# Requirements
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To use Amazon DCV, ensure that the client computers meet the following minimum requirements. Bear in mind that your experience is dependent on the number of pixels that are streamed from the Amazon DCV server to the Amazon DCV client.

[See the AWS documentation website for more details](http://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/dcv/latest/userguide/requirements.html)

**Note**  
Amazon DCV does not support operating systems that have reached end of life. Contact your vendor regarding your operating system.

For more information about the Amazon DCV server requirements, see [ Amazon DCV server requirements](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/dcv/latest/adminguide/servers.html#requirements) in the *Amazon DCV Administrator Guide*.