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FlightGear 1.0 hardware recommendations (view source)
Revision as of 02:40, 31 May 2006
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==== | ==== 3D graphic cards that are known to work properly for FlightGear ==== | ||
* NVIDIA GeForce MX420/440 (64Mb) FX5200, 5500, 6200, 6600, 6800 | * NVIDIA GeForce MX420/440 (64Mb) FX5200, 5500, 6200, 6600, 6800 | ||
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Basically, you should be fine with any NVIDIA or ATI card that is not older than 12-18 months; however, you need to take into account that some of the newer features in FlightGear may not work as expected or may not even work altogether with older hardware. In general, 3D cards that make use of shared memory should be avoided. Also, if you intend to use FlightGear under Linux you may first want to check whether the driver for your card is fully supported under Linux (and your X version) or not. | Basically, you should be fine with any NVIDIA or ATI card that is not older than 12-18 months; however, you need to take into account that some of the newer features in FlightGear may not work as expected or may not even work altogether with older hardware. In general, 3D cards that make use of shared memory should be avoided. Also, if you intend to use FlightGear under Linux you may first want to check whether the driver for your card is fully supported under Linux (and your X version) or not. | ||
Currently, you can basically forget about using any Matrox cards as FlightGear is very heavy on textures, but only the high-end matrox cards will have sufficient capabilities to deal with FlightGear's requirements. | |||
TODO: explain PCI vs. AGP (2x,4x,8x) vs. PCI-E | TODO: explain PCI vs. AGP (2x,4x,8x) vs. PCI-E | ||