Digital Combat Simulator is a great-looking modern flight sim that brings military action to your desktop. To make it look great though you are going to need a pretty decent PC. Let’s see if yours comes up to scratch.

DCS World Minimum System Requirements

Version 2.7 – Low Graphics settings

• OS 64-bit Windows 10;
• DirectX11;
• CPU: Intel Core i3 at 2.8 GHz or AMD FX; RAM:
• 8 GB (16 GB for heavy missions);
• Free hard disk space: 120 GB;
• Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 / AMD R9 280X or better;
• requires internet activation.

DCS World Recommended System Requirements

Version 2.7 – High Graphics settings

• OS 64-bit Windows 10;
• DirectX11;
• CPU: Core i5+ at 3+ GHz or AMD FX / Ryzen; RAM:
• 16 GB (32 GB for heavy missions);
• Free hard disk space: 120 GB on Solid State Drive (SSD) + extra space for paid content ;
• Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX VEGA 56 with 8GB VRAM or better;
• Joystick;
• requires internet activation.
  

DCS World Recommended VR System Requirements

• OS 64-bit Windows 10;
• DirectX11;
• CPU: Core i5+ at 3+ GHz or AMD FX / Ryzen; RAM:
• 16 GB (32 GB for heavy missions);
• Free hard disk space: 350 GB on Solid State Drive (SSD);
• Discrete video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 or better;
• Joystick;
• requires internet activation.

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Paul McNally

Paul is a contributor to PC Guide, having covered news coverage, Raspberry Pi, Windows releases and peripherals - among other things - across the site.