Microsoft Flight Simulator System Requirements Revealed

Microsoft Flight Simulator Rotor Screenshot with logo

Flying planes is going to be as demanding as it sounds.

Today Microsoft revealed the system requirements for its upcoming flight sim game and they are humongous. The official page of Microsoft Flight Simulator updated today, bringing us the minimum, recommended, and ‘IDEAL” requirements for the PC version of the game. The ideal requirements are sure to make your eyes water with 32GBs of RAM and 50 Mbps of bandwidth.

Minimum:

OS: Windows 10 (Nov 2019 update)
CPU: Ryzen 3 1200/Intel i5-4460
GPU: Radeon RX 570/NVIDIA GTX 770
VRAM: 2GB
RAM: 8GB
HDD: 150GB
Bandwidth: 5Mbps

Recommended:

OS: Windows 10 (Nov 2019 update)
CPU: Ryzen 5 1500X/Intel i5-8400
GPU: Radeon RX 590/NVIDIA GTX 970
VRAM: 4GB
RAM: 16GB
HDD: 150GB
Bandwidth: 20Mbps

Ideal:

OS: Windows 10 (Nov 2019 update)
CPU: Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X/ Intel i7-9800X
GPU: Radeon VII/NVIDIA RTX 2080
VRAM: 8GB
RAM: 32GB
SSD: 150GB
Bandwidth: 50Mbps

Microsoft Flight Simulator is launching sometime in 2020 for the PC and Xbox One.

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