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Skybird

03-24-07, 08:52 PM

I'm interested in SH4, but I'm not sure my system can handle it in a reasonable manner. I would like this thread to be used by people to post their basic specs, resolution, and a brief note on how they perceive their frames and overall performance, maybe in a format like this:

CPU
RAM
Windows
Graphics board, RAM
Soundboard

Resolution
AA, AF

framerate or some words on performance

If such athread eventually is considered to be of help for others as well, I suggest to make it a sticky.

Screenshots look great, but if I would need to expect stuttering during gameplay, or need to adjust resolution and detail to lowest settings, I probably would prefer to stay with my (just reactivated) SH3 instead, which runs smooth.

So, please post your specs and experiences (in brief)! Thank you.

Cakewalk

03-24-07, 09:02 PM

P4 3.01 GHz, 533 FSB

EVGA GeForce 7900 GS KO

1 GB DDR2

250 GB HDD

Integrated motherboard sound

Windows Vista

Runs SH4 at maximum settings perfectly (around 60 FPS), except when in harbours (framerate drops a bit due to large amount of objects, but is still quite high)

LZ_Baker

03-24-07, 09:33 PM

Athlon 64 X2 4200
1 Gig DDR2
7800GT
MSI K9 Platnum
250 Gig HD
SB Extreme Music (3d sounds maxed, distance effect on)

12*10 resolution on NEC 1940CX

I have everything on except for sun effects or whatever it was. Makes things hazy.

FPS is in the 60's normaly. 20's in harbor or heavy action. Never seems to studder except on load up for a min.

stabiz

03-24-07, 09:40 PM

E6600 Core2Duo 2,4ghz
ABit AB9 Pro
2GB DDR2
7950GT 512MB
XP Pro SP2
Audigy SE

Okay frames with everything on full blast (40-60 external cam, 80+ inside sub), but gameplay-killing stutters when the volumetric fog is around, stutters less - but still stutters - elsewhere. (Except in port, lol)

livewire68

03-24-07, 09:43 PM

P4 3.4GHz 775 socket
2 Gig DDR2 (now 3 Gig DDR2 800)
XP Pro (sp2)
ATI x700 pro (pci express) 256 MB (now ATI 1950Pro w/512mb - this was the reason for upgrade - fried the x700!!)
ASUS p5gd2 MB with built in sound (now ASUS P5W DH Deluxe with built in sound and cross fire)
3 250 Gig HDD (now 6 200 Gig SATA HD in Raid)
Dual Viewsonic 19" LCDs

Have everything on max. Runs great - around 120 FPS most of time. Lowest I seen is in "heavy" action is 24 FPS.

cappy70

03-24-07, 09:55 PM

Smooth...:)

GoldenRivet

03-24-07, 09:58 PM

Intel core two duo 2.4 GHz
2 gigs ram
Windows vista
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX
Motherboard - onboard sound hooked up to 5.1 Dolby digital surround

1152X864 screen resolution

all sliders to max (except gamma its at 50%)

with all boxes checked except windowed mode and "full scene glare" which i think contributes to hazyness of the images...

in port and when around convoys im getting 90 to 100 FPS

open sea is somewhere in the nighborhood of 160 FPS

NefariousKoel

03-24-07, 10:05 PM

Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego sock 939 (single core)
2GB DDR400 RAM
XFX 7900GS factory overclocked
XP Home SP2
Integrated Sound (though a decent one with Toslink optical even)
1280x1024 on 17" Samsung LCD (with V-Sync manually enabled)

All graphic settings on max. No stuttering unless at time compression with numerous contacts on radar or while changing zoom on Nav map.

I suspect you're looking for some of the lower end specs and their experiences Skybird?

Riptides

03-24-07, 10:07 PM

AMD Opteron @ 2.9Ghz
2Gig DDR
ATi X850XT
Sata-II HDD
Creative X-Fi
WinXP
1280x1024

I was running everything on high and getting 30+ fps even during battle scenes, then it rained, and I turned off whatever it was to get my frames out of the single digits. I think it was the fog as someone said above, because it continued to rain with 30fps graphics until the next time I loaded, now no incliment weather at all.

AVGWarhawk

03-24-07, 10:10 PM

Gameboy DS. .001 MB memory. 100GS(go slow)video card Runs just swell between my patrols:rotfl:

AMD 64 3200+
1 Gig RAM
Radeon X1300 XGE 512mb vid card
Sound provided by motherboard.
Interuptions provided by my wife;)

Post processing filter on
All sliders mid-way
All box checked with exception of 3D water/traded that off for 3D wake

15 is the lowest FPS and 45 is the highest FPS. The 15 FPS is in port but who cares. I only go to port every so often;)

Kresge

03-25-07, 12:05 AM

P4 3.0 GHz (hyperthread)
GeForce 6800 128MB
SATA hard drives
2GB DDR533 RAM

With everything maxed I average 15-25 fps 'outside' during the battles, 40-80 'inside'.
Disabling the environmental effects (transparent water disabled) takes me up to about 40-50 in the outside scenes.

Stable, no problem except a bit of mouse cursor lag when maxed out in battle.

nuggetz

03-25-07, 12:58 AM

Win XP SP2
AMD 3500 - overclocked to 2.5 GHZ
Plain old Nvidia 6800 128MB RAM
1 GB of top notch RAM

With low settings and texture quality set to high performance in nvidia control panel, I get between 20-26 FPS on the bridge. Why on earth I get low frames in the map view is beyond me.

I had to disable music or else the game seemed to swap alot more to the hard drive and it would stutter alot.

I need an upgrade :-)

PS - is there gonna be an AA patch? I hate jaggies. Also, hitting the "A" button for maintain depth crashes the game.:damn:

Liszt_

03-25-07, 01:03 AM

P4 2.6 ghz
1 gig ddr ram
BFG 6800 GT w/ 256 ram video

runs great on medium and I think it looks stellar.

~30-40 fps everywhere.

GakunGak

03-25-07, 05:41 AM

P4 3.0 GHz HT
1gb RAM
X1600Pro 512MB AGP 8X
250GB HDD
XP SP2
Game runs everything maxed out with 1024 resolution and I get around 12 fps....
Set to medium and you have a playable sim...:ping:

Skybird

03-25-07, 05:50 AM

Thank you everybody.

I consider a game at 1024 resolution to be fully playable and almost smooth when frames at least reach 20. Wwith my P4-3 GHz, 1 GB RAM and 7800 GS (256, AGP) I think I am on the safe side, after having seen the reports here of users with comparable systems.

Will wait for the next patch, just be save from eventual real bugs, and then go for it.

Drebbel

03-25-07, 06:02 AM

P4 3.0 GHz
1 GB ram, 2 x 512 dual channel
GeForce FX5600
XP SP2
Game Settings: Sound and Graphics at minimum

Result: Unplayable, game is waaaaaay to laggy. But no crashes or stuff like that. Only thing that runs smooth is the pre game menu :-)

BUT: THIS WAS TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE THIS IS VIDEO CARD IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SH4

I might get a more smooth game by increasing RAM, but I think I will get a whole new upgrade, including mobo/ram/cpu, and a PCI-E vidcard.

I am wondering how much free ram you guys have before starting up SH4. Because stating RAM does not help much is half of it is already used before SH4 has been started.

Skybird

03-25-07, 06:13 AM

In case of hardware-demanding applications like FS9 I use Enditall2 anyway, not allowing more than 17 or 18 background processes. FS9 being the only sim where it makes a noticable difference, however.

Drebbel

03-25-07, 06:19 AM

In case of hardware-demanding applications like FS9 I use Enditall2 anyway

On the www I read: This version has been superseded by TaskPower 2

So is Enditall2 still the best to use ?

Skybird

03-25-07, 06:26 AM

I honestly don't know, Drebbel. the program you mention I have not heared of (and since Enditall2 does what it should I was too lazy to ever look for a replacement). My system usually has 25-29 running tasks, 25 at start, 29 after some time, orwhen I have opened and closed some applications (probably indicating that they do not get properly shut down). Enditall helps to reduce that number to 17-18. Reading the web, it appears that tech wizards agree that reducing that number even firther increases the probability of an instabile system dramatically. Enditall does not list all the tasks I would see when opening the windows task manager, however.

I also have manually disabled or set to "manual" a number of usual services Windows normally would run.

I am no friend of uncontrolled automatisms...

P.S. just had a quick gooling for taskpower2. enditall2 has one advantae over taskpower: it is all free, taskpower is shareware. Not too expensive, though (< $10)

JackChen

03-25-07, 07:51 AM

CPU - AMD Athlon X2 4400+
RAM - 2 x 1 GB DDR400
Windows XP SP2
Graphics - XFX 7600 XXX, 256MB RAM
ONboard sound
Mobo - MSI K8N Platinum V3.0
1 250GB IDE HDD, 1 320GB SATA II HDD

19" LCD Monitor, 40" LCD TV<-- used like monitor

RedHammer

03-25-07, 07:59 AM

Win XP SP2
MSI K8N Neo-4 Platinum 939 sock
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ clocked to 2.5 ghz each core with Tsunami Double Row watercooling.
OCZ 2048 MB Dual Channel Platinum Edition PC-4000 2x 1024 MB (3-3-2-8) 500 MHZ FSB.
Nvidia Gainward GeForce 7800 GT 256 mb 2xDvi-Vivo.
Western Digital Raptor 74.5 GB 10000 RPM. SATA
Western Digital Caviar 250 GB 7200 RPM. SATA
Western Digital Caviar 250 GB 7200 RPM. SATA
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200 GB 7200 RPM SATA
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200 GB 7200 RPM IDE.
Western Digital Caviar 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA 2.

Track IR 4 Pro.
Logitech MX 518.
Logitech G-15.
Saitek X52.

My fps are rather poor, running on almost highest graphics, i assume FPS to be maybe 10-20 when in ordinary combat.. Have tried V-Sync and such in
cfg editing without much luck if I may add.. I am rather dissapointed when I see how good fps other people with almost same or older hardware then mine, runs game as smooth as up to 60 fps!!

S! to all

Your Friend in the pacific

RH

Grothesj2

03-25-07, 08:03 AM

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 4200
RAM - 2 GB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM
XP Media Edition/SP2
Graphics - GeForce 6150 LE 256mb (integrated P.O.S) ---------soon to be replaced with GeForce 7950 GT/512MB
on board sound
HD - 250 GB SATA 7200rpm

Plays SHIV at lowest settings very, very badly though it loads up quite fast, faster than SHIII. I am looking forward to my upgrade so I can hopefully play the game smoothly.

Mud

03-25-07, 08:31 AM

P4E 3.4GHz i915P chipset
Motherboard MSI MS 7091
1 GB ram, 4 x 256 dual channel
GeForce 6600 GT
Onboard soundcard intel 8280
250 Gig HD
XP SP2

Running on medium settings 20 to 40 fps ..... no stutters

Mud

Sulikate

03-25-07, 08:37 AM

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

~ Maximum settings, 1024x768, no vsync.
- Runs smoothly most of the time, some stuttering while in port or when the environmental effect's bug happens:shifty:.
- The option that most affects my performance is also environmental effects (but looks great:arrgh!:)

Takeda Shingen

03-25-07, 08:40 AM

Waiting on my new machine to arrive:

Intel Core 2 Duo 2MB L2 cache 2.13GHz, 1066 FSB
2 GB Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 667 MHz 2 DIMMs
256 MB GeoForce 7900 GS
Windows Vista
SoundBlaster X-Fi
AGEIA PhysX Physics Accelerator

I will let you know how it goes.

Kapitan_Phillips

03-25-07, 09:20 AM

I managed to play it with a slightly modified GeForce 6200 256 MB card. Meh, I'll manage :p

fidget

03-25-07, 10:50 AM

E6700 Core2Duo 2.66 Ghz (OC to 3.1 Ghz)
ASUS P5W64 WS
2GB DDR2 800
7950GT 512MB
XP Pro SP2
Audigy2

Frame rates between 20 and 40 outside, 50 to 60+ inside. Everything maxed on the Graphics Options.

DaMaGe007

03-25-07, 11:00 AM

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.

AVGWarhawk

03-25-07, 11:06 AM

I managed to play it with a slightly modified GeForce 6200 256 MB card. Meh, I'll manage :p

I had some issues with my 6200 so I got the Radeon X1300 512mb. Much improved. Cost was $150.00 US. If you can score one you will be happy with game play etc.

UBootMann

03-25-07, 11:21 AM

Nope, no joy.

Athlon 2700
1G RAM
ATI 9600XT 256
on board sound

Graphics on low only, cursor lags badly, so slow and jerky that I can't set up a manual TDC shot in training misssion. Sound is crap.:nope:

Requisition has been placed with the appropriate supply depots for a new control system for SS WARFISH. Navy department bureaucrats are questioning the $ outlay.:down:

Dammit isn't there a WAR on!?:arrgh!:

Fercyful

03-25-07, 06:49 PM

Sempron 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:

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:

KevinM

03-25-07, 08:27 PM

Surely I should be getting better frame rates than this.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 CPU
3Gb RAM
512Mb ATI X1650SE graphics card
ATI Catalyst 7.2 video driver
Windows Vista
1024x768 res

All settings at max, except EE off and glare off.

I manage to scrape 26 FPS down below in the control room, but if I go onto the deck, this drops to a measley 12 FPS, which frankly, is unplayable.

Is my graphics card the problem ? Is it really that bad, or is something else causing the lousy performance.

I sit here in awe of all you people getting 60-100 FPS on what appears to be a PC not light years ahead of what I am using.

Cheers,
Kevin.

GakunGak

03-26-07, 04:52 AM

get nvidia 8800GTX...:huh:
Only then you would get not 100fps, but 200!:doh:

tonyeh

03-26-07, 05:29 AM

ATI radion 6800 pro
Intel 2.4 gig
1 gig RAM

2 frames a second hell, all settings on low, except textures. Absolutely impossible to play to any degree. Fine for SHIII though.

I expect much better on my new machine...

Intel core 2 duo E6700
2 gig Corsair Value S. PC5300 RAM
ABIT AB9 pro P965
Gigabyte GeForce 7900GT

Tony

Linavitch

03-26-07, 05:29 AM

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

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:

Thats my system from a similar post a few days ago. I have had a bit a cleanup and installed some newer catalyst drivers (forgot when I clean installed Vista). I have also disabled the Enviromental Effects (to get rid of the Monolith of Doom) and now have 35-40 Fps in 3d view and 170 Fps on the map screen even at 1024TC.

The E6600 is the best cpu on the market at its price IMHO (and others) and I regard my graphics card as the weak link in my system but I'm waiting for the DX10 cards to come down in price a bit.

KevinM

03-26-07, 05:41 AM

get nvidia 8800GTX...:huh:
Only then you would get not 100fps, but 200!:doh:

Funny you should say that...I have just decided to go out and get a new 8800GTS (can't stretch to the GTX just yet).

The 320Mb GTS can be had for about £190, which is actually a good price for the performance, and should certainly perk up my framerate a tad.

Kevin.

GakunGak

03-26-07, 06:04 AM

I just reccomend the best....:lol: :lol: :lol:

Steel_Tomb

03-26-07, 06:17 AM

I've got a pretty old system here but runs SH4 OK...

CPU - AMD Athlon XP 3200+, 2.2ghz
RAM - Corsair Value Select 2x 512mb, PC2700, 333mhz
GPU - Ati Radeon X1650PRO 512mb AGP
OS - Win XP Pro

Ive got everything on apart from environmental effects because it absolutely kills my system, which is cool because been able to see your sub just under the water line at p.depth is pretty sweet. I'm getting roughly 24fps, drops a tad in harbour but not much (I've only done 1 patrol though so not sure, havent been to big ports like Pearl yet...)

McBeck

03-26-07, 06:46 AM

AMD XP 3200+
3 GB
Windows XP
ATI X850 XT PE, 256Mb
Soundblaster Live! 5.1

1280*1024
No AA, AF

Above 30FPS, but occationsal stuttering otherwise smoooooth.
Running all high. Fog and photografic effects off (Looks bad IMO)

KevinM

03-26-07, 07:41 AM

Well, it appears to me that having a Core 2 Duo chip (especially one of the slower ones) has no real advantage.

I have just installed this on my "general purpose" PC and it runs so much better.

As a comparison, the specs are:

Game PC

Core 2 Duo E6300
3Gb RAM
512Mb ATI X1650SE graphics
ATI Catalyst 7.2 Vista drivers
Windows Vista

On deck with everything maxed, and Post Process, Full Screen Glare, Light Shaft & EE all off, everything else selected, I get 24FPS on deck.

General Purpose PC

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ CPU
2Gb RAM
ATI X850SE 256Mb graphics
Warcat 7.1 optimised XP video driver
Windows XP

On deck I get 42FPS (with exactly the same settings as above) and everything is as smooth as silk. With every option selected, the framerate drops to 26 (still playable) compared to 12 on my Games PC.

I guess I know which of my PCs I will be playing this on then !!

Kevin.

Bo-Bo

03-26-07, 08:59 AM

See sig for system specs.....

Game loads in about 5 secs......saved games take about the same time.
FPS is constant at 60 (v-sync forced) with maxed settings except in some odd instance (bug) thats been reported when an artifact brings the gfx to a halt.

can't wait till they fix the resolution & fsaa issues.

bobo

03-26-07, 09:03 AM

BBury

03-26-07, 09:46 AM

Intel P4 3.0
2gig Corsair DDR400
115G SATA HD
ATI X800pro AGP
Onboard sound (SoundMax)
WinXP SP2 & current

1024x768x75
"Medium" settings

I average about 30 to 60 fps depending on view. Long pauses when pulling up clipboard toward end of long patrol with only minor pauses (stutters) here and there. All in all it runs pretty smooth and looks pretty good.
I tried "Evironment On" setting but this created not so good graphic anamolies and bad fps loss for me so I turned it off.

Canonicus

03-26-07, 10:06 AM

Hey all....I'm glad to be here.

I took the plunge:o

Alienware Area 51 7500 SLI
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX 6700 3.2 GHZ/ 8MB cache/ 1066FSB
4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHZ
500GB Raid 0 Serial ATA 3GB/s/ 7,200 RMP w/2 x 8mb Cache
Dual 768MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX - SLI enabled
Creative Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeGamer HD 7.1
1000 Watt Power supply

Think I'll have any problems?

EdwardTivrusky

03-26-07, 10:24 AM

My Specs but i'm hoping to upgrade soon, this game sure makes my rig work it's elderly little butt off. Anyway:

Athlon A64 3000+ ( old one, Newcastle? )
ASUS K8VSE DX mobo
1GB Ram
Radeon 9800pro 128mb
Creative Audigy 2 ZS.

Performance:
With the gfx settings down a fair bit i can get 20-25fps usually, mouse lags a tad but the real fun comes when i launch a Torpedo and the "EventCam" appears i then get a whopping 6-8fps. :smug:

Just as well that I spend most of my time in the nav/map screen where i get 70-200fps.

It's not so bad, i sank the Yamato last night so the game is playable. I just don't fancy getting into a big engagement and waiting a week for the outcome! :roll:

Fercyful

03-26-07, 10:44 AM

Thats my system from a similar post a few days ago. I have had a bit a cleanup and installed some newer catalyst drivers (forgot when I clean installed Vista). I have also disabled the Enviromental Effects (to get rid of the Monolith of Doom) and now have 35-40 Fps in 3d view and 170 Fps on the map screen even at 1024TC.

The E6600 is the best cpu on the market at its price IMHO (and others) and I regard my graphics card as the weak link in my system but I'm waiting for the DX10 cards to come down in price a bit.

thanks for the update... glad you get more FPS there... I still thinking in buying the E6600 + Asrock VSTA now :D

Fercyful

03-26-07, 10:45 AM

Well, it appears to me that having a Core 2 Duo chip (especially one of the slower ones) has no real advantage.

I have just installed this on my "general purpose" PC and it runs so much better.

On deck I get 42FPS (with exactly the same settings as above) and everything is as smooth as silk. With every option selected, the framerate drops to 26 (still playable) compared to 12 on my Games PC.

I guess I know which of my PCs I will be playing this on then !!

Kevin.

Please kevin at Pearl port what are your FPS at deck? (both computers please)
thanks! :arrgh!:

KevinM

03-26-07, 11:00 AM

Well, it appears to me that having a Core 2 Duo chip (especially one of the slower ones) has no real advantage.

I have just installed this on my "general purpose" PC and it runs so much better.

On deck I get 42FPS (with exactly the same settings as above) and everything is as smooth as silk. With every option selected, the framerate drops to 26 (still playable) compared to 12 on my Games PC.

I guess I know which of my PCs I will be playing this on then !!

Kevin.

Please kevin at Pearl port what are your FPS at deck? (both computers please)
thanks! :arrgh!:

Is there a quick way to start up in Pearl Port ?

Fercyful

03-26-07, 11:08 AM

mmm... I think you need to start a new career but no problem you will don´t lost your other one ;) I start at 1941 at pearl... that was my most FPS killer 15 FPS here at bridge... at soon I travel out of pearl I get 24 FPS... mmm :shifty:

thanks for trying if you can. :arrgh!:

KevinM

03-26-07, 11:29 AM

OK, just done my test on my two PCs...

General Purpose PC, at Pearl Port, on deck, 24FPS. That is with everything maxed, 1024x768 but no Post Process, Full Screen Glare, Light Shaft or EE.

If I select these 4 options, framerate drops to 18.

On my Games PC (yeah right !)

On deck at Pearl Port, I get 18FPS, dropping to 10FPS if I select the 4 frame-eating options.

Obviously, it pays to have a fast, single CPU rather than a (supposedly) efficient Dual CPU system...at least for the time being.

Maybe future patches will bring out the best in Core 2 Duo systems, but as it stands right now, a fast single CPU appears to be better.

My intention is to play it on my GP PC, with all sliders maxed and only Post Processing enabled out of the "big 4", as this makes the view look nicer (on my system) and only had a 1FPS hit.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Kevin.

Fercyful

03-26-07, 11:34 AM

hey Kevin!! VERY informative. thanks a lot for try all that for me :up:

Obviously, it pays to have a fast, single CPU rather than a (supposedly) efficient Dual CPU system...at least for the time being.

I think that is the reason!

maybe with a E6600 things will go better but now I´m thinking twice in spend all that money for have maybe 5 more FPS than the ones I´m getting now wiht my Sempron 2800 (old 462!!) and 7800GS AGP... :hmm:

really appreciate your help!

cya!

:arrgh!:

Nightmare

03-26-07, 11:55 AM

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (stock speed)
Intel D975XBX2 Motherboard (BadAxe2)
Patriot eXtreme Performance 2GB DDR2 800
2 Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s in RAID 0
EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB

I've got everything crank at 1280x1024. I see between 100-80 FPS in the boat and external camera, even in and around port. Worst frame rate I've seen so far was 68 FPS in the Battle of Midway mission while I watched with external camera. :rock:

Fercyful

03-26-07, 12:00 PM

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

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:
Thats my system from a similar post a few days ago. I have had a bit a cleanup and installed some newer catalyst drivers (forgot when I clean installed Vista). I have also disabled the Enviromental Effects (to get rid of the Monolith of Doom) and now have 35-40 Fps in 3d view and 170 Fps on the map screen even at 1024TC.

The E6600 is the best cpu on the market at its price IMHO (and others) and I regard my graphics card as the weak link in my system but I'm waiting for the DX10 cards to come down in price a bit.

please Linavitch can you try "Pearl port" at the beginning of the career with your configuration like KevinM did... You have almost the same rig that I´m planing to build (ASROCK VSTA + e6600) Here I have a 7800GS instead of your ATI 850... so if you try I will get an idea of how it will run on the Asrock at Pearl that have to be the most demanding part... Thank for your help!

:arrgh!:

Brausepaul

03-26-07, 12:14 PM

P4 2,8 GHz HT
800 MHz FSB
Radeon 9800 Pro
2 GB RAM

Performance is slow if not sloppy, I'm a little bit disappointed and hope that a fruther patch will help a little bit.

Linavitch

03-26-07, 12:24 PM

Nightmare

03-26-07, 12:28 PM

P4 2,8 GHz HT
800 MHz FSB
Radeon 9800 Pro
2 GB RAM

Performance is slow if not sloppy, I'm a little bit disappointed and hope that a fruther patch will help a little bit.

The video card is the weak link in your PC. The 9800 series is at least 2 generations behind everything.. A GeForce 7 series will clean that up nicely and they've come down in price and are inexpensive as far as video cards go. Newegg has a EVGA Geforce 8800 for $259 after a mail-in rebate! The only issue with the 8800 cards is you need one of the new fast CPU to really see the speed, otherwise your CPU becomes the bottleneck.

Brausepaul

03-26-07, 12:59 PM

The video card is the weak link in your PC. The 9800 series is at least 2 generations behind everything.. A GeForce 7 series will clean that up nicely and they've come down in price and are inexpensive as far as video cards go. Newegg has a EVGA Geforce 8800 for $259 after a mail-in rebate! The only issue with the 8800 cards is you need one of the new fast CPU to really see the speed, otherwise your CPU becomes the bottleneck.
Well, I'd hate to spent more bucks for my system because it's aging in general anyway. I'm thinking of getting a completely new system anytime soon, I just didn't expect my performance to be THAT bad. Then again...a 7600 GS is € 100 only...and it is very silent (noise is a big factor for me).

1mPHUNit0

03-26-07, 01:05 PM

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
Forceware 94.20

phatmatt

03-26-07, 01:12 PM

-Intel Pentium D Dual Core Processor 3.0GHz 930 LGA 775 FSB800 2MBx2
-1024mb (2x512mb) Kingston Hyper-X pc3200 ddr400 dual channel
-ATI Radeon X700PRO 256mb (AGP version)

Is ok most of the time, only lags a bit when the loading is finished then is alright. also lags a hell lot when i have the event camera on so i dont use it. other then that its all right. most settings are on high.

Also since im here im supposed to get a delivery soon with computer goodies:D and im supposed to get a 7600 in there, now i was asking myself should i change my X700 256mb AGP for a 7600 most likely PCI-E ? (everything else is unknown for the card atm). So my question is should i go with the 7600 over my X700?

BTW: i have both AGP8X and PCI-E ports on my motherboard aswell DDR and DDR2

1mPHUNit0

03-26-07, 01:32 PM

1GB more of ram and all it's ok

Hans Schultz

03-26-07, 01:50 PM

My Specs are:
AMD 64 3200+ @2.0ghz
2gig of RAM
Geforce 6800GT
120gb HD

runs very very well on medium settings, now i have it set on custom and its still running very well with my graphics settings. only time i get studdering is in a Harbor or near a large convoy with Time Compression on.

running retail v 1.1

Fercyful

03-26-07, 02:21 PM

@Fercyful

Ok just done the test for you.

Pearl harbour. All graphics options on. External views average 25fps. Internal 100fps

Enviromental Off - External 30 fps.

The good thing about the vsta mobo (for me) is that it has both AGP and PCI-E GPU slots so I didn't have to upgrade my card along with my other bits. It also takes DDR1 and DDR2 ram (although you can't have both IIRC)

I'm sure I saw Argentina in your info but it soesn't show in the typing section but the Mobo and CPU cost me £230 off ebuyer.com in the UK. (and I think the CPU has gone down a tenner since I got it:oops:)

Hope this helps and good luck.
:up: :up: thanks lots Linavitch!! Now I know what to expect here :rock:

yes I´m in Argentina and here prices are quite high, that is why I want to be sure before paying :know: I like also the mother features for future upgrades, I have DDR1 now but no money for DDR2 and the mother have all posibilities... as you said.

I don´t know about the PCI-E I read that you only can have 4X cards in that...(so you can´t use the latest ones) but AGP you can use 8X without problems. But I don´t plan to change my 7800gs for llloonngg time...

So now I think I will buy the VSTA mobo and the e6600 :|\\

thanks again for your big help Linavitch! :arrgh!:

FooFighters

03-26-07, 03:07 PM

I will recieve SH-IV tomorrow :D :D

So I can tell you my findings tomorrow..
AMD 64 3000+ (2100 mhz) on Asus K8N
1280 DDR Ram
XFX Geforce 6600GT 128mb (AGP)
2 x 40GB HD

If I have some problems.. what will be better.
replacing the 256mb for 1024 (total 2GB)
or replace the graphic card for a better AGP card.

:hmm:

1mPHUNit0

03-26-07, 03:11 PM

Graphic card i think, but maybe not neccesary

Fercyful

04-06-07, 01:42 PM

Hi again m8s!!

Well pretty happy right now... I just change parts of my computer and now I CAN PLAY THE GAME in the way I want...

first I want to thanks "KevinM" and "Linavitch" for their help in testing some parts of the game, thanks to those test I finally buy the new stuff :up: thanks guys

lets see:

before:
SEMPRON 2800+ @ 1999 mhz (don´t reach 2000 sorry LOL) (old 472 socket)
ASUS A78VX-X
EVGA 7800GS OC (430-1300)
1,5 GB DDR1 RAM @ 333
HD 2 x 80 GB (IDE 133)
WINXP SP2

NOW:
CORE2DUO E6600 @ 2,4 ghz (new stuff)
ASROCK 4CORE-VSTA DUAL (new stuff)
EVGA 7800GS OC (430-1300)
1,5 GB DDR1 RAM @ 333
HD 2 x 80 GB (IDE 133)
WINXP SP2

benchmarks: (all options ON,1024x768)

At Pearl port 1941 start of campaign... (take note that Pearl is one of the most CPU+GPU intensive parts fo the game...)

before : inside sub.......: 20 FPS
F5 bridge view.: 10-14 FPS
free cam........: 8-10 FPS

now (same situation) :
inside sub........: 60/100 FPS (and no problems at 1024 TC!)
F5 bridge view..: 25 FPS (those 11 more really counts!)
free cam..........: 25/28 FPS great

and if I turn off the "monolith of death a 2001 space odyssey in game" :rotfl: (aka Env effects :know:) the 25 goes to 30/33 FPS... nice! (hope they will add more performance in next patch to that specific nice water effect and fix the monolith and quite invisible crew...)

(hey! pretty the same as you Linavitch! same mother+CPU, yeah!! I think a lot in your benchmark when I first enter the game... believe me really a high tension moment here!! hehe then after ctrl-F8 : WE DID IT :rock:)

So I´m very happy with my PC right now... in other parts of the game like nav school or free ocean (under campaign) things are super smooth for my eyes (30 FPS and up is fine with this type of game...and the human eye don´t see much difference after those numbers...) (but I still want AA please!!! :damn:)

I can also play oblivion very well (even on cities) and SHIII with Grey Wolves is other game here... in ports much more FPS before was a slide show...company of heroes also super nice, you was right Linavitch core2duo was the move to do (in my $ sytuation)... and with this VSTA mother I can use all the stuff I have here... so if you are with a AGP system and a low CPU have all this in mind for an quite low $$$ upgrade of your system... any help I´m here.

uff!! this was llloonnggg :doh:

well thanks for reading and time to play now! :arrgh!:

melin71

04-06-07, 03:03 PM

i got my new computer ...and im so dam happy that i allmost started to cry when i started the game.

Geforece 8800 GTS 350 mb
Intel dual core 2 E6600
2 gig DDR II
X-fi extrem gaming.

i have everything on max..and i mean all max..i got 60 fps in perl harbor on the bridge and little over 100 inside. before i coulden get more then 9 in perlharbor...

only trubel in the sky...i have vista on this new computer...and vista feels dam unstabel.

NefariousKoel

04-06-07, 03:25 PM

Yes, use a 7600 over an X700. Definitely.

Just be sure you completely eliminate all your previous Catalyst drivers before installing it. Probably reinstall the version of DirectX on the SH4 DVD after installing your new 7600 too.

Gorgon

04-06-07, 03:54 PM

Core 2 Duo E6600
2 gigs RAM
Windows Vista
Inno 3D GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Overclock Edition
On-Board soundcard
1680x1050
AA, AF OFF (no way to enable on-game); everything else on MAX settings and/or ON.

I've measured fps with Fraps, not the in-game feature (I don't know to to enable that); I get something like above 70 fps on open sea and above 30 fps on ports. It never stutters, no matter how many ships, explosions, etc, are displayed on screen. Excelent performance.

Egan

04-06-07, 03:56 PM

P4 3.8, 2 gig ddr2 ram and a a factory overclocked 7950.

All graphic setting on full I'm getting 50 - 80 fps on open water or about 35 - 50 if there is any volumetric fog kicking around.

I upgraded from a 6800 ultra a few days ago. My FPS weren't even half with that card.

SKurj

04-06-07, 04:44 PM

e6600
2gb ram
XP SP2
1950 PRO 256 with 7.3 cats

Runs great for awhile... frame rate steadily drops the longer I play until I have to save and restart, and then it all works good again. Using Post effects my frame rate can go from 90+ in command room when I first fire up the game to single digits several hours later.

All effects on except 3d wake, turned it off first time I fired up the game as it seemed to fix the monolith... (i was wrong but never did turn the effect back on)

Hartmann

04-06-07, 05:11 PM

in my system, a 2400+ with a 6600GT and 1GB ddr400, and as i suspected it don´t run well.

in Pearl Harbour in the dock with everything out, 1.0 version, hdisk fragmented, and some little background programs.

Tower 10 sometimes down to 6 ( the dreaded monolith ?? )
Interior 20
External cam 10
Map 25
Uzo 12

In open sea

Tower 21
Interior 21
External 21
Map 36
Uzo 27

for compare things in sh3 Gw in port i have 15,20,10,30,7

The mouse is a bit laggy sometimes but not unplayable, also it´s not and action game as quake, so i can live with it. but it would be nice if dev team optimize more the engine.
i suspect a bad optimization because is very unstable

Now i´m looking in the files and there are a lot of interesting files, perhaps not related with performance but yes whith graphics, like filters/shaders/textures folders.

skullman86

04-08-07, 07:05 PM

Already posted my specs and fps but I recently tried turning down settings for better performance and found that it did hardly anything :doh:.I play all maxed except the sound thing so I'm looking at maybe 30fps but it stays in at 24 a lot of the time so probably a lower average....Well I tried lowering all my settings to the lowest and I gained 10fps WTF??! how is that possible, I turned off every single bell and whistle and lowered all the texture settings and yet I only gained 10 FPS making it a slightly faster slide show at times :-?.Is the game poorly optimized or is it because this game doesn't support dual cores :damn: ? Why is this game so demanding?

7800gt @ 381/1208
2gb of ram
amd64x2 3800+ @ 2.11

stabiz

04-08-07, 08:12 PM

Skullman, check if vsync is forced on in your video card control panel.

Teh_Diplomat

04-08-07, 08:41 PM

AMD 3200
2GB Ram
BFG 7800GS OC
120 GB HDD
Acer 22" Widescreen 5 m/s
G15 Keyboard
G5 Laser Mouse

I run Med-High settings(Enviromental effects, Sun glare, etc)

I manage about 25-35 FPS depending on where I am, but after about 45 minutes the memory leak begins.

kiwi_2005

04-08-07, 09:41 PM

MainPC
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2ghz
2gigs ram DDR 2
Geforce 7600GS 256 ram
160hdd
winxp pro

SHIV run perfect on this with all settings turn on. The "Enviroment Effects" options blew me away this brings out shadows, when my sub submerges i can see the shape of it under the ocean while looking above - until she goes deeper. Its like looking through clear glass.
Only time i do get a slowdown is when i click on the Captains logbook i think this is more a bug tho.

2nd PC
AMD AthlonXP 2600 - 2gigs
2gigs ram DDR 333
80hdd
Geforce 6200 256 ram
winxp pro

SHIV runs slow on this, i put the slowness down to the GFX card the 6200 are pretty crap cards good for 2D games or older FPS, plays SH3 very well tho, but SHIV spits at it in discuss. She'll run but everything is a tad slow. Im yet to try it outs for a 1 on 1 LAN game, maybe with other pc as the host running the convoy, this PC the sub. Might go ok.:hmm:

Canonicus

04-09-07, 11:14 AM

My Specs....
for my dream system.....(SHHHHH!....Don't tell my wife!)

Alienware Area 51 7500
EVGA NFORCE 680I SLI motherboard
Intel Quad Core Extreme QX6700 processor
(overclocked to 3.2GHZ & liquid cooled)
4 GB DDR2 Low Latency memory
Seagate 500GB RAID 0 Hard drive
(2)EVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GTX 768mb PCI-E
(SLI enabled)
Creative Soundblaster X-FI Extreme Gamer SoundCard
Vista Home Premium 32Bit

I run SH4 with all options maxed...with no problems. :up:
Looks pretty good now...even better when AA and higher resolutions are supported.

USS_shipmaster

04-09-07, 11:51 AM

everything in my signature .. what i can add HD 250 Gyg
Graphics runs good on med - high level (custom)

Elias999

04-09-07, 02:23 PM

AMD 64 X2 dual core 4600+ 2.4ghz
2 gigs of ram
Ati radeon 1950 pro 256
Vista
I forget exactly what resolution but its widescreen

Running at max settings and runs smooth.

Quillan

04-09-07, 02:28 PM

Athlon 64 X2 4800+ processor at stock speeds.
2 gigs of PC3200 DDR ram, dual channel
eVGA 6800 GS AGP softmodded into a 6800 Ultra
Audigy 2 sound card
120 gig ATA133 hard drive, 8 meg cache
Windows XP Pro with SP2

I run at stock resolution, environmental effects are off (hate see-through crewmen), postprocessing is off but everything else is maxxed. I tend to average 40-45 FPS outdoors. It slows down to the 25-30 range in port or in a convoy.

peckerwrecker

04-09-07, 06:25 PM

Specs are in my sig. Running all settings maxed, 80-100fps in harbors, 120-200fps in open water depending on whether or not I have other ships in the area.

Grunt

04-09-07, 06:39 PM

P4 3.2ghz

2GB RAM

GeForce 7900GT

Audigy 2

SATA150

Game runs fine @ 1280x1024 32bbp with everything maxed but post processing off. I get minor slowdowns when entering harbor, though.

Ghostieguide

04-10-07, 08:01 PM

With the right settings the game runs surprisingly well on a low spec machine.

I have:
AMD Athlon 1700
768mb ram
200gb hdd
ATI Radeon 9600/256dram

Unplayable I would have thought, however after some experimentation with settings, I found all settings to min except ship 3d damage to max. All boxes unchecked except environmental effects, 3d wakes and detailed wave ripples.

I was presently surprised that environmental effects had little slowdown on my system considering other comments I have read here. I love the transparent water.
Frame rates are 15- 20 fps assuming I don’t see the rectangle of doom, or sail into a busy port its just about playable. The biggest effect on frame rate is Normal Maps On… no I idea what this means but it causes slowdown to unplayable.

Cant wait for the 1.2 patch… and to see what the GWX team do with this game.