I've seen all of the amazing things people are able to do in Adobe After Effects, and I've really been wanting to get it myself. As Christmas approaches, I realized I may be able to get After Effects as a gift. However, as I saw the tech specs that were required for it, I began to doubt my computer's ability to run the program. I know that I have been having trouble with certain computer games in terms of graphics quality when 3D graphics are involved. Odds are, I will be doing mostly 3D editing with After Effects. Some of my games I've played recently are either unplayable due to some graphical glitch that causes colored lines to go all over the screen (which happened to a game I bought recently), and other two games that I have had for a while that both have gone on the fritz in terms of the graphic quality only recently (I can provide pictures of all three problems as well as the names of these games if you feel it will be helpful).
I know for a fact that my graphics card is not supported by AE since its is not Nividia. I know that this program is expensive, and I don't want to buy it if I can't use it. The first question I want you guys to answer for me, if you can, is whether or not there is a way I can find out about all of my computer's hardware specs and display it all on one screen so I can easily tell you more about my laptop if needed. Otherwise, I don't know how to tell you guys anything other than I'm using an Envy14 laptop with Windows 7, it has an Intel Core i5 and has 4GB of ram (3.80 GB usable) and a Radeon HD 5650 graphics card. If you can tell me where I can find more hardware specs so I can post them for you, that would be great. Otherwise, part two of my question is, will I have enough to run Adobe After Effects effeciently? And will it be able to work on 3D models and videos made from software such as Source FilmMaker? If I can help you guys answer my question or if I need to provide more info, just tell me and I will try my best to get it for you. Otherwise, I don't want any, "look it up urself" or any other stupid comments like that. I just want someone to tell me yes or no, my computer can or can't run AE and explain to me why. Thanks again to whoever can give me a good answer.