X-Plane 12 System Requirements

Provided that you have at least a modern graphics card you can play the game. X-Plane 12 system requirements state that you will need at least 8 GB of RAM. Additionally, the game developers recommend somewhere around 16 GB of RAM in your system. You will need at least 23 GB of free disk space to install X-Plane 12. 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.

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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