System Requirements

The minimum and recommended machine specifications for all Earthsim products are shown below. Earthsim products will not run on machines that fall below the minimum specification.

Minimum Specification

• Windows Vista/XP/2000
• Pentium 1GHz or higher
• 256MB RAM
• 64MB Graphics Card
• DirectX 8.0
• Broadband Internet Connection - as Earthsim is an online experience you must be connected to the Internet to retreive updates.
• 2-Button Mouse
• Display 1024 x 768 or higher

Recommended Specification

• Pentium 2GHz or higher
• 512MB RAM
• 128MB Graphics Card
• 3-Button Wheel Mouse

Earthsim requires up-to-date graphics drivers for optimum performance. If you think your graphics drivers might be out of date, visit our graphics drivers page to find links to the driver-update sites of the major graphics card manufacturers.

Please check our Known Issues page for any compatibility issues we may have with your hardware.