Currently I am on an older backup VGA because the other one died, it is a HD3870, so I can't play this iirc.
I played it in 1080p with a 4870HD back in the days. If you have a decent CPU it will work, you just need to read a guide on optimizing the game.
The vehicle combat from what I understand now is very grindy/p2win and the infantry combat got a bit stale but it was good fun for a while.
It's very grindy indeed compared to infantry, in the sense that you definitely need a lot of certs in order to setup your vehicle correctly. It's not P2W though, as money can merely shorten the grind.
And now, atleast from my experience, when you find someone up in the air and engage in a dogfight they will shit on you because people who are flying now have thousands of hours of experience..
Indeed. I have one thousand hours of experience with quite a bit of flying and I still can't win a hover fight against anybody even half decent. It's not like I tried it a lot anyway, A2A is quite pointless and unrewarding. Besides with the current form of A2A missiles and coyotes it's not the optimal way to do A2A.