X-Plane 12 System Requirements

The minimum memory requirement for X-Plane 12 is 8 GB of RAM installed in your computer. Additionally, the game developers recommend somewhere around 16 GB of RAM in your system. To play X-Plane 12 you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core i5-12400T. Whereas, an Intel Core i5-8600K is recommended in order to run it. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an AMD. In terms of game file size, you will need at least 23 GB of free disk space available.

X-Plane 12 will run on PC system with Windows 10 or 11 and upwards. Additionally it has Mac and Linux versions.

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X-Plane 12 FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

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