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Also see: [[FlightGear Benchmark]]
Also see: [[FlightGear Benchmark]]
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  |older/lower end graphics hardware can be very sensitive to things like texture size and polygon count.  Fortunately mid range modern graphics cards are not expensive and it is easy to replace older graphics hardware.  For FG with normal resolution monitors (IE. 1920x1200 or less) cards that normally sell in the $100 range will do a decent job and if you wait for a sale you will sometimes find this same hardware for considerably less than $100.  The same type of thing is true for much higher end hardware as well.  A few months ago a well known on-line hardware vendor had an "open box"  special on GTX670 cards for $139 and this class of cards will pretty much handle anything you through at it.
  |{{cite web |url=http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=213272#p213272
    |title=<nowiki>Re: What to expect from FlightGear 3.2?</nowiki>
    |author=<nowiki>hvengel</nowiki>
    |date=<nowiki>Tue Jun 24</nowiki>
  }}
}}


== Recommended hardware for FlightGear 2.10+ ==
== Recommended hardware for FlightGear 2.10+ ==
; Display
* A screen with a resolution of at least 1024x768 @32bpp (most GUI dialogs cannot be used otherwise currently)
* A screen with a resolution of at least 1024x768 @32bpp (most GUI dialogs cannot be used otherwise currently)
* A 3D video card (with AMD or Nvidia chipset) with support for [[OpenGL]] 2.1 or better and at least 1 Gb of dedicated DDR3+ (DDR5 preferred) VRAM (i.e. 512 Mb VRAM minimum). Flightgear requires a '''OpenGL 2.1-compliant''' hardware accelerated 3D video card to run at reasonable frame-rates. Most modern PCs have hardware accelerated 3D cards. If your FlightGear video is not running smoothly, see [[Graphics drivers configuration]]. See [[Supported Video Cards]]) for a list of video cards known to work with FlightGear. Note that cards with working shader support will enable FlightGear to run with more visual effects. If you are serious about running FlightGear, you should [[Problematic Video Cards#Intel GMA|avoid Intel HD/GMA cards]] at all costs - these are integrated chipsets that provide only basic OpenGL/GLSL support.
; Graphics processing unit
* A 3D video card (with AMD or Nvidia chipset) with support for [[OpenGL]] 2.1 or better and at least 1 Gb of dedicated DDR3+ (DDR5 preferred) VRAM (i.e. 512 Mb VRAM minimum). FlightGear requires an '''OpenGL 2.1-compliant''' hardware accelerated 3D video card to run at reasonable frame-rates. Most modern PCs have hardware accelerated 3D cards. If your FlightGear video is not running smoothly, see [[Graphics drivers configuration]].  
* See [[Supported Video Cards]] for a list of video cards known to work with FlightGear.  
* Cards with working shader support will enable FlightGear to run with more visual effects.  
* If you are serious about running FlightGear, you should [[Problematic Video Cards#Intel GMA|avoid Intel HD/GMA cards]] at all costs - these are integrated chipsets that provide only basic OpenGL/GLSL support. See [[problematic video cards]] for a list of video cards that may not properly run.
; Processor
* At least 1-2 Gb '''free''' RAM (and more is better). FlightGear uses more than 500 Mb of RAM by default. If less free RAM is available, FlightGear would be slowed down significantly due to OS swapping. When buying a new computer, you shouldn't buy computers with less than 4-6 Gb of total RAM these days.
* At least 1-2 Gb '''free''' RAM (and more is better). FlightGear uses more than 500 Mb of RAM by default. If less free RAM is available, FlightGear would be slowed down significantly due to OS swapping. When buying a new computer, you shouldn't buy computers with less than 4-6 Gb of total RAM these days.
* CPU: At least a dual/quad core processor with ~2 GHz each, 64bit architecture (and operating system) recommended (multi-core processors have benefits for some FlightGear components such as the threaded tile loader). When buying a new computer, buying at least a quad core computer (i.e. i7) is a good idea these days.
* At least a dual/quad core processor with ca. 2 GHz each, 64bit architecture (and operating system) recommended (multi-core processors have benefits for some FlightGear components such as the threaded tile loader). When buying a new computer, buying at least a quad core computer (i.e. i7) is a good idea these days.
* 2 Gb HD space for a minimum installation (the installer download itself is about 800MB), approx. 10 Gb if you want to compile it yourself, plus up to 8 Gb for optional world-wide scenery (much more disk space and RAM for scenery 2.0). More space is required for people wanting to check out the latest base package from [[Git]]. People using [[Scripted Compilation on Linux Debian/Ubuntu]], will approximately need 30 gb of disk space in total.
; Storage disk
* A 3 button mouse or 2 button mouse with scroll wheel
* 2 Gb HD space for a minimum installation, approx. 10 Gb if you want to compile it yourself, plus up to 80 Gb for optional world-wide scenery. More space is required for people wanting to check out the latest base package from [[Git]]. People using [[Scripted Compilation on Linux Debian/Ubuntu]], will approximately need 30 Gb of disk space in total.
* An optional sound card, Soundblaster compatible, preferably with EAX support
; Input devices
* A three button mouse or two button mouse with scroll wheel
* An optional [[joystick]]/yoke and/or pedals - Gameport or USB (HID compatible), see <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]/Input</tt> for a list of input hardware known to work with FlightGear.
* An optional [[joystick]]/yoke and/or pedals - Gameport or USB (HID compatible), see <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]/Input</tt> for a list of input hardware known to work with FlightGear.
; Sound card
* An optional sound card, Soundblaster compatible, preferably with EAX support.


== NVIDIA ==
== NVIDIA ==
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== Notebooks ==
== Notebooks ==
If you are interested in running FlightGear on a notebook, you may also want to check out [[Notebooks known to run FlightGear]].
If you are interested in running FlightGear on a notebook, you may also want to check out [[Notebooks known to run FlightGear]].
== Incompatible Hardware ==
A list of video cards that may not properly run FlightGear can be found at [[Problematic Video Cards]].


== Related content ==
== Related content ==
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