How do I know if FSX is compatible for my computer?

Question

I am interested in FSX (flight simulator ten) but dont know if my computer is good enough. Please explain in simple terms, if my computer is good enough.

Answer 1

I dunno about your computer but here are the system requirement:

Operating system-windows xp or vista

Processor-at least 1GHz

Hard drive-15GB

Video Card-DirectX 9.0c compliant video card

Answer 2

I'm huge into playing Flight Simulator X and i find that to play on low graphics you need

1.5 Ghz processor

512 MB RAM

atleast a 32, probably a 64MB graphics card

For medium, settings

2.2 Ghz Processor

1-1.5 GB RAM

atleast a 128MB, probably a 256 MB graphics card

This is what I play on with very high settings

Dual Core 3.0 GHz processor

512MB Nvidia Graphics card

3GB RAM  

Now to really make FSX feel like a flight simulator, you need a powerful PC. The game is very computer demanding because there is so many things to display when your in the sky but it will run on older computers but with low settings and poor frame rates, but to me, its not worth playing at that point. If you E-mailed me your computer specifications, I could give you greater detail on what settings you could run FSX if at all.

-Jonathan Fortier   [e-mail]