PC requirements

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 System Requirements

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 needs at least Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz (Pentium 4 2.4 GHz recommended), 512 MB (1 GB recommended) of RAM and DirectX® 9 compliant with 64 MB RAM (128 recommended)(see supported list*) graphics.

Verified Sources: Steam store listing
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 minimum and recommended PC specifications
Component Minimum
Operating system Windows® XP/2000 (only)
Processor Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz (Pentium 4 2.4 GHz recommended)
Memory 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
Graphics DirectX® 9 compliant with 64 MB RAM (128 recommended)(see supported list*)
Storage 1.1+ GB
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Other platforms

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 is also available on these systems, where hardware is fixed and no per-PC check is needed:

Quick answers

Running IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 on PC

Can my PC run IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946?
Compare your CPU, GPU and RAM against the minimum column below. If your parts match or beat every minimum row, the game will launch — though you may need to lower settings. Matching the recommended column is what gets you 60fps at 1080p.
How much storage does IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 need?
1.1+ GB