The next couple of pages deal with differing PC configurations. There is always more than one answer and opinion for the optimum PC. I do not even cover one eighth of the possibilities.
FS98 requires a lot from your hardware. To get reasonable framerates you need fast components. Thats not to say you can not comprimize on occasion. Don't buy the Pentium III 500 MHz. with the Monster3DII today. Study these pages, then make a decision on your new PC or upgrading your old one.
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Mother Board & CPU
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PII450? 100Mhz bus?, read it here.
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Video
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FS98 is using a lot of the latest 3D possibility's. So a new video board can give remarkable frame rates. But read this before you buy the Monster 3D..
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Flight Controls
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Joysticks, Yokes, Pedals and hardware panels. The new USB is giving a solution for conflicting Digital sticks and Rudder Pedals!
SPECIAL... Build Steves Custom Flight Controls!
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Multi Display
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Windows 98 supports Multi Monitors... yet their is more than one way to do this.
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Multi Player
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Flying online over the Internet, or using IPX over a network. Piece of cake with FS98.
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