Q243860: Flight Simulator 2000: Minimum System Requirements

Article: Q243860
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsetup kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition 
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This article lists the minimum system requirements needed to run Microsoft
Flight Simulator 2000 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional.

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To run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000
Professional, you need:

- A multimedia PC with a Pentium 166 MHz or faster processor (SSE or 3DNow
  instruction set processor recommended).

- Microsoft Windows 95 operating system or later, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
  with Service Pack 3 operating system or later.

- 32 megabytes (MB) of RAM for Windows 95/98 (64 MB recommended), 64 MB of RAM
  for Windows NT 4.0.

- 350 MB of available hard disk space for Flight Simulator 2000 (430 MB
  recommended), 420 MB of available hard disk space for Microsoft Flight
  Simulator 2000 Professional (500 MB recommended).

- 50 MB of available hard disk space for the swap file.

- A quad-speed or faster CD-ROM drive.

- A Super-VGA video adapter and monitor capable of displaying 16-bit color
  (Microsoft Direct3D 7.0-compatible 3D graphics accelerator card or video
  adapter with 4 MB or more of video memory recommended).

- A Microsoft DirectSound 7.0-compatible sound card with speakers or headphones
  for sound playback.

- A Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device.

- Optional: A joystick or flight yoke game controller (Microsoft DirectInput
  7.0-compatible force feedback game controller recommended).

- A 28,800 bits-per-second (bps) or faster modem, a local area network (LAN)
  with TCP/IP or IPX protocol, or a null-modem cable to play multiplayer games.

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 or later or Netscape Communicator 4.0 or
  later to play multiplayer games on Zone.com.

  NOTE: Internet features require Internet access. Connect time charges may
  apply.

Additional query words: flightsim fsim fs2000 fs2k sysreq

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Keywords          : kbsetup kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim2000 kbSimSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbinfo

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