Nvidia 8600GT (not officially supported) on Win7 Ultimate with driver 257.21 here.
Game launches, I can configure the Options but I can't see the plane or the pilot on their configuration screens. And of course the game does not work at all when try to fly.

, even at the lowest resolution and the lowest settings. So this is the bottom
I flew perfectlly with IL-2 1946.
So, I am going to the Hardware shop this afternoon to see what I can I find and afford
EDIT:
FIXED not viewing the pilot and plane screens, just by changing a line in CONF.INI file, as stated in:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=20211
I had the same symptoms and now at least I can launch the Training mission. But I only have 1 FPS, even a LOW settings, so....: New card.