How do i know if Microsoft flight sim X will run on my computer?

Ok, so im like REALLY interested in flight, it is my life dream to become a pilot of any sort, but Im planning on buying Microsoft Flight Sim X, and i need conformation that the game will run relatively smooth on my computer.



My computer runs on Windows XP professional, version 2002. It has 512mb of RAM, but i have a backup disk with 127gb of RAM with 85gb of space remaining, and with all of this, i was wondering if the game would install, and run ok on my system.



Also, i dont know if i have an up to date enough graphics card for my computer, any ideas on how to figure out if i do?How do i know if Microsoft flight sim X will run on my computer?
Possibly on low settings, if your graphics card is capable of it. The minimum required specifications are very low, but the game doesn't look that good on it's lowest settings.



Minimum specs:



Microsoft庐 Windows庐 XP SP2 / Vista

PC with 1 GHz equivalent or higher processor

256 MB of system RAM for Windows XP SP2 / 512 MB Vista

14 GB available hard disk space

DVD-ROM drive

32 MB DirectX 9 compatible video card required



Don't forget about Flightgear - this is a free open source flight simulator: http://www.flightgear.org/



Unfortunately by the sound of it you'd be better to save up for a newer machine rather than to attempt to upgrade yours, unless you can find the parts for free/very cheap.How do i know if Microsoft flight sim X will run on my computer?
Go to http://systemrequirementslab.com and click on "Can You Run It"



You might have to install some ActiveX software for the program to work, but it's completely safe.How do i know if Microsoft flight sim X will run on my computer?
the easy way is just to go to "can you run it" website below and look for that game you just said which i saw on the list it had and then click on the run it to see if your computer can handle it, it will tell you if you can or cant