What Graphic cards do we have?

[TDK1044]

As we all await the arrival of SH4 next Spring, what graphics cards are we hoping to use with the game? I run the XFX GeForce 7600GT card with a P4 3.0 processor and 1 Gig of RAM. The card is excellent and runs everything I throw at it with no problems.

[Sulikate]

My rig:

Athlon 64 3000+
1.5GB DDR
GeForce 7600GS 256MB

I bought this video card recently and I'm very happy with it's performance. I have no doubt it will run SHIV nicely.

[HundertzehnGustav]

hope to use my current one, a DirectX 8 card
ATI 9600 256 mb:D

[TDK1044]

hope to use my current one, a DirectX 8 card
ATI 9600 256 mb:D

Will it run shader model 2.0? You'll be dead in the water without 2.0

[JU_88]

XFX 7600GT
AMD Athlon 64 3800
2GB RAM (old DDR 400)
Running on an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe.
:oops:

Not state of the art - but plenty adequate. What I like most about it, is that its as solid as rock (very stable)

[fire-fox]

AMD 64 dualcore 4400+ (2.21ghz x2)
2gig DDRram
512mb ATI1800XTX;)

And a partrigh in a pare tree.

[Grey_Raven75]

Pentium D 840 3.2 gHz
1024 Dual Channel DDR2 667 mHz RAM
XTX GeForce 6800 Xtreme w/ 512 GDDR3 RAM

I think that might work.

[AG124]

P4, 3.0 Ghz
ATI Radeon 9600 128 MB TV Capture Card/Video Card Combo
1.5 GB DDR RAM, 400 Mhz

I run SHIII pretty well with this setup, although my graphics are not as good as I would like them to be. Hopefully, this will be sufficient for SHIV.:-?

[AJ!]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz 4MB Cache 1066MHz

4GB DDR2 PC-6400 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 x 1024MB

Dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT - SLI Enabled

AGEIA PhysX Physics Processing Unit

Also got a nice big 24" HD widescreen monitor for it

Hopefuly gona run SH4 fine :p

Any1 seen the requirements for the game yet?

[Cpt. Stewker]

I am going to be running the game with my current system:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+

Graphic Cards: 2x Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX (SLI)

Motherboard: ABIT AN8 32X

Memory: 2GB DDR Corsair PC3200 (2 x 1024MB)

Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 20.1" LCD (1600 x 1200)

Case: Antec P180

:rock::rock::rock:

[Cpt. Stewker]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz 4MB Cache 1066MHz

4GB DDR2 PC-6400 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 x 1024MB

Dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT - SLI Enabled

AGEIA PhysX Physics Processing Unit

Also got a nice big 24" HD widescreen monitor for it

Hopefuly gona run SH4 fine :p

Any1 seen the requirements for the game yet?
You will be fine for this game... by a HUGE, GIGANTIC, ENORMOUS margin. SH4 is going to be a a generation behind some currently released games and two behind some that are coming out in 2007(example: SH4, which is not released is using pixel shader 2.0 compared to TES4: Oblivion which has been out for quite a few months uses pixel shader 3.0), and if my rig can smoke anything out now, yours will definitly be overkill for SH4. But hey overkill is never a bad thing in my book ;)

And even if the game isn't the "best possible" looking, that's fine with me, it still looks great The game's developers have done a GREAT job with the limitations of the technology they are using and as they saying goes "don't break what ain't broken".

[AVGWarhawk]

Mine will be played on a :

AMD 3200+
1 Gig RAM
Nvidia 6200 256mb OC
Keyboard
mouse

thats it:up:
have a nice day:smug:

[Wulfmann]

AJ,
Nice rig, we all hate you with a passion!!!:rotfl:


AMD,DC64, 4600 2.4 stock
2X1024 DDR400
X850XT 256MB; OCed
SA2z 7.1 (I use 5x1)
3 different SATA drives
19inch 1280x1024 Viewsonic


My 3500SC ran SH3 fine with the above set up but the 4600 smokes it.
This is my game rig and I have another PC with all the regular stuff, Music, email, photos etc etc on so lttle is in my gamer.

I am glad to hear SH4 will be behind as I believe my rig should be good for it and since I will likely go out on Yankee patrols every day for a year by then a new system for 2008 games will be half price or less.
Hope being the word!

Wulfmann

[Garrincha]

P4, 3.0 Ghz
ATI X1950pro 256MB DDR3
2 GB DDR2-400 RAM

Runs very well and stable. Recently upped the GPU to this card, before that i was running with a x300se and boy: i'm a happy camper!

cheers
garrincha

[elite_hunter_sh3]

my rig :rock::rock::rock:

Intel Core 2 Quad extreme (quad core)

2 gefore 8800 GTX in SLI

2gb dual channel corsair dominator ram ddr2

2 150gb 10k rpm raptors in raid 0
2 300 gb WD in raid 1

6 cooling fans with liquid cooling on cpu

made custom by yours truly :D

that shud last me a year or two. :rock:

[kapitanfred]

Yep, I have the GeForce 6200 256Mb graphics and is Shader 3.0 compatible. Hopefully it will cater for Shader 2.0.

[1mPHUNit0]

Garrincha (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=225722)???
Manoel Francisco dos Santos?
geforce 7600 gt pci-express
Pentium D 3,4
1GB
All well

[Garrincha]

Garrincha (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=225722)???
Manoel Francisco dos Santos?
geforce 7600 gt pci-express
Pentium D 3,4
1GB
All well

shh, don't ruin my quiet life! :D :D


actually just a fan of the greatest winger in the world...ever!

[wetgoat]

P4, 2.8 GHZ W/hyperthread tech ,ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb, 1 GB DDR RAM 400 Mhz. Yeah, I know it's starting to show it's age, but it will handle anything SH3 can throw at it with ease, so I'll hang with it, hopefully through SH4. Besides, I'm too busy wasting money on stuff like rent and groceries to afford a new system.

[TDK1044]

Looks like we have some users with 'kick ass' systems, but SH4 will run perfectly well on mid range systems. People who were using video cards maxed out with Pixel Shader 1.1 on SH3 will need to upgrade to Pixel Shader 2.0 for SH4.

[flyingdane]

This is what i'm running at the moment...P4-ht 3.2 gig,1024 gig ram-pc4200 533mhz.,ati Dimond viper x850gto video card,Dimond viper x-treme sound 7.1 24bit sound card,160gig hdd ect. (Nice mid range pc) :up:

[bookworm_020]

P4, 3 Ghz, with a FX 5200 card with 128Mb of memory and 768 mb of RAM. It should be able to cope with SHIV, I would love to get some more memory, but the taxman didn't play ball:nope:

I'm stuck with the card as I have a low profile AGP slot, or I have to use an old PCI slot instead. Is there a card out there that has more grunt and can fit into either of the two slots I've listed??? PM me with suggestions and any place where I could find one!

I am planing to up the memory to 2.5 Gb of Ram, so it sould keep me going for awhile!

[THE_MASK]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz 4MB Cache 1066MHz

4GB DDR2 PC-6400 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 x 1024MB

Dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT - SLI Enabled

AGEIA PhysX Physics Processing Unit

Also got a nice big 24" HD widescreen monitor for it

Hopefuly gona run SH4 fine :p

Any1 seen the requirements for the game yet?

I dont think you need to worry LOL

[elite_hunter_sh3]

anyone here with sli run 2 instances of sh3?? i did 1 for each widescreen 1080p lcd monitor. i got sh3 max (obviously) with nvidia settings at max AA and max AF. so enyone here run 2 games at once without any lag?

[Reece]

It will be atleast 12months before I can update my rig:
Asus A8V Deluxe Mobo.
VIA K8T800Pro/VT8237 Chipset
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ CPU
1 gig PC3200 DDR400 ram.
ATI X700 256mb AGP Video Card.
120mb HDD.
So I'm hoping this will run ok, since the Video card is an AGP & not PCIE I doubt a better one would be available in the near future!:-?

[CCIP]

My hope is to stick with my GeForce 6800OC until the bitter end, so to say.

By 'bitter end' I mean about another 1.5 years until I get a completely new computer with PCI-E and all that other fancy stuff. I don't see the point in upgrading to another AGP card, and I don't see the sense in upgrading my motherboards/processor/RAM at the moment since they're quite fine otherwise and it would be a huge waste of money for relatively limited gain now.

[flyingdane]

FOR SH3 One card is all you need lol..:up:

[d@rk51d3]

P4 2.8 Prescott @ 3.0
MSI 865 PE NEO2 MB
2 GB DDR
SB Audigy 2 ZS through a PYE "super woofer" stereo unit (PYE, remember them?)
ATI 9600 XT 256mb (yes, with shader 2.0)
CHIMEI 19" widescreen LCD

Still doesn't seem to run like it should though....:-?

[_Seth_]

MSI FX5900ZT
VTD128

I seriously need a new card...:nope:

[danlisa]

I hope my agp x800pro 256mb will still be able to cope. As I can't forsee (lottery win excluded) me being able to upgrade soon.

I keep torturing myself by visiting Alienware's custom pc area. I really, really want one:cry: Maybe £6500 is a bit much to spend:hmm:

[Polak]

I sold my old and reliable ATI 9800 Pro card two weeks ago.
I replaced it with a GeForce 7600 GS OC 512 mb card.
And to support the card I have
Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz HT
And 1,5 Gb of memory

[LZ_Baker]

I just built a new box like 2 months ago

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
eVGA nVidia 7800GT
1 gig Corsiar DDR2 675
MSI K9N Platnum

Its a sweet rig :up:

[Carotio]

My system:
High Performance Core 2 Duo E6600, 2.40 GHz
Chieftec LCX-01 Workstation
LC-POWER 550W, 120mm, 14 dB
ASUS P5B Deluxe, P965, DDR2/GLAN/RAID/1394a/WiFi motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2.40 GHz / 1066 MHz, 4 MB
Kingston HyperX DDR2, 800 MHz CL4, 2x 1 GB
ASUS EN8800GTS TOP/HTDP/512M
Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
2 * Maxtor DM 21, 250 GB, 7200 rpm, 16 MB, SATA II
Lite-On SHM-165P6S DVD Writer, 16x DL
Lite-On DVD-ROM, 16/48x, bulk
Multi Reader 15-i-1, intern, USB 2.0
1.44 MB floppydrive
Standard Cooler, 120x120x25, 26 dBA
Logitech MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse
D-Link DI-624 108Mbit Wireless Gateway
ViewSonic 19" LCD 1280*1024 max

[stabiz]

My boat:

Lian Li case (with 4 Mist fans)
Mist 500 watt psu (the one with 20A on the 12V rail)
ABIT KN8 SLI
2GB DDR RAM (PC 3200)
XFX 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCIE
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2,4ghz socket 939
Creative SB Audigy SE
330 GB internal harddrives
250 GB external harddrive
Crappy mouse with a blue LED on the scroll wheel (Damn it, got it today, and it sucks! THE BLUE LED WAS NOT MENTIONED ANYWHERE! :damn::damn::damn: Its like the freekin lighthouses in SH3, it shows through the walls!)
Logitech Keyboard
Creative 2.1 speakers
1x DVD-R
1x DVD/CD-Rom
1xFloppy (:rotfl:)
19" Hansol 1600x1200 (getting a LCD soon, but man I`m gonna miss that 1600x1200)


My backup/internet PC:

Q-Tec case with 350 watt PSU
ABIT KV8 Pro
512 MB DDR RAM
GeForce 6600GT 256MB GDDR3
80GB Harddrive
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2,0ghz socket 754
DVD/CD-Rom
Floppy
A mouse that dont look like crap
Some keyboard
17" CRT screen of unknown origin
A set of ancient speakers

[d@rk51d3]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Bad luck with the mouse.

[Cpt. Stewker]

OT: hey stabiz.

Get a Dell LCD. I have their 20.1 Ultrasharp and it supports up to 1600x1200. It's an amazing monitor. Dell makes some nice ones.

Their Widescreen ones... 30 inches of pure liquid crystal goodness... /drool.

[AJ!]

Yeah the 24" one i got is a dell ultra sharp. It gives insane picture quality :p

[stabiz]

Thanks for the tips!

[HundertzehnGustav]

hope to use my current one, a DirectX 8 card
ATI 9600 256 mb:D

Will it run shader model 2.0? You'll be dead in the water without 2.0

that she does...
but in some apps, i get a serious Fps loss on shaders... FSX
but others ILsFBAEPPF for example, all is fine.

[AJ!]

Hope my laptop will run it ok as well

3.0 ghz Pentium 4 HT
1GB ram
ATI Radeon 9700

Ran SH3 fine so should be ok :-?

[fredbass]

Well I might have Vista and a DX10 card by the time SH4 gets here.

If not, I'll just keep running my Asus EAX1900XTX, 512mb PCI-E card, (xfire ready)

[stabiz]

Crossfire, you mean?

[AVGWarhawk]

Crossfire, you mean?
I believe X constitutes cross. As in the US, Xing means crossing. Therefore, Train Xing means Train crossing et al cross or crossfire (xfire) one and the same. But hey, who is counting anyway????

[geetrue]

Beautiful clear blue plastic case
350 W Power Supply
3.0 Ghz Intel
1Gb Ram ddr 1 PC-2700 (2) 512MB
100 GB HDD SATA
Sound Blaster Pci value sound card
Radeon Ati X1600 Pro Video card 512MB


Just replaced the old Ati X700 Pro video card
for FSX and it sure made a difference, but still
not enough memory to match the scene's on the box.

Plenty good for SH IV though ... I'll always be grateful for
the hours of fun I had with the first SH ... Can't wait to
sink some Japs :p

[fredbass]

Crossfire, you mean?
I believe X constitutes cross. As in the US, Xing means crossing. Therefore, Train Xing means Train crossing et al cross or crossfire (xfire) one and the same. But hey, who is counting anyway????

yes, yes and yes :doh:

[Blacklight]

What are the requirements for SH IV anyway ?

[stabiz]

Crossfire, you mean?
I believe X constitutes cross. As in the US, Xing means crossing. Therefore, Train Xing means Train crossing et al cross or crossfire (xfire) one and the same. But hey, who is counting anyway????
yes, yes and yes :doh:

No worries, I got that. Its just that there is some software called xfire.

Oh, whatever.:D

[jumpy]

Following a recent upgrade and donating my old amd xp2800+ / geforce 6800gt / 1gb generic ram machine to SWMBO, after much thought I stuck with AMD...

- Athlon 64 X2 3800+ cpu
- Asus M2N32-sli-dlx nforce590 PCI-E DDR2 (socket AM2) mobo.
- Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TWINX ram.
- Hiper HPU-4M670 TYPE-R 670W ATX2.2 psu.
- Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 10 NCQ 250GB 6V250FO SATAII 16MB CACHE hd and an old 180gb drive as a backup.
- BFG GEFORCE 7950GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DUAL DVI PCI-E grafix card.

It's not an uber setup, but it does leave me with some room for improvement over the next year or two; i.e more/better RAM, better cpu, that sli thing maybe.
I thought about the conroe intel thing but decided to stick with amd as I'm familiar with their stuff . In total I spent roughly the same amount on this machine as I did almost 4 years ago on my original pc... so I'm happy with that.

With any luck by the time I get around to buying SH4 and actually playing it (I'm suffering from a SH3 revival with TGW at the moment) the new stuff will not be too out of date :doh:
But I dare say with the sort of thing going on as viewed here (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=100471) I'm going to be **** out of luck anyway :lol: then there's all this DX10 business and vista. I think I'll be staying with XPpro fow a good while yet. Where will it all end? :roll:

[gilbertf]

AMD 64 bits Dual core 4200 with dual SLI 7900 GT
Waiting for SH 4 with great impatience :)

[AJ!]

Waiting for SH 4 with great impatience :)
Join the club :p

[C-4]

Specs for the Enterprise:
ATi 9800 Pro 128 MB
Athlon XP 3000+
1GB RAM

My computer used to be high-end when I got it 2 years ago, maybe except the CPU, but after a few minor upgrades and fixes, she's still my pride and joy.

[Elder-Pirate]

Jeeze some of you people really have hot rod computers and I'm jealous. :rotfl:

I've a 3 year old custom built "Alienware Aurora".
XP Home, AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPU, Asus A7N8X deluxe REV 2.0 Motherboard, Samsung 512 MB DDR PC3200 RAM X 2, Seagate Barracuda 120GB 8MB cache serial ATA Hard Drive, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 sound card, 500 watt power supply ( burned out a 420 watt orig. supply ).
Replaced a BFG Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra 256MB AGP 8x ( 2.0 pixel support ) with the largest Nvidia Video card for this motherboard which won't support PCI-Express,
is a Geforce 7800 GS OC 256 MB AGP 8X 3.0 pixel shader support.

Might not be the best in the west but I'm sure gonna get my feet wet with SHIV. :yep:

And to all you people with the "Making me jealous" computers I'm sicking my cat on you.http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/ak47cat2hv1.gif


JUST KIDDING. lol

[flyingdane]

Dude I love that pic :rock:

[nightdagger]

No! Don't get Alienware!!!

I have:

Pentium D 805 @ 3.8GHz
2x1GB G.SKILL, 3-3-3-9 @ 780MHz
eVGA 7900GT @ 667/851 (faster than stock 7900GTX).

[les green01]

Pentium cpu 3.00 ghz
2.00 gb of ram
geforce 7300 le
5.1 surround speakers

[TheSatyr]

Since I'm running a 3 year old HP with only 250w,I use the FX5200. I'm not too concerned about the pixel shader since I suspect they will have 1.0 as the minimum spec,and if not I'll figure out a workaround for it.

While I would like to get a new pc,that is impossible right now due to serious health problems in my family. The money is needed for more important things at the moment.

[stabiz]

Oh, yes! I could not resist, so I ordered the Asus 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express. (Bye, bye 1 month old 7900GS :rotfl:)

[PeriscopeDepth]

2.8 Ghz Pentium D Dual Core
1 Gig of RAM
7600GT

Hopefully I'll be able to get by with this.

PD

[Pants]

I used to have a XFX 6800 GT 256 GDDR 2 AGP, but the other day it died, so i can't play sh3..nevermind GWX :cry:
So the card i have got now is The very powerfull Geforce MX440 LOL
But i'm saving up for a BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Plus i'm also getting a BFG Ageia PhysX Accelerator :rock:

[JSF]

Pentium D 840 3.2 gHz
1024 Dual Channel DDR2 667 mHz RAM
XTX GeForce 6800 Xtreme w/ 512 GDDR3 RAM

I think that might work.

I have the same thing except dual 6800s....2 gigs ram. Its an XPS from dell.....That should work...don't you think.... :hmm:

[Rhodes]

:dead: My piece of junk (aka PC):

AMD Athlon 2400+ working at 2000 :shifty: :dead:

Asus A7N8-X Deluxe

80 gigas of hard disk (can't remenber the what label)

512 Mb of ram, ddr 400 :lol: :dead:

Asus Ti 4800 se 128 mb (AGP)...:lol: :smug:

Possibly after Xmas, more ram memory and a asus fx 6600 or a 7800, don't know what to get...

[Happy Times]

PROCESSOR Intel core2duo 6300e 1.86 GHz (going to be clocked)

http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/core2duo.htm

MOTHERBOARD Asus P5B

http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1178&l1=3&l2=11&l3=307


GRAPHICSCARD ATI Radeon x1950 PRO 256Mb (going to be clocked)

http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1950/x1950pro_specs.html

RAM 2 GB PQI 1GB 667Mhz x2

SOUNDCARD Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=209&subcategory=669&product=15854

CASE ANTEC Sonata II 450w

http://www.antec.com/ec/productDetails.php?ProdID=08140

MONITOR LG 32" LCD TV

http://uk.lge.com/prodmodeldetail.do?actType=search&page=1&modelCategoryId=0102&categoryId=0102&parentId=01&modelCodeDisplay=32LC3R&model=NOTHING#

[tonibamestre]

Hi guys,
Now you are talking about machines and graphics,I actually use the Geforce 7950 GX2. Could you suggest me wich are the best drivers for its max.performance?

Thanks a lot.

[Mick520]

Hi guys,
Now you are talking about machines and graphics,I actually use the Geforce 7950 GX2. Could you suggest me wich are the best drivers for its max.performance?

Thanks a lot.

I use the stock nVidia 93.71 drivers with my 7950GX2 and I'm averaging about 115FPS.

no glitches, artefacts.........nothing but smooth sailing!

[bookworm_020]

I just upgraded from a Ge Force FX5200 to a Ge Force 6200 (I know it isn't much of an upgrade, but it's all my computer can take) Next to be upgraded in the new year will be Memory, from 768Mb to 2.5 Gb.

If my Finance will let me I might get a new computer after we get married in April! Hope she lets me!:yep: I guess i better start earning the browne points!!

[Cpt. Stewker]

Hi guys,
Now you are talking about machines and graphics,I actually use the Geforce 7950 GX2. Could you suggest me wich are the best drivers for its max.performance?

Thanks a lot.
I use the stock nVidia 93.71 drivers with my 7950GX2 and I'm averaging about 115FPS.

no glitches, artefacts.........nothing but smooth sailing!

Aye been using the 93.71 drivers as well with my SLI'd 7900gtxs. Have been considering updating to the beta drivers though as they are out. If I end up trying it I'll let you know how they compare performance wise with SH3 and the old drivers.

[LeafsFan]

Can I have the considered opinion of the experts in here? How will my system run SH4??

Dell 5150 with
Pentium D 820 2.8 GHZ
1 GB ram
ATI 1300pro.

I ordered and received the system this fall, and the bundle came with on board video. This was fine with all my games, which were six years old. It sucked when I first installed SH3, and I quickly realized I needed a video card. I bought the 1300pro because it was not too expensive. I guess I am wondering how good a card it is??

HB

[Cpt. Stewker]

For SH3 that card should do you alright. At the time that card came out it was at the high end of the entry-level video cards. The card was released late 2005 I think and as a reference SH3 was released March 2005. From the couple reviews that I glanced at about it, it seemed to do fine in Doom 3 and Farcry tests, both which are more strenous(sp) graphically than SH3. SH4 is sort of up in the air still, but since it is based on the same engine as SH3, you should be alright there as well.

As a note: Any of the newer games though, say Oblivion or FSX, will not be able to run at full potential on that card.

EDIT: I would recommend some additional memory. Another gig. Memory can be had for fairly cheap and is worth it.