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Can My PC Run Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)?
A photorealistic flight simulator covering the entire planet.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) PC Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200Intel Core i5-4460 specs →AMD Ryzen 3 1300X specs →
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or AMD Radeon RX 570NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 specs →AMD Radeon RX 570 specs →
- VRAM
- 2 GB
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 150 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Network
- Broadband internet connection required (5 Mbps or better)
Recommended Requirements
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500XIntel Core i5-8400 specs →AMD Ryzen 3 1300X specs →
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 590NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 specs →AMD Radeon RX 590 specs →
- VRAM
- 4 GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 150 GB
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Network
- Broadband internet connection required (20 Mbps or better)
✓ Independently verified against the publisher 2026-08-17Source: Steam store page
Game details
- Developer
- Asobo Studio
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Released
- 18 August 2020
About Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Flight Simulator streams world data from the cloud, so bandwidth is part of the requirement rather than an afterthought. It is also unusually CPU-heavy in dense scenery and at large airports.
Common questions about running Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
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What PC do I need for Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)?
For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.
- Graphics card
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 590
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 150 GB
- Operating system
- Windows 10 64-bit
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Can my laptop run Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)?
The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the NVIDIA GeF named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.
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Tags
- Open world
- Flight
- Realistic
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Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) PC requirements, minimum requirements and recommended requirements, compared against your CPU, GPU, RAM and storage.