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Introduction
When building a new system or buying hardware for a computer that is specifically intended to run FlightGear, it seems like a good idea to avoid these cards and instead check out Hardware Recommendations or more specifically Supported Video Cards.
You might still be able to run FlightGear despite having a problematic video card/chip, but you will not be able to use certain features and/or decrease overall details. See Settings for slower graphics cards for a list of possible fixes and workarounds.
This list is incomplete. Please help to expand it by editing the page and adding further chipset models and the kind of issues they experience!
ATI
This is for models from ATI/AMD.
Linux
- All legacy ATI Radeon GPUs before the ATI Radeon HD 5000 series, as official driver support for those legacy GPUs were dropped by AMD.
- Older official drivers can still be installed on Linux, as long as a suitable, older version of the XServer is installed (which in turn might break compatibility with other, more up-to-date programs). It is advised to only use the AMD Catalyst driver for Linux.[1]
Windows
- Like for Linux, AMD has dropped support for cards older than the HD5000 series. The last AMD Catalyst display driver available for these cards can, however, be used without problems on Windows.
Intel GMA
The following Intel GMA integrated graphic processors (IGPs) are insufficient to support the advanced OpenGL 2.1+ features (i.e. shaders, etc.) in FlightGear 2.10 and higher [2]:
- Intel GMA 500
- Intel GMA 600
- Intel GMA 900
- Intel GMA 950
- Intel GMA 965
- Intel GMA 3000
- Intel GMA 3100
- Intel GMA 3150
- Intel GMA 3600
- Intel GMA 3650
- Intel GMA 4500
- Intel GMA X3000
- Intel GMA X3100
- Intel GMA X3500
- Intel GMA X4500/X4500HD/X4500MHD
- Intel HD 2000
- Intel HD 2500
- Intel HD 3000
- Intel HD 4000