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* A 3D video card, with support for OpenGL 1.2 or better (OpenGL 2.0 is preferred) and at least 128-256 MB video RAM. (You may want to check out [[Supported Video Cards]]) Note that cards with working shader support will enable FlightGear to run with more visual effects. | * A 3D video card, with support for OpenGL 1.2 or better (OpenGL 2.0 is preferred) and at least 128-256 MB video RAM. (You may want to check out [[Supported Video Cards]]) Note that cards with working shader support will enable FlightGear to run with more visual effects. | ||
* At least 512-1024 MB '''free''' RAM (more is better: as of 01/2008 FlightGear will often easily eat up >= 500 MB RAM by default, thus if less free RAM is available the FlightGear process would be significantly slowed down due to OS swapping) | * At least 512-1024 MB '''free''' RAM (more is better: as of 01/2008 FlightGear will often easily eat up >= 500 MB RAM by default, thus if less free RAM is available the FlightGear process would be significantly slowed down due to OS swapping) | ||
* 1-2 GHZ CPU (multi-core | * 1-2 GHZ CPU (multi-core processors have benefits for some FlightGear components such as the tile loader) | ||
* 500 MB | * 500 MB HD space for a minimum installation, 3 GB if you want to compile it yourself, plus up to 8 GB for optional world-wide scenery. | ||
* A 3 button mouse or 2 button mouse with scroll wheel | |||
* 3 button mouse or 2 button mouse with scroll wheel | * A optional sound card, Soundblaster compatible, preferably with EAX support | ||
* Gameport or USB (HID compatible) joystick/yoke and/or pedals | * A optional Gameport or USB (HID compatible) joystick/yoke and/or pedals - see [[Supported Peripherals]] for a list of input hardware known to work with FlightGear. | ||
== | == Incompatible Hardware == | ||
A list of video cards that may not properly run FlightGear can be found at [[Problematic Video Cards]]. | A list of video cards that may not properly run FlightGear can be found at [[Problematic Video Cards]]. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [[Supported Video Cards]] | |||
* [[3D Video Introduction]] | |||
* [[Configuring OpenGL]] | * [[Configuring OpenGL]] | ||
* [[Troubleshooting Problems]] | * [[Troubleshooting Problems]] | ||
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