Flight Simulator X System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Your gaming PC configuration

Developer:: Xbox Game Studios
Publisher:: Dovetail Games
Release date:: 17 October 2006 (17 years ago)
User score:: 4.7 / 5 (33 votes)

Official Flight Simulator X system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Flight Simulator X at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:: DirectX®9 compliant video card or greater, 256 MB video RAM or higher, Shader Model 1.1 or higher (Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required)

CPU:: 2.0 Ghz or higher (single core)

Memory:: 2 GB RAM

File size:: 30 GB available space

Operating system:: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later

DirectX:: Version 9.0c

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:: no data

CPU:: no data

Memory:: no data

File size:: no data

Operating system:: no data

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Flight Simulator X performance on your PC

Flight Simulator X performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060

minimum
Any

60 fps @ medium
1920×1080

60 fps @ high
1920×1080

60 fps @ ultra
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Flight Simulator X FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

medium settings / 1080p

95−100 FPS

high settings / 1080p

90−95 FPS

ultra settings / 1080p

65−70 FPS