Framerate Survey - Post your Specs

[starbuck]

I thought it may be usefull for users to post system specs and framerate outcomes for comparison. Here's mine:

AMD X2 3800+ running at 4800speeds
2X 7800GTX(256) SLI
2GB PC3200
NFORCE 4 SLI
X-fi Fatality

At 1600X1200 I get 25-35fps during encounters (realize upscaling at work), and 50-60 inside the ship. I've messed around with SLI settings and can't get any setting to work except "split screen" which the NVIDIA load balancing shows is working, but I'm not completely convinced.

[Linavitch]

E6600 Dual Core 2.4mhz
ASrock Vsta Motherboard
2gb DDR1 Ram Dual Channel
X850 Pro 256mb GPU
Windows Vista Ultimate

All Graphics High. Post processing filters on.

22-24 FPS external view
40-45 FPS internal/maps etc .... with FRAPS

45-50 External
110 - 120 internal/map... with ctrl f8

(go figure)

[Spaxspore]

80FPS+ external/internal

30-45fps navigation map @ 8124x time compression

All graphics r maxed

Res is at 1600x1200
RIG-

Antec 900 Case
8=hds (1isexternal)=3tbs
Asus P5DH Deluxe
E6600 @ 3ghz Core Duo 2
8800 GTX
Creative SB XFI plat. Soundcard

[Seth8530]

All settings maxed rez at 1280x1024 Silky frame rates

Im running with
amd 3700 64 bit 2.2ghz
7900gtx
2gig ram

[dean_acheson]

wow. I want an 8800 GTX....... ;)

Windows Vista - Home Premium
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHZ
2.00 GB Ram
Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX

I am running 30ish and up with everything maxed.

The lowest numbers are standing on the bridge in weather...

[starbuck]

I'm curious if the game is heavily reliant on CPU, those darn Intel dual cores seem to always do well. Anyone observed dual core utlitzation during gameplay on either intel and/or AMD?

[tedhealy]

XP Media center
AMD 3400 running at 2.6ghz
2 gb of ram
7800GT
1680x1050


28 to 40 frames with everything on and maxed.

[Spaxspore]

I'm curious if the game is heavily reliant on CPU, those darn Intel dual cores seem to always do well. Anyone observed dual core utlitzation during gameplay on either intel and/or AMD?


yes, for example its a well known fact that the performance of the 8800gtx goes hand and hand with your current processor speed

[FAdmiral]

I just heard from a friend of mine running the game with poor
frame rates & studdering graphics. His McAfee was causing
it and when he disabled the anti-virus program, it returned to
normal. So if you are having problems of this nature, check your
anti-virus program...

JIM

[highkoo]

Asus A8N 32 Sli Deluxe
Amd X2 4400+
Bfg 7950 gt
2 gigs Ram
WD 250 SATA 2
blah..blah

30-40 fps External .....and i assume more while inside :rotfl:
All settings maxed out except Gamma Vsync enabled Via CFG.
*EDIT* oh and rez is 1600-1200

:arrgh!:

[melin71]

how do i get the fps in the game?

[bunkerratt]

i'm getting about 60-70 in port in commandroom 40 0n bridge ...about 60 on bridge at sea and around 110 in command room i'm running @1680x1050 monitors native res sunglare is off all others enabled except window mode
intel p-4 775 3.4ht em64t
asus p5gd2 deluxe
twin 100 gb hdd's raid 0 sata 2 hdd coolers
ati x1950pro 256pcie kwas 3000 water cooled /gpu
creative x-fi extreame music soundcard
enermax 600 watt psu
dvd rom
dvd r=rw dl
floppy
3 gb pc2 5300
1 120 mm front intake fan
1 80 mm side intake
2 80 mm rear exhaust
northbridge/south bridge coolers
logitec 5.1 surround speakers
saitek eclipse keyboard
logitec tracman rollerball mouse cordless
xp pro sp2
20inch viewsonic vx2035wm

[bunkerratt]

press ctrl+f8 for fps in game

[Guido]

Its hard to be precise with the fps but here goes.

if i hit f2 i get 116fps

f8 shows 162fps

f5 outside shows over 100, look at the sky shows 165, look at the sea a similar amount.

:)

[PeriscopeDepth]

Anybody out there with a more mid range system care to comment?

PD

[stabiz]

:rotfl:Kinda hard to make anything out of those figures without specs, resolution, settings, etc, guido.

30-70 fps everything maxed at 1600x1200 (yeah right) with free cam, 70+ inside the boat.

ABIT AB9 Pro
E6600 2,4ghz
2GB DDR2 Ram
7950GT 512MB

[TriskettheKid]

I have an undoubtedly mid-range system that I will be running the game on later tonight.

2.54 gHz P4
1gb (4x256) PC800-40 RDRAM
BFG 256mb 7800 GS OC

My monitor is also mid-range, being a 15" LCD that has a native resolution of 1024x768.

[nuggetz]

My monitor is also mid-range, being a 15" LCD that has a native resolution of 1024x768.

1024x768 is perfect since that's all the game will do.:p

[TriskettheKid]

Installing now.

Will post specs once I finish installing the game and patch 1.1.

I'm optimistic, because I just ran SHIII+GWX with 16xAF and 8xS AA. Ran pretty smooth, without any major stutters or problems. Really should have done that sooner....

[CrocodileDundee]

Asus A8N Sli Deluxe
Amd X2 4200+
2x Asus Geforce6800 (SLI)
2 gigs Ram
2x Seagate 160GB SATA 2 (RAID)
19in Viewsonic LCD(max res 1280x1024) - i'm playing the game at this res with everything maxed out

28-36 fps External
Internal- didn't bother to check

After I disabled everything in the background (Nvidia firewall, Norton InternetSecurity and other thingies running - 48max fps) This game takes all the jiuce you can squeeze :yep:

[Guido]

Kinda hard to make anything out of those figures without specs, resolution, settings, etc, guido.


I know i was just amusing myself really dude, i am bit cheeky sometimes. :arrgh!:

[melin71]

Intel p 3.6 HT
geforce 6800 GT 256 mb
2 gig ram
soundblaster audigy 2 ZS
Windows XP home
Res 1280*1024 5:4
the game on max without enviroment and lightchatt i get 30 to 40 everywhere. if I turn on enviroment...puh..its drop to 9 - 14 on bridge. total unplayabal for me with that on. have of course not try to lower the other settings =) 3D damage and stuff like that it is a must. if i turn of all lighteffekts on the left raw i get 45 on bridge and 60 - 70 inside. i tested this on navigastion traning. some iland and plane, boats. how this will be in heavy wheater i dont know yet. guess some drop in fps.

one question...i got normal screen..not wide...and what do 5:4 stand for...4:3 i know what that is..shouldn i use that? and I cant even pick 4:3 in 1280*1024.

[TriskettheKid]

Ok, just to remind people of my specs:

15" LCD monitor (1024x768 native)
2.54 gHz P4
1gb PC800-40 RDRAM
BFG 256mb 7800 GS OC

Now, after the game started, I was a bit dismayed as to the FPS I was getting.

With my rig, the game automatically gave me medium settings. To start, it wasn't so good. My FPS would drop to single-digits at times external, and would drop to the teens internal.

After running the game for a few minutes, though, I noticed that FPS were between 30-45 internal, and 30-40 External. I even tried to make my rig work by using the external view and rotating around the sub quite a bit, but my FPS stayed the same.

There were some slight hiccups when going to new stations, and when using Time Compression, I couldn't get to 2048x without dropping to single-digit FPS (I can TC at about 1536 without much trouble).

Did not run into any weather, though, so I can't say how my rig would handle it. Also didn't run into any merchants or anything to shoot at.

I did test my sub, though. Was in the USS Gar. Made it to about 405 ft before the sub crushed pretty fast.

[CaptJodan]

I just heard from a friend of mine running the game with poor
frame rates & studdering graphics. His McAfee was causing
it and when he disabled the anti-virus program, it returned to
normal. So if you are having problems of this nature, check your
anti-virus program...

JIM

I'll try that and see if that works. Been having some trouble myself.

[PeriscopeDepth]

Ok, just to remind people of my specs:

15" LCD monitor (1024x768 native)
2.54 gHz P4
1gb PC800-40 RDRAM
BFG 256mb 7800 GS OC

Now, after the game started, I was a bit dismayed as to the FPS I was getting.

With my rig, the game automatically gave me medium settings. To start, it wasn't so good. My FPS would drop to single-digits at times external, and would drop to the teens internal.

After running the game for a few minutes, though, I noticed that FPS were between 30-45 internal, and 30-40 External. I even tried to make my rig work by using the external view and rotating around the sub quite a bit, but my FPS stayed the same.

There were some slight hiccups when going to new stations, and when using Time Compression, I couldn't get to 2048x without dropping to single-digit FPS (I can TC at about 1536 without much trouble).

Did not run into any weather, though, so I can't say how my rig would handle it. Also didn't run into any merchants or anything to shoot at.

I did test my sub, though. Was in the USS Gar. Made it to about 405 ft before the sub crushed pretty fast.
Thanks for that Trisket. I"ve got a 2.8gh Dual core PIV, a gig of RAM, and 7600GT 256 MB OC'd so I'm thinking it'll be very playable for me at medium settings. Will have to pick it up after my next paycheck. :)

PD

[TriskettheKid]

Yeah, the more I run the game, the more it appears that at medium settings, with my rig or one similar, average FPS is around 30-45.

I was even able to get the TC up to around 3500 before hitting single digit FPS a few times, too.

I did some more testing in terms of switching stationes, weather, diving, etc.

Better FPS during a dive than on surface, but that's to be expected. While submerged, average FPS didn't drop below 40.

The ONLY problem I've found is that changing stations can cause a stutter/fps drop. It's not long, and it's not enough to really ruin the game, but it's a minor annoyance. FPS can drop to around 25 when switching stations quickly. No complete freeze, though.

[malkuth74]

AMD64 3500
2 Gig Ram
7600 GT.

All options maxed with that filter thing and I get about 21 FPS. Without filter thing it jumps to about 26 FPS.

In Harbor Pearl it drops to about 15-21 FPS.
In fog I hold about 16 FPS.

No rain yet.

[TDK1044]

XP Pro
7600GT
2 Gigs of Ram
P4 3.0

I'm getting between 30 and 45 fps with graphics maxed out. I should add that I was getting a lower fps reading until I selected Application Controlled for AA and AF on my video card.

[CCIP]

I must be the lowest here

P4 3.06Ghz
2GB Ram
GeForce 6800OC 128mb

12-20 FPS in all conditions (except sometimes lower in port) on medium settings.

I'm getting a GeForce 7800 shortly I think :dead:

My TC works quite well up to x5600-something, though. Which suggests the video card is my major bottleneck.

[Fercyful]

empron 2800+ (1999 mhz LOL don´t reach 2000) (old 462)
ASUS A78VX-X
EVGA 7800GS CO (AGPx8)
1,5 Gb RAM 333 mhz
HD 2 x 80GB 133

Campaign start 1941:

Pearl 14-17 FPS bridge (bad! bad!)

Navigation 24-26 FPS bridge (is ok for my eyes)

all options ON at 1024x768 (vsync on). If I turn them off is the same FPS!! :doh: sure CPU bottleneck here...

:arrgh!:

I´m thinking in get a new mother and Core 2 Duo E6600 but reading this one:

Quote:
E6600 Dual Core 2.4mhz
ASrock Vsta Motherboard
2gb DDR1 Ram Dual Channel
X850 Pro 256mb GPU
Windows Vista Ultimate

All Graphics High. Post processing filters on.

22-24 FPS external view

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108303&highlight=e6600 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108869&page=2&highlight=e6600)

I´m thinking it twice... :damn:

can be this game SO demanding on CPU!! :hmm:

[DaMaGe007]

Win2000
P4 2.8g Asus p4p800mb
2gb ram
nvidia 7600gs 512mb

1280x1024 everything maxed except enviro effects(off)

14-16fps at pearl (bridge view)
40fps alone on the ocean (bridge view)
20ish fps convoy attacks (bridge view)

adjusting settings down causes no affect to the framerate.

[Psycluded]

Pentium 4 2.0 GHz Northwood Core
GeForce 6200
1 Gig DDR RAM
70 gigs free on the hard drive SH4 is installed on and 20 gigs free on the swap drive (paging file)
Samsung 20" LCD Monitor

(edit) Forgot to list my settings. Everything on except environmental effects and light shafts, and all the sliders to max except gamma.

Runs in 1600x1200 and I get iffy performance. Say, about 15 fps on average when outside the sub. Starts to bog down on the map screen at 2048+ time compression in open seas, and it varies when there are contacts around. I can usually run 64x compression with no problem when stalking a convoy (shoot, dive, evade, reposition, rinse, repeat)

[akdavis]

AMD Athlon FX-55 2.61 GHz
2 gigs of RAM
2 6800 Ultra 256mb cards in SLI

Synchonization on, as otherwise I get constant errors and stuttering. Mostly steady 85 FPS in menus. Synchronization seems to place a max cap on FPS that varies with the situation. Reducing graphics options to lowest settings will not raise FPS above these rates.

Framerates are for Submarine School Navigation mission, no action taken.
Inside sub: 43 FPS steady
Bridge view: 28 FPS steady (this appears smooth to my eyes)

With glare enabled and/or post-processing FX:
Inside sub: 43 FPS steady
Bridge view: 21 FPS steady (becomes a bit choppy)

With glare + environmental FX:
Inside sub: 43 FPS steady
Bridge view: 17 FPS steady (becomes to choppy to enjoy)

I get absolutely no benefit running on two cards versus just one of the 6800 Ultras.

[Rilder]

AMD Antlon 3200+ 2ghz
ATI Radeon X550 256k, 128 mem clock(1 buck I'm the only one whos ever browsed these forums to have this)
1.5 RAM
250 Gig hardrive(Its a Japaneese Company that made it to iirc , ironic aint it)

15-21 in External and internal. 25 in conning tower. :-?

[akdavis]

Oddly enough, I have upped my FPS maximums by switching desktop and game resolution to 1600x1200 (before both were set to 1280x960). However, the special FX still bring it below the smooth FPS threshold.

[Hartmann]

2.4 AMD with 1GB and 6600GT ddr2, not tested yet with sh4
(waiting information before buy the game, probably too slow to play) :oops:

There are a lot of variation here.. some lower specs works ok while others with more power, have less performance.

Also in some cases, moving slides don´t help in FPS....

what causes these differences ?? :hmm:

[GoldenEagle8]

Well, Lets see, I have:
An AMD 1.8GHz Prossessor
1Gig of RAM
An ATI 200m graphics card

All thats turned on is 3D ship wakes

6-10 FPS inside the Boat

and about 5-8 on the bridge

Which is actually good enough for me!:up:
-----------------------------------

However, with the Enviornmental Effects turned on,

I get 6-10 FPS inside my Boat

And a whopping 2 FPS on the the Bridge.

All I want is the Transparent Water, but all the other stuff that turns on realy slows down my Comp.:dead:

[kiwi_2005]

I thought it may be usefull for users to post system specs and framerate outcomes for comparison. Here's mine:

AMD X2 3800+ running at 4800speeds
2X 7800GTX(256) SLI
2GB PC3200
NFORCE 4 SLI
X-fi Fatality

At 1600X1200 I get 25-35fps during encounters (realize upscaling at work), and 50-60 inside the ship. I've messed around with SLI settings and can't get any setting to work except "split screen" which the NVIDIA load balancing shows is working, but I'm not completely convinced.

Wow thats nice specs. 2 graphic cards! W00t!:)

My Specs 2 PCs networked
I haven't the game yet. I know SHIV will run find on this PC.
Main PC
3.4ghz Intel
2gigs ram
GF 7800GS 256mb

Shes not going to run well on this one as long as i can get her to run for a Lan game i'll be happy.
2nd PC
AMD AthlonXP 2.4ghz
1 gig ram
GF 6200 256mb

[dangchang]

3.2 Intel P4
1024MB DDR 667 RAM
BFG 7950 GT OC 512MB

Maxed out settings 1650x1050
35-60 On Bridge
90+ In command room

[minsc_tdp]

Core2 E6600 OC'd to 3.3 GHz, Intel D975XBX2
2 GB RAM
EVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB (not OC'd yet)
RAID-0 across four SATA300 drives
56" DLP (ok now I'm just braggin :)
1024x768 resolution (yeah, it sucks, I know. Can't be helped right now.)
10,001 score in 3DMark '06

I haven't watched the FPS much, but I did for a while and I never saw it drop below 60. Besides I'd feel it if they did, I'm pretty anal about that.

Lag occurs for me in career mode on the map only when the time multiplier is above 4192x. I think this is a good test of CPU capability since there's virtually no graphic work being done, and all calculations about ship positions (increased x 4192) is all CPU-type work. If you find you lag when your multiplier is at 256 then you need to upgrade your CPU and maybe RAM.

I've also had a few encounters where the enemy was shooting flares, or otherwise shining a light at me, and the FPS would drop to 10. With this setup certainly it's a bug. May be fixed in 1.1, not sure, I don't think it is.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Anybody running this with a Pentinum D processor, I see alot of Dual Cores. If running a PD how is it working for you.

[Misfit138]

Intel E6300 @ 2,00Ghz
1Gb DDR2 833Mhz
ATI X600 Pro 256mb (Major bottleneck edition...)
Windows XP 64

Running with the latest Catalyst Drivers and tried even with Catalyst 5.12 but framerates stays the same. Basicly runs like crap and it's far from playable. At best, I get 25fps while inside the sub. Outside view gives me only about 15fps.

Oh, and this is when I've overclocked my card. Core @ 490Mhz, Memory @ 295Mhz. Gfx setting are set to lowest

[Bort]

P4 3.2 Ghz
1 GB DDR2
ATi X1800XT 512 MB
Windows XP SP2

All graphics maxed out I get around 30 FPS outside in calm weather. I've turned down particle density a smidgen as well as terrain object density, now I get around 45 FPS outside the sub and anywhere from 80-100 FPS inside. Nav map starts lagging at around 3072x TC.

[Hackett]

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.40Ghz)
2Gb DDR2
Nvidia FX 7900GS (256Mb DDR3 Ram) (93.71 driver)
Windows XP Pro (SP2)
Resolution: 1280x1024 (Native)
Creative Audigy 2 ZS (2.02.05 Driver)

Stock install setup v1.1 (No manual tweaking Main.cfg)

All options on max

FPS:
Interior/Navigation - 60 -116 (TC upto 8k no lag)
Bridge/External - 30 - 60 (Micro stutters and screen tearing evident)
Heavy battles/large land mass/concentration of models - 20 -40


Modified Install v1.1 (Manual tweak of Main.cfg - Synchronization On)

All options on max

FPS:
Interior/Navigation - 30 -60 (TC upto 4k no lag)
Bridge/External - 20 - 30 (No stuttering/Tearing)
Heavy battles/Large land mass/concentration of models - 15 - 20

Regards,

[-Pv-]

ASUS M2R32-MVP Crossfire Motherboard with ATI chipset.
2 Gig 667 DDR2 RAM
AMD 2.2MHz X64 Dual Core
XP Pro with all startups and services minimized to only necessary.

With ATI X1300 512 meg card that exceded the minimum rendering specs:
15 frames mild weather no tactical objects visible.
10 frames mild weather with two ships.
6 frames heavy storm with rain and no contacts.

With ATI X1950 with pretty much the same specs (512 RAM) and mostly same rendering engine but faster GPU. Same Catalyst driver version:
30-40 frames heavy storm with rain.

This easly demonstrates if you have the minimum specs covered, the most dramatic change you will get is upgrading the graphics card. As you can see, I'm not running a power house CPU, but I have comparable specs to those with faster CPUs. In a game, I consider anything faster than 16 FPS a very playable game. Frames above 30 are nice for bragging, but does not influence game play very much. When you play a VCR tape, you get 30 FPS. Most films produced prior to a few years ago were 24. Nice to have the headroom for the NEXT generation of games though.

-Pv-

[Zengaze]

set to highest res, think it was 1400x900;
external 40 ish
internal 60 ish

havent really taken a look when a lotta traffic is on screen, and before i get roasted cause you percieve my specs to be lower than your machine yet i achieve better fps, i'm an I.t engineer and it was custom built by me to :rock:

Amd 3700+ (939 san diego) runnin at stock speed
Asus A8n sli p
2 gig Crucial ballistix
Xfx 7600 gt xxx
Sata bara

[Iron Budokan]

ASUS M2R32-MVP Crossfire Motherboard with ATI chipset.
2 Gig 667 DDR2 RAM
AMD 2.2MHz X64 Dual Core
XP Pro with all startups and services minimized to only necessary.

With ATI X1300 512 meg card that exceded the minimum rendering specs:
15 frames mild weather no tactical objects visible.
10 frames mild weather with two ships.
6 frames heavy storm with rain and no contacts.

With ATI X1950 with pretty much the same specs (512 RAM) and mostly same rendering engine but faster GPU. Same Catalyst driver version:
30-40 frames heavy storm with rain.

This easly demonstrates if you have the minimum specs covered, the most dramatic change you will get is upgrading the graphics card. As you can see, I'm not running a power house CPU, but I have comparable specs to those with faster CPUs. In a game, I consider anything faster than 16 FPS a very playable game. Frames above 30 are nice for bragging, but does not influence game play very much. When you play a VCR tape, you get 30 FPS. Most films produced prior to a few years ago were 24. Nice to have the headroom for the NEXT generation of games though.

-Pv-

Wow! Is that ATI X1950 a PCI card? 'Cause that's what I have on my computer (no PCIE, me) and I'm getting the specs you listed with my current ATI X1300.

[mookiemookie]

Graphics settings: 1024x768, everything on and maxxed out except for environmental effects

System: Athlon 64 3500+ (2.21 GHz), 2 gb DDR2 ram, EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS 312 mb graphics card, and an ASUS I don't recall what mobo


I get upper 40s to low 50s looking through the periscope in the torpedo tutorial. Around 40 with clear seas on the bridge.

[bclaw2004]

Intel E6600 Dual Core (not OC) Dual Core patch (Intel)
2 Gb DDR2
Gigabyte GA-965P S3 MB
XFX 7800GTX 256Mb (93.71)
SB Audigy 2 (Latest Drivers)
WD SATA 250GB HDD (game installed on, not Windows Drive)
Windows XP Pro SP2

External 38fps fair weather
External 25fps storm
Internal 75fps
Map 75fps

Game Res 1280 x 1024
All settings High,
Ship Caustic Effects - OFF
Full Screen Glare - OFF (I think contributes to Ghost Crew)
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f331/Voodoo65/SH4/SH4Img28-3-2007_12.jpg

[skullman86]

AMDX2 3800+ @ 2.10
7800gt 256mb @ 360/1104
2gb of ram

With v-sync enabled I get about 18-45fps depending on what I am looking at (ships on fire get me 18, a ship with a hole gets me 25...etc) , occasionally it just chugs and goes to 1FPS or 0 (sometimes it stays at that rate longer than a minute) :damn: ....that seems to happen during time changes (when the sun rises....etc) or it could be that monolith of doom I've been reading about (haven't seen it yet).Without v-sync it goes all over the place, sometimes 90 sometimes 20 other times 0 :x.That is with everything set to full except the improved sound option with the rez set to 1280x1024 errr *cough*1024x768*.I know my machine is somewhat dated but come on, there has to be a major memory leak or something :-?.

[ccruner13]

AMD S939 3500+
MSI K8N Neo2 plat.
1gig ocz pc3200 ddr1 (dualchannel) i think timings are 2-3-2-2?
bfg 6800gt
74gig wd raptor(sounds like it will crap out anyday:eek: but warrantied til '09 )
xp pro sp2

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o49/borschwanger/SH4Img28-3-2007_0.jpg
(midway)
~25 out ~45 in
ph kills me tho cant compress over 512 within 15km

[-Pv-]

"...Wow! Is that ATI X1950 a PCI card? 'Cause that's what I have on my computer (no PCIE, me) and I'm getting the specs you listed with my current ATI X1300..."

Both cards are PCIe, yes.
-Pv-

[OakGroove]

A64 3500+
2GB DDR 400
A8N-E
X850 XT PE w/ Cat. 7.2
Audigy 2ZS
2x 80GB HDD
WinXP Pro w/ SP2

Ingame Settings:

DepthBufferEffects=1
Filters=1
Glare=1
UnderwaterDispMap=1
LightShafts=1
3DShipWakes=1
DetailedWaveRipples=1
UnitNormalMaps=1
ShipCausticsEffects=1
Ship3DDamage=2
CharacterDetail=1
ParticlesDetail=10
TerrainObjectsDensity=10
TerrainObjectsLODSize=4
GammaCorrection=50

[Video]
Resolution=1280,1024,60,22
DynamicShadows=No
FullScreen=Yes
Synchronized=Yes
TextureResolutionHigh=Yes

[SOUND]
Music=Yes
VolumeGeneral=100
VolumeMusic=29
VolumeFx=100
VolumeSpeech=100
VolumeGeneralMute=false
VolumeMusicMute=true
VolumeFxMute=false
VolumeSpeechMute=false
Max3DSounds=64
SoundTravel=false


FPS external : ~40
FPS Command Room : ~50
FPS inside small Convoy : ~30

Volumetric fog cuts external FPS in half.

[1mPHUNit0]

P4 D945 3.4Mhz 775 socket
Fsb 800mhz 2MB L2 cache
Asus P5PL2
2GB Ram DDr2 256
Nvidia GForce 7600GT PCIE 256

All graphic settings on max.
30-40 fps or less ,allmost time 30
Forceware 94.20
Winxp pro SP2

[It762]

P4 3.2 Ghz
1 GB DDR2
ATi X1800XT 512 MB
Windows XP SP2

All graphics maxed out I get around 30 FPS outside in calm weather. I've turned down particle density a smidgen as well as terrain object density, now I get around 45 FPS outside the sub and anywhere from 80-100 FPS inside. Nav map starts lagging at around 3072x TC.


Hi there!


I think everyone should try to make fps shots of the same scene, if someone does it on the open sea obviously he will have much higher FPS instead of being around land.

I would suggest as good fps measurement starting a new carrerr in pear harbor (port) and then tkaing the fps when pressingthe external view butting w/o moving mouse :)

also a time compression cpu stress test makes sense :) just go to the map and max tc and post when it get s laggy.

I guess that would give comparable information.

[uniquemind]

My specs:

Athlon AMD 3000+XP 2.2 Gig
ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB
2.5 Gig DDR
Realtek OnBoard Sound AC97
Socket A Gigabyte Motherboard
160 Gig Barracuda HD

I'll use 3 screenshots to show my fps and 1 to show what graphics options I have on/off etc......

In the first its the graphics options screen, speaks for itself :)

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/BlueGlow/SH4Img28-3-2007_12-1.jpg

The second one shows me in the Command Room with an fps of 28

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/BlueGlow/SH4Img28-3-2007_12-2.jpg

The third one indicates where I am on the Navigation Map with an fps of 26

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/BlueGlow/SH4Img28-3-2007_12-3.jpg

Finally out at sea on the bridge, still not far from land (the screenshot above this is exactly where I am in this on, incase anyone thinks I am far out to sea, but the point here is that the fps is only rising very very slow around 1 every now and then......but far from often......here currently its 15fps, I can't see that the further I go out to sea the better it would get for example around 40/50/60 fps as some report

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/BlueGlow/SH4Img28-3-2007_12.jpg

If ever I had to attack a Harbour I'd be experiencing a slideshow I'm sure......I know my specs are not great and there is nothing I can do about it for a long time.......and for now I can accept that......but I do hope that maybe any patches or any tips might give me a better fps......I do as you can see not have Environmental Effects on, I do however have V-Sync on.

Uniquemind ;)

[Schultzy]

OK

AMD 64 3400
1Gig Ram
Geforce 6600

With everything unchecked except for ship normal maps I get about 9 FPS in Pearl Harbour.
In the command room it's about 16FPS and on the bridge it's between 10 and a max of 20.

Not really played it much yet, so don't know if convoy attacks will even be possible or a slideshow, however, the artillery training mission runs at an average of 15 fps, not stellar but still playable.

Hmm, wish it was a bit better, but i'm jsut glad I can play it!

[Avatar]

Whats the difference between and AGP card and PCI?
I just ordered the BFG7800(just for this game, dammit!) and am upping from 6800.
Will there be that much improvement?
I'm running:
P4 HT 3.6GHz
Geforce 6800
in port : high 20's
at sea: 30-40
in conn: 50ish

I have been running on medium settings, and since I've seen people with the same frame rates with everything maxed out, I figured I could afford a 200 buck hole in my wallet.

[AVGWarhawk]

Whats the difference between and AGP card and PCI?
I just ordered the BFG7800(just for this game, dammit!) and am upping from 6800.
Will there be that much improvement?
I'm running:
P4 HT 3.6GHz
Geforce 6800
in port : high 20's
at sea: 30-40
in conn: 50ish

I have been running on medium settings, and since I've seen people with the same frame rates with everything maxed out, I figured I could afford a 200 buck hole in my wallet.
PCI and AGP are two different kinds of slots on the motherboard. I hope you got the right card or it might not fit:oops:. Anyway, as I understand it the PCI does not share memory like the AGP type cards. I could be wrong...

[Iron Budokan]

For video cards PCI is old, AGP is oldish but showing its age and slowly disappearing. Everything today is going towards PCIE....

[Avatar]

whups! I hope the one I got fits! I think my computer is PCI, off-hand I think? So will I have to get an AGP? I dont even know what that means.


edit:
Yeah, I goofed. I'm returning it for a card that is PCI express, which is what I have. D'OH!!!

[-Pv-]

Avatar:
"whups! I hope the one I got fits! I think my computer is PCI, off-hand I think? So will I have to get an AGP? I dont even know what that means."

Take a look at your computer Mainboard manual. Since you have Iinternet access, go to the web site for the manufacturer of your computer and you will find specifications for it. You need to be careful buying components. Not every card, memory, and CPU on the shelf will fit every computer. It's likely if your machine is over two years old, it may be AGP.

If you have XP, you can right click on My Computer, select Manage, then Device Manager. Expand the Display adapters and right click on your graphics card and select Properties. The line next to "Location" on the General Tab should indicate AGP or PCI. When buying higher end vid cards, you also need to make sure your power supply and cooling is powerful enough to handle the extra load and heat. If there are problems there, you will get random crashes at times when the video demand is higher. Some people have onboard video. If so, you need to disable it in the bios when adding a card to a slot.
-Pv-

[Dustyboats]

Windows Media Center XP Edition SP2
Processor 2.13gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo. 63 kilobytes primary mem. cache./ 2048 kilobytes secndry.mem. cache.
Memory 3072 Mbytes
Frame rate logged...pretty constant at 31.
Realtek HD Audio.
ASUSeK LNA Tiger Hybrid Capture Device.
Display. Dell E196FP 19"
Dell 7.1 Surround Sound

[Iron Budokan]

I also did a quick Google and Geforce 6800 is listed as PCIE.

[Hartmann]

For video cards PCI is old, AGP is oldish but showing its age and slowly disappearing. Everything today is going towards PCIE....

It´s the main problem for people with AGP mainboards and medium ,low range cards. and expend money in a expensive AGP card for play SH4 i think is a bad idea.

is better invest in a new pci-x system. :yep:

[Avatar]

PV, I checked and it is PCI express.
I called the company that I ordered the card from, and they said that they would take returns, no problem. I may even just end up getting a better card. I just played SH4 with my current set up and everything works great. I've been thinking of getting a new card for awhile, over a year, and this is just a reason to do so. But we shall see. Nexttime I know not to be so impulsive when purchasing something for my computer. Who knew that a subsim website would help out with the buying and installation of computer components? :D
Much thanks!

[Gorgon]

You know, people, ita usefull to not only post what your PC specks are (GPU, CPU, RAM, etc) but ALSO at waht resolution you are playing. Performance depends a lot on resolution so someone saying that he has this and this and that he gets 40FPS doesn't tell much unless resolution is specified.

Just an idea:know:

I'm waiting for my copy of SH3 to arrive thursday or friday, so i'll post my FPS then.

[GoldenEagle8]

DepthBufferEffects=1
Filters=1
Glare=1
UnderwaterDispMap=1
LightShafts=1
3DShipWakes=1
DetailedWaveRipples=1
UnitNormalMaps=1
ShipCausticsEffects=1
Ship3DDamage=2
CharacterDetail=1
ParticlesDetail=10
TerrainObjectsDensity=10
TerrainObjectsLODSize=4
GammaCorrection=50

[Video]
Resolution=1280,1024,60,22
DynamicShadows=No
FullScreen=Yes
Synchronized=Yes
TextureResolutionHigh=Yes

[SOUND]
Music=Yes
VolumeGeneral=100
VolumeMusic=29
VolumeFx=100
VolumeSpeech=100
VolumeGeneralMute=false
VolumeMusicMute=true
VolumeFxMute=false
VolumeSpeechMute=false
Max3DSounds=64
SoundTravel=false


:o plz tell me one of those is for the water transparency only.

[Deep Six]

Intel core 2 Duo 6700
EVGA 680i MoBo
EVGA 8800 GTX ACs3 Superclocked @ 2000 MHz (Effective)
2 Gig Dominator Ram PC8500 @1066

In extreme heavy fog and 10m seas plus howling rain I'm getting 75 fps !!! Everything maxed on sliders
Viewsonic TFT VX944 @ 2ms Response 1280X1040 Native

Entered Midway with a whole gamut of ships in sight....TDC@ 256 on Nav Map FPS=22 Went back to TDC=1 and FPS=75

Nice day with 5m waves and little wind FPS=90-100+ ish it keeps bouncing so I cannot read it..

Needless to say this EVGA card Rocks the boat !!!!:rock: :rock:


Deep Six

[Arrowhead2k1]

fps in the 30s.
7900gt
3700+
2 gig RAM.

[NefariousKoel]

Forgot to post my fps earlier..

35-45 fps anywhere in various 3d locations. The lower end is when I'm moving my view quickly. All options enabled except post processing. With post processing ON I actually get more FPS.

Athlon 64 3700+ Sock 939
2GB DDR400 RAM
XFX 7900GS OC'd model

[ccruner13]

i stumbled across someone mentioned changing their agp aperature size and getting more fps. a while ago i was cruising my bios saw this at 128 and bumped it up to 256 because i thought it was something to do with my cards memory size being read wrong? heh so when i dropped it down to 64 my fps went up 5-10 so i was sitting outside midway after my refit getting low 30s

mm so that was crystal clear...rainy/cloudy/wavy is only 20