and currently using
Video card AMD Radeon HD 6450(VRAM- 1GB)
AMD Radeo HD 6450 is specially designed for multimedia purpose and it offer DirectX® 11, occlusion culling, HD3D technology and multi- display technology which help to create ultimate multi-monitor desktop workstation.
Power supply unit
Powerlogic(500Watts) When using new multimedia technologies, it will require 500 watts and high video cards also require the same.
Hard Disk Drive
Seagate SDD (1 TB)
Currently Seagate is a famous for SDD and Multimedia department requires lot of space. SDD is a latest hard drive which using in famous multimedia companies.
Operating system
Windows 7 home premium(64 bit)
Windows 7 is the latest operating and it will support all multimedia software.
(Table 21)
(Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz), NA)
Following software are currently mostly used for game development
Unity3d
Unreal Development Kit Unity 3d
Unity3d is game development software. It has a WYSIWYG tools and it’s very easy to add and change things.
Unity3d has objected oriented programming languages which including JavaScript, C#, and Boo. It provides guild line to create games. Another unique feature is, it will allow playing game immediately in the editor when the game design has been created.
Mainly it helps to create a fast-forward the game in the editor. Unity3d also has easy publishing. All you need to do is just “Build” and when builds the complete game, it will ready for people to download and play. Whenever new features are releasing, Unity3d has upgrades to provide new features.
Following are system requirements of Unity3d
Windows: XP SP2 or later; Mac OS X: Intel CPU & "Leopard" 10.5 or later. Note that Unity was not tested on server versions of Windows and OS X
Graphics card with DirectX 9 level (shader model 2.0) capabilities. Any card made since 2004 should work.
Using Occlusion Culling requires GPU with Occlusion Query support (some Intel GPUs do not support that).
System Requirements for Unity Android Authoring
Windows XP SP2 or later; Mac OS 10.5.8 or later
Android SDK and Java Development Kit (JDK)
Android authored content requires devices equipped with:
Android OS 2.0 or later
Device powered by an ARMv7 (Cortex family) CPU
GPU support for OpenGLES 2.0 is recommended
System Requirements for Unity-Authored Content
Windows XP or later; Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
Pretty much any 3D graphics card, depending on complexity.
Online games run on all browsers, including IE, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome, among others
(System Requirements, NA) (UnityHardwareRequirements, NA)
Justification
Specifications System design specification requirements
Unity3d Software requirements
Justify( )Or Not×)
Processor Intel Core i7-2600 (Speed - 3.10 GHz)
(Intel CPU 1.66 GHz)
RAM DDR3 (8GB) 2GB recommended
(Else to do render process and to do several works at one time)
Video card AMD Radeon HD 6450, DirectX11(VRAM- 1GB)
(2.1 GPU)
GPU with Occlusion Query support (shader model 2.0)(DirectX 9)
Hard Disk Drive Seagate SDD(1 TB) Hard Drive: 16GB
(Else space to keep multimedia game development files for a long time) Operating system Windows 7 home premium(64 bit) XP SP2 or later (Table 22)
Unreal Development Kit
UDK is a strong and professional game engine tool which is free. It is having a full-fledged tool and it allows creating professional games. It has some features such as art rendering and animation integration. It includes Unreal Kismet, which is providing visual programming editor. UDK has built in networking, artificial intelligence and destructible environments.
Following are system requirements of Unreal Development Kit
Processor: 2.0+ GHz processor
RAM: 2 GB system RAM
Hard Drive Space: 3 GB free hard drive space
Operating System: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista or Windows Vista 64 SP2 or later
Recommended System Requirements
Processor: 2.0+ GHz multi-core processor
RAM: 8 GB System RAM
Video Memory: NVIDIA 8000 series or higher graphics card (System Requirements, NA)
Justification
Specifications System design specification requirements
UDK Software requirements
Justify( )Or Not×)
Processor Intel Core i7-2600 (Speed - 3.10 GHz) (2.0+ GHz multi-core processor or 2.0Ghz) RAM DDR3 (8GB) 8GB recommended or 2GB (Else to do render process and to do several works at one time)
Video card AMD Radeon HD 6450, DirectX11(VRAM- 1GB) (2.1 GPU) NVIDIA 8000 series or higher graphics card
Hard Disk Drive Seagate SDD(1 TB) Hard Drive: 3GB
(Else space to keep multimedia game development files)
Operating system Windows 7 home premium(64 bit) Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista or Windows Vista 64 SP2 or later (Table 23)
Following software is currently most used for mobile application development
Adobe Dreamweaver cs6 Adobe Dreamweaver cs6
Adobe Dreamweaver is a Web development tool. It includes a code editor, a visual design mode, sophisticated Cascading Style Sheet tools for creating and editing. In Dreamweaver CS6, Adobe has a tool to build mobile-ready websites, Phone Gap build and a cloud-based service for mobile platforms.
Following are system requirements of Adobe Dreamweaver cs6
Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor
Windows XP SP2 (SP3 recommended); Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (SP1); Windows 7
512MB RAM
1GB available hard drive space for installation - and it can't be installed on removable flash-based storage
1280x800 display with 16-bit video card
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for HTML5 media playback
Internet connection required for online services and the software will not work without activation
Justification Specifications System design specification requirements Adobe Dreamweaver cs6 Software requirements
Justify( )Or Not×)
Processor Intel Core i7-2600 (Speed - 3.10 GHz) (Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 64 processor ) RAM DDR3 (8GB) 512mb RAM (Else to do render process and to do several works at one time)
Video card AMD Radeon HD 6450, DirectX11(VRAM- 1GB)
(2.1 GPU)
1280x800 display with 16-bit video
card
Hard Disk Drive Seagate SDD(1 TB) Hard Drive: 1GB
(Else space to keep multimedia mobile development files) Operating system Windows 7 home premium(64 bit) Windows XP SP2 (SP3 recommended); Windows Vista Home
Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise
(SP1); Windows 7
Conclusion
These are the system specifications for multimedia department which includes Dell Inspiron 560, Intel Core i7-2600, DDR3 (8GB), AMD Radeon HD 6450(VRAM- 1GB), Powerlogic (500Watts), Seagate SDD (1 TB) and Windows 7 home premium (64 bit). These specifications are based on new technologies that have been used in games development and mobile application development.
To support system design specifications I have chosen Unity3d and Unreal Development Kit software which are mostly used in game development site and technology. System requirements of the chosen software have been matched with the system design specification that I have mentioned. This has been justified and the result has been analyzed to its need.
To support system design specifications, Adobe Dreamweaver cs6 has been chosen in mobile application development. System requirements of Adobe Dreamweaver cs6 have been match with the system design specification that I have mentioned and proved by justification.
By adopting to the system design specifications, BCAS would overcome its current problems with computer systems. At the same time BCAS should be capable of purchasing computers with mentioned system design specifications. So by implementing this process BCAS can provide game development and mobile application development courses with new technologies than its competitors
Conclusion
BCAS has planned to open up three departments to proceed with its functions. To carry on with the function, computer systems will be used. Multimedia department can precede these functions, web design, computer gaming and advertising by using proper software in computer systems. The other two departments include, Budgeting, General ledger, Billing, Cost accounting , Profit planning, letters, company's income and expenditure, Payments transactions and network functions. Further each function has been explained in detail. BCAS is using its computer systems to do functions by maintaining hardware, software and peripheral components. Under these, all the components and the software has been identified and explained.
In the IT environment currently these computers have been used, that are Micro Computers, Mini Computers, Mainframe Computers and Super Computers. Comparison has been made by cost, capacity, workplace and the purposes of each computer too have been compared. Three system design specifications have been mentioned for the three departments of BCAS. These has been justified and explained. Advise is been given to use the specifications to benefit the operation works of BCAS.
BCAS can configure its own computer systems and can implement securities by the help of the guide lines which includes assembling pc, installing OS, installing drivers, installing anti- virus and security implementation ways.
Ways of testing the components of pc, hardware and software has been mentioned. By following these mentioned test criteria, BCAS can overcome the problems of trouble shooting and faults could be detected.
These are the hardware maintenance, firewall, backup, reduce heat, clean dust and check electricity. Software maintenances are disk defragmenter, disk cleanup, disk check, cleaning the registry, backup and antivirus software checkups. These should be maintained monthly so that the current problems of computer system will be solved.