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When buying or updating a graphics card for a computer system, over 512MB of dedicated video memory (i.e. VRAM) is preferred for advanced 3D gaming.  
When buying or updating a graphics card for a computer system, over 512MB of dedicated video memory (i.e. VRAM) is preferred for advanced 3D gaming.  


Basically, you should be fine with any Intel, Nvidia or AMD/ATI products having 256MB-512MB of *dedicated* video memory for 3D graphics. 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.  
Basically, you should be fine with any Nvidia or AMD/ATI products having 512-1024MB of *dedicated* video memory for 3D graphics. 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, especially Intel-based graphics card (GMA).


If you are using FlightGear with a Unix-compatible distros (i.e. Linux, BSD, Solaris, SGI, etc.), check for the latest video driver for your graphics card or integrated GPU that is fully supported. In general, Nvidia video driver support is usually better than the ATI and Intel video drivers.
If you are using FlightGear with a Unix-compatible distros (i.e. Linux, BSD, Solaris, SGI, etc.), check for the latest video driver for your graphics card or integrated GPU that is fully supported. In general, Nvidia video driver support is usually better than the ATI and Intel video drivers.


In addition, it is not unusual to notice that the same machine/hardware setup performs "better" (in the sense of reached average framerates, using identical startup & runtime settings) under Win32 than under the Unix-compatible distros. Unfortunately, Win32 closed-source OpenGL driver implementations -usually- are more optimized and tested during implementation than comparable open-source 3D video driver alternatives.


== Graphics Card reported to work with FlightGear 2.8+ ==
== Graphics Card reported to work with FlightGear 2.8+ ==
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