This and similar arguments have been made and had on this forum over and over and over, i.e. I meet the min specs, so why does the game run like it does ?
It was clearly stated in the manual and other posts on this forum that users will be able to run the game but only with details turned way down which will make the game look worse than an early 90's flight sim.
Win7 64bit is recommended (yeah another word for "must have"), but at least you have vista 64bit.
Seroiusly buy a better card, mine is not the latest and greatest either but I have no issues running the game and by now it is possible to pick up one at a very low price, though if I had to buy a new one and could afford it I'd go for nvidia gtx560 and up, maybe with more than 1.2gb of vram.

Plus there are many discussions here about performance, a lot of helpful tips and posts, though I am convinced that upgrading your card will let you enjoy the sim in a much better way.
There are also a lot of tutorial videos available, especially about startup procedures for various planes. I agree, the manual could have been much better, but a little bit of looking and reading around will get you in the pilot's seat successfully.

Good luck :grin:.

Well, thank you again.

I can't justify spending a whole lot of cash on a video card right now, but I ordered a GTX 550 Ti; we'll see how that does.

^ I have that same card, runs the game decent.

I also use it with a AMD phenom II x4 965 BE ~ 3.4 ghz

I think that 2.8 may hold you back some as well....?

Yup

Min specs
means
Min settings

i tried a 550 TI wit ha i5 2500k and 8 gb ddr3 1600.

Prepare yourself for some dissapointment.

Nah - I've already had disappointment. This time I'm expecting functional.

Words to live by, but even min specs + min settings should = playable.

+1

This sim is brutal for newcomers to get up & running. I hesitate to use the term "noob" because many who are new to Cliffs of Dover have countless hours under their belts with other challenging combat flight sims -- they know their way around a cockpit, to put it mildly.

I am a strong proponent of CoD (proud to be a fanboi! :) ), but there's something very wrong in having to work step by step with the newly-initiated to just get the damn thing running on their usually up-to-date PC's.

The other array of problems are well documented (I've done my share of whining.....Be Sure!). Hopefully 2012 will bring huge improvements to CoD, even if it has to be under the auspices of a sequel.

You have a weak pc dude. Even if you get the Gf570GTX, the quad will struggle to keep up.

A good i5 platform is minimum to get satisfactory gameplay here.

I have satisfactory performance with my configuration at mid-high settings, so I guess that with the change in GPU he should be able to run the game.

My resolution is 1280*1024 (old 17'' monitor).