Microsoft KB Archive/810896

= Combat Flight Simulator 3: Minimum system requirements =

Article ID: 810896

Article Last Modified on 11/14/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe

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SUMMARY
This article contains a list of the minimum system requirements for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe.



MORE INFORMATION
The minimum system requirements for Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe are:  One of the following operating systems:  Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP

Note Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT are not supported. Multimedia computer with a Pentium 400 megahertz (MHz)-or-higher processor.</li> 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM; 128 MB of RAM for Windows XP</li> Approximately 900 MB of available hard-disk space, plus an additional 100 MB for a swap (paging) file</li> 16 MB 3D video card that is compatible with DirectX 8.0a or later is required; 32 MB video card that is compatible with DirectX 8.0a or a later version is recommended.</li> Super VGA (SVGA) 16-bit color monitor that supports a resolution of 800 × 600 dots per inch (dpi) or higher.</li> DirectX 8.0-compatible sound card with speakers or headphones.</li> 4x CD-ROM.</li> Microsoft Mouse or other compatible pointing device.</li> Joystick or flight yoke is recommended.</li></ul>

The following hardware is optional:
 * A 56-kilobits-per-second (kbps) modem for multiplayer games with one to four players.
 * Broadband or local area network (LAN) for multiplayer games with five or more players.

Supported video hardware
Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe requires access to a minimum of 16 MB of memory for video display. Additionally, Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe must pass a system check when you start the game. If Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe does not pass the system check, you receive the following error message:

Your video hardware is unsupported or does not meet the minimum requirements.CFS3 cannot run with this configuration.

When video hardware is classified as &quot;supported&quot;, Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe is expected to work with that hardware. If you experience an issue with Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe, contact Microsoft Help and Support. See the &quot;Unsupported video hardware&quot; section for details about the hardware that is not supported.

Unsupported video hardware
The following is a list of video hardware that was known to be unsupported at the time that Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe was released. For information about how to upgrade your video hardware, view the Video Card 101 article. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/expert/dunn_03august11_vc.mspx


 * 3DFX
 * Voodoo 1
 * Voodoo 2
 * Rush (Alliance)
 * Rush (Macronix)
 * Banshee
 * ATI
 * Mach 64
 * Mach 32
 * 3D Labs
 * GLiNT 300SX
 * GLiNT 500TX
 * GLiNT
 * Permedia
 * GLiNT MX
 * Permedia 2
 * GLiNT G1
 * Permedia 3
 * Oxygen Series R3
 * Permedia 4
 * Oxygen Series R4
 * Oxygen Series Gamma2
 * S3
 * Virge
 * Trio 64
 * Trio 64 Plus
 * Aurora 128
 * Trio 64 DX
 * Trio 3D
 * Virge DXGX
 * Virge GX2
 * Virge MX
 * Virge MXC
 * MATROX
 * Millennium
 * Mystique
 * Millennium II
 * G100 PCI
 * G100 AGP
 * G200 PCI
 * G200 AGP
 * NVIDIA
 * Riva 128
 * NV 1
 * NV 2
 * Riva 128
 * Riva 128 ZX
 * INTEL
 * 815
 * 752
 * 810
 * 810e
 * 740
 * RENDITION
 * Verite 1000
 * Verite 2100

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