by F-GTUX » Sat Nov 15, 2014 12:05 am
Hello,
I thought I couldn't go further than FG 1.9.1 with my 9 years old AMD Athlon x2 @2.3GHz, 4 Go DDR(1)@333MHz, NVidia 6600@430Mhz(256Mo). I tried FG 3.0 some weeks ago, when I installed a fresh Lubuntu 14.10... and I chose to go on with it. Obviously, shaders are not for me, they kill my frame rate ! And I stay with the scenery 2.12, not the new Terrasync one. But at 1920x1080, I can fly at 30 fps around KSFO. Paris is a much more demanding area : the fps can drop as low as 10-15. This is quite the same as what I had with FG 1.9.1. So I will wait some more time before upgrading my antique! Some months ago, I tried FG 1.9.1 on an Asus T100 (Atom Bay Trail, 2 Go, Windows 8.1, 1366x768), it was slower but flyable except around Paris. I still have to try FG 3.2 on both PCs, just for fun.
Thus, about system requirements, the answer essentially depends on what you're looking for : 100 fps on 4K dual screen around Paris with all rendering effects on and the new scenery, well, you'll have to wait for next generations graphic cards and processors! But any modern computer should give you at least a basic experience, just be careful to avoid some problematic hardware listed on the wiki. Above that, it depends on your budget, your computer must also be considered as a coherent whole : no high end CPU with a low end GPU or vice versa, no bad savings on the amount of RAM, and a SSD can be a good idea.