Official system requirements

[Krt_Bong]

PC CONFIGURATION

OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows® 7 Ultimate*
PROCESSOR: AMD Phenom II X4 3.1GHz*
RAM: 4GB*
DirectX® 10*
SOUND CARD: X-fi Extreme
NVidia®: 9800GT 512Mb*

PERIPHERALS: Mouse, keyboard (Saitek X-52/Pro pedals)

MULTIPLAY: Broadband connection 25Mb


Yep I should be able to play this!

[TheGrunch]

I wouldn't bet on it. Not with that graphics card.

[nearmiss]

Krt_Bong

I wouldn't worry about the VC at this time. Give the devs and community a chance to start posting configurations and settings.

I have an nvidia 8800 512 single card. I remember when I bought it how it was outdated and such, and everyone was pushing SLI.

Addressing all those VC wasn't not as facilitated as people were saying. In fact, by having one card I was at better FPS than all the SLI users with few exceptions.

You can see my specs below aren't too different than your own. I have vista 64 and Win 7 64. I run the IL2 - 4.101 with the Vista and get great performance and graphics.

[nearmiss]

Krt_Bong

I wouldn't worry about the VC at this time. Give the devs and community a chance to start posting configurations and settings.

I have an nvidia 8800 GTS 512MB single card. I remember when I bought it how it was outdated and such, and everyone was pushing SLI.

Addressing all multiple VC wasn't as facilitated well as people were saying. In fact, by having one card I was at better FPS than all the SLI users with few exceptions.

You can see my specs below aren't too different than your own. I have vista 64. I run the IL2 - 4.101 with the Vista and get great performance and graphics.

http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_8800.html

[TheGrunch]

That's true, it is better to wait until we know whether the game will continue to hog graphics memory. From what we've seen, though, 512MB and even 1GB of graphics memory is just not enough.

[Krt_Bong]

Well I didn't say I won't be buying a new Graphics card, just not yet. I too am taking a wait and see approach, till I have the game installed it's all purely speculative.

[merlin1]

I think the game is far ahead of today's hardware capacity. Even before the outcome was clear that the latest hardware barely satisfy the needs for normal flight.

rgr.

[airsheep]

hi
i have the following system:
i2500k~4ghz, gtx560ti 1gb, 2x2gb 1033 ddr3 rams resolution: 23" 1920x1080
I think this is enough most of the games that was released in the last few weeks/months.
I bought CoD from Steam and I've trying how to set the video options to make it flyable.
As I see the game is flyable (doesn't matter where you are flying, above sea or London, but it need a bit time to load buildings, etc, and above sea it runs a bit fluently)
So I think we need an optimisation patch (core usage, etc) and it will solve most of the problems.
Great work guys, just continue and this will be the best sim ever
(sorry for my english I'm from Hungary, -I hope you understand)

[JG14_Jagr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pBiRUBW8vM

36 He111's and 12 Spitfires..

FRAPS locked the fps at 30 but without FRAPS on its around 40-45 at 1920X1200 Video settings on HIGH, Mirrors OFF, then set roads OFF, grass OFF, forests to VERY LOW, and most importantly. set buildings to lowest detail and number settings.. everything else remains HIGH

Runs great..

[Krt_Bong]

One thing I've looked into when considering a vid card is that it have a 256 bit bus, it makes no sense to buy a card with 2 Gb VRam and have a 128 bit bus and there are plenty at reasonably low prices but I cant see wasting money on them. I would consider a 1 Gb card and 256 if it will run the game a reasonable Med High settings, but I will wait to see what ppl say after the end of April when the optimisation has been made. I don't really want to spend $200 on a vid card but when new stuff comes out the other cards tend to come down a little in price and rebates are more appealing if they bring a cards price down 20-30 bucks. I just want to know what the best specs for some of these middle weight cards should be before spending my money.