system requiremets

Any issues, problems or troubleshooting topics related to computer hardware and the Prepar3D client application
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santiago_350
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system requiremets

Post by santiago_350 »

Hello hope you can help me with this questions , i am planning to buy p3d professional license, my system specs are
windows 8.1 64bit,
Intel® Core™ i7-5500u
@ 2,4 GHz, 8GB RAM
AMD radeon R7 M260
Directx 11
I ve read read the system requirements in the web page, probably fits better the V4 version but my wish is the V5 version, is it going to performe good the V4 or V5 versions in my laptop ? thank you in advance
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JorgenSA
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Re: system requiremets

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@santiago_350,

Neither your CPU nor your GPU will let you run P3D v. 5, the CPU is too slow and the GPU does not support DX12.

My advice would be to:

1. Upgrade your OS to Windows 10, and

2. Get P3D v. .5.

Jorgen
System: i5-12600K@4.9 GHz, ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-I motherboard, 32 GB 4800 MHz DDR5 RAM, Gainward RTX 3060 w/ 12 GB DDR6 VRAM, Windows 10 Pro.

All views and opinions expressed here are entirely my own. I am not a Lockheed-Martin employee.
santiago_350
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Re: system requiremets

Post by santiago_350 »

Thanks ; i know , but do you thank that is it going to work at least P3DV4 ?
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