It could be worse.
Below are the Minimum System Requirments for Rise of Flight, the newest and most demanding combat flight simulator to date.
Minimum system requirements
Operating System: Windows® XP (SP2 or higher)/Vista (SP1)
CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Computer Memory: 2 GB
Free Hard Drive space: 6 GB
Joystick: Direct X 9.0 compatible joystick
Internet Connection: 256 Kb/s (required)
Graphics Card: 512 MB, GeForce 8800GT/Radeon HD3500
Minimum screen resolution: 1280x960 pix
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible