Min spec for daq Computer?

What would be some min spec for a computer to do data Acquisition with a 16 bit pci DAQ card? It will be using software that is writing in C# using MEasurement Studio. It would have to save and plot the data, in real time. It wouldn't be used to write the DAQ software, just runn it. Thanks for your input.
JMD

So if you are developing your application using C#, you'll need the .net 1.1 framework. Here is where you can find infomation on specs for that.
The NI-DAQ driver would work work on a system with those specs on Windows 2000/NT/XP/Me/98. More info below
Minimum Processor Pentium III/Celeron 600 MHz or equivalent
RAM 128 MB
Screen Resolution 800 x 600 pixels
Operating System Windows 2000/XP/Me/98 or later
Recommended Processor Pentium 4 or equivalent
RAM 256 MB
Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels
Operating System Windows 2000/XP or later
Deployment
Minimum Processor Pentium 200 MHz or equivalent
RAM 64 MB
Screen Resolution 800 x 600 pixels or n
o screen
Operating System Windows 2000/XP/Me/98 or later
Recommended Processor Pentium III/Celeron 600 MHz or equivalent
RAM 256 MB
Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels or no screen
Operating System Windows 2000/XP or later
Hope this helps
Bilal Durrani
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