SH4 Supported Video Cards

[panzer 49th]

If you are playing SH4 on a video card that is not listed on the back of the box post your videocard in here so people will have a reference.

(mods please sticky this)

[The General]

I have a NVIDIA 7600 GT.

It works pretty well, but I get some graphical glitches and twitches in the game occasionally. This is either my card, the programme, or my CPU overheating :o

[Travis Reed]

Mobo: Shuttle AN 35
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (1.8 Ghz)
RAM: 1.5 GB PC 2100
Video: ATI Radeon 9550 256 MB
Sound: nForce 2 w/ headphones for now...:down:
OS: WinXP SP2
Silent Hunter 3 v1.4b (US DVD) w/GWX 2.0
Dangerous Waters v1.04 w/LWAMI 3.08
Silent Hunter 4 v1.4 (US DVD) w/NSM 3.3, RFB 1.4 RC1, RSRD 115

About 15 fps in external looking 3d views (periscope, bridge, free cam, etc). 20-30 fps in the Command room, crew/damage/torp management, attack map and anything else I forgot (aside from the nav map). Up to 100 fps or so in the nav map depending on TC, weather, 'nearby' stuff that I haven't detected, etc. With my machine I can't really run faster than 1024x TC comfortably.

[manucapo]

ive checked the back of my silent hunter 4 box and i couldnt find my graphic card

it's an NVIDIA 8600 gt 512 MB

works great no problem with AA and AF set

and all setttings turned up.

[The General]

You have a 8600GT, how much is one of those bad-boys? And what processor do you have?

[Syxx_Killer]

You have a 8600GT, how much is one of those bad-boys? And what processor do you have?

I recently got this card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150260

It still has the $20 mail-in rebate, but the free game promotion must be over. I got a free copy of Company of Heroes with mine. I love the card. It runs my current games a lot smoother. With the HDR support, Oblivion never looked better. My old card didn't support HDR.

[The General]

Thanks for the tip. That's remarkably cheap. I am in the U.K. though and not sure if they'll deliver abroad.

[M. Sarsfield]

I'm running an EVGA 7600 GT. I have the nVidia control panel running an overclocking profile and I have tweaks running in nHancer. It takes some tinkering to get optimal performance for each person's system, since not all computers are created equal. The advice on here is a good place to start, though.

[bookworm_020]

A Nvidia 6200 256MB card. The Base level card recommended, but still does a good job of playing it, with graphic options at lower levels!;)

[Taurolas]

Currently running an ATI Sapphire 2600 HD 512mb AGP card and i'm well happy with it.. £58 and plays it fine.

the only glitches i get ingame are due to scene.dat probs with ati cards namely the below horizon sunset, sun glare is ok tho. I do believe someone has altered the scene.dat file to correct this problem but i have yet to run this as i believe it may be a stock 1.4 scene.dat and not have any of the alterations in it for ROW.

[swdw]

Currently running an ATI Sapphire 2600 HD 512mb AGP card and i'm well happy with it.. £58 and plays it fine.

the only glitches i get ingame are due to scene.dat probs with ati cards namely the below horizon sunset, sun glare is ok tho. I do believe someone has altered the scene.dat file to correct this problem but i have yet to run this as i believe it may be a stock 1.4 scene.dat and not have any of the alterations in it for ROW.
I made a modification to the scene.dat file (not for ROW- I'll be working on a ROW version next week) to fix the last of sun below the horizon problems not fixed by the 7.12 drivers

Here's the ati scene.dat fix if you're not using ROW- THIS IS ONLY FOR HD SERIES CARDS. The ATi x1xxx cards don't need it. You also need the 7.12 drivers, either ATi or Omega for the HD series cards.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128036

ATi HD3870,3850,2900, and 2600 work with SH4, one issue left- the sun texture is rendered through solid objects. The water rendering is more realistic than Nvidia cards though.

Do NOT get an ATi HD2400. The card is underpowered for SH4

[Rockin Robbins]

And solid as a rock with no glitches and great performance. Average 38 fps external camera (thanx to Rubini's nHancer tweaks) looking at the sub and higher everywhere else. No overclocking on my rig.

[Taurolas]

Currently running an ATI Sapphire 2600 HD 512mb AGP card and i'm well happy with it.. £58 and plays it fine.

the only glitches i get ingame are due to scene.dat probs with ati cards namely the below horizon sunset, sun glare is ok tho. I do believe someone has altered the scene.dat file to correct this problem but i have yet to run this as i believe it may be a stock 1.4 scene.dat and not have any of the alterations in it for ROW.
I made a modification to the scene.dat file (not for ROW- I'll be working on a ROW version next week) to fix the last of sun below the horizon problems not fixed by the 7.12 drivers

Here's the ati scene.dat fix if you're not using ROW- THIS IS ONLY FOR HD SERIES CARDS. The ATi x1xxx cards don't need it. You also need the 7.12 drivers, either ATi or Omega for the HD series cards.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128036

ATi HD3870,3850,2900, and 2600 work with SH4, one issue left- the sun texture is rendered through solid objects. The water rendering is more realistic than Nvidia cards though.

Do NOT get an ATi HD2400. The card is underpowered for SH4
I believe i downloaded that very file swdw :D however 7.12 drivers dont like my card for some reason, I have downloaded the omega drivers and will check those out at some point.

and yes the water rendering is out of this world :D

At the moment my card is running these.. ooops forgot mine is the pro version...
Driver Packaging Version 8.401-070725a-050962E-ATI
2D Driver Version 6.14.10.6715
Direct3D Version 6.14.10.0517
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.6747
Catalyst® Control Center Version 2007.0725.2231.38391
These drivers came with the card and run SH4 fine.

I look forward to your ROW modified Scene.dat with anticipation.. no rush just get at it sailor :)

[silent killer]

:D i am using a bfg 8800 320 oc vidio card

[panzer 49th]

a what? 8800 320?

[CCIP]

a what? 8800 320?
The 320mb model, I believe.

I have it running on both an 8600GTS (desktop) and a 8600M GS (laptop).

[panzer 49th]

Ok what is the difference of GDDR2 compared to GDDR3 in video cards what does it do?

[i_b_spectre]

Mobo: Shuttle AN 35
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (1.8 Ghz)
RAM: 1.5 GB PC 2100
Video: ATI Radeon 9550 256 MB
Sound: nForce 2 w/ headphones for now...:down:
OS: WinXP SP2
Silent Hunter 3 v1.4b (US DVD) w/GWX 2.0
Dangerous Waters v1.04 w/LWAMI 3.08
Silent Hunter 4 v1.4 (US DVD) w/NSM 3.3, RFB 1.4 RC1, RSRD 115
Wow, and you can run SH4 at playable frame rates? I've got a similar system (Athlon XP 2800+, 1.5Gb of DDR, Radeon AIW 9800 Pro) and I've never considered SH4 because I figured it would be a slide show. I'm enjoying SH3 with GWX 2.0.

Obviously I could use a hardware upgrade, but is SH4 realistically out of reach for my current system? :hmm:

[The Fishlord]

I have an NVidia GeForce 7600 GT, like someone before.

Noticed a few things wrong...(For instance I don't see oil slicks on the water, I don't know what that's about), sometimes when the external camera is right at the edge of the water, I can see all the way to the bottom without any fog or blue coloration.

But the game doesn't crash or go into funky colors or anything. So I'd say this card is pretty much fine to play with, though it could be better. :-?

[Checkmate King 2]

If a GeForce series 8 graphics card listing shows:

"DirectX: DirectX 10"

Can it be used with WinXp & on Direct x 9 games?

[imbiginjapan]

If a GeForce series 8 graphics card listing shows:

"DirectX: DirectX 10"

Can it be used with WinXp & on Direct x 9 games?

All DirectX10-compatible cards are also compatible with DirectX9 and XP, and most will be as good or better than the fastest DirectX 9 cards. I have an 8800GT 512 MB and performance is superb.

[Checkmate King 2]

As of right now, I'm leaning towards either a XFX GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card for $80 or a XFX GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card for $120.

I'm not sure if the extra $40 is worth buying a 8600GTS!!

[Go4It]

EVGA 7900 GTO NO/OC, lowest FPS i've seem was 23 FPS in the middle of a tast force with a carrier exploding. After the explotion was over the FPS goes up to 48. Everything maxed except the grainy effect, don't like it.

Had a MSI X1900XTX 512 mb card an it kept freezing in base everytime I went to the promotion screen.

[Greenwood]

Recently purchased Nvidia GeforceXFX 8800GT 512..Alpha Dog Edition (ruff ruff)

anyways, SH4 looks absolutely amazing !! (with new 22' monitor as well)

GW

[Checkmate King 2]

I finally order my new card!!! It is a XFX PVT84JUDD3 GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 !!

I can't wait!!!!!

[panzer 49th]

*bump*

[Fishie]

AMD64X2-4200+ with 2 gigs of Ram

Video card is a GeForce 7950GT (OC) w/ 512MB onboard memory.

Makes SH4 it's b!tch.