CPU
Recommended: Pentium 4/Athlon XP or better
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80GHz
PASS
CPU Speed
Recommended: 2.4 GHz
You Have: 2.79 GHz Performance Rated at 7.33 GHz
PASS
System RAM Recommended: 512 MB
You Have: 2.0 GB PASS
Operating System
Recommended: Windows XP
You Have: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition, 32-bit (Build Service Pack 16001)
PASS
Video Card
Recommended: 256 MB 100% DirectX 9.0c video card (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better)
You Have: Intel(R) G45/G43 Express Chipset (Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family)
FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this recommended requirement. Upgrading to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options.
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Video RAM: Required - 256 MB , You have - 686 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Rasterization: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 4.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 4.0
DirectX Version
Recommended: 9.0c
You Have: 10.0
PASS
Sound Card
Recommended: Yes
You Have: Speakers (Realtek High Definition)
PASS
Free Disk Space
Recommended: 14 GB
You Have: 199.2 GB
PASS
DVD Recommended: Yes
You Have: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653F
PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.
Okay those are the recommended stats that I ran on http://www.systemrequirementslab.com for Microsoft Flight simulator X. Now it looks to me like i will need a better video card so i was wondering if you guys had any suggestions or have seen any great deals lately on video cards. I have pci slots.
Is this a prebuilt PC? If so it will have a weak power supply, therefore you won't be able to plug in a high powered graphics card. Flight Sim X is pretty much strictly available to nVidia users, so something like the 9500GT is about as good as you can do without causing power issues.
You do not even have a video card; what it found was your onboard video. You might not even have a slot to add a video card. Without knowing what mainboard or PC model you have, it is hard to make any recomendations.
PCI was only ever 1x. Only PCI express allows 16x.
For basic graphics cards, a 400W Corsair CX or 450W Corsair VX will do nicely. For more powerful ones, the 520W HX, or if you're going really high end, a 620HX.
