ARRRGGHH!

[Blow Negative]

My copy of SH 4 arrived today. Wasn't the gold version, so I installed the 1.4 update after installing.

Tried running the training menu. Crahed as soon as I did anything more than look around. Ok, turn all game graphic sliders to minimum. Still crashes. Turn down hardware acceleration - too far, now 3d engine won't load. Notch it up so 3D loads, still crashes. Audio acceleration to minimum - STILL crashes! Arrgghh!

Running Win 2000 Pro, SP4
AMD 3300
1024 MB RAM
Radeon 9600 128 MB ram
Game installed on drive with 24 gigs free space

Any suggestions?

[SteamWake]

Make sure your graphics card driver is up to date.

Make sure direct X is up to date.

[gAiNiAc]

You don't even have enough RAM to run the operating system. You'll never be able to run the game.........

Pick up 4 gigs of Ram and try from there.

[claybirdd]

2 gigs will work though.

and a 512 card

[Sardaukar67]

SH IV does not run with 128 MB card...I have tried. 256 is the minimum.

[Blow Negative]

*Sigh* Ok, I guess I'll have to upgrade vid card and memory. Great - more time in port!:down:

[Sledgehammer427]

better that than a game crashing, IMO

[Loud_Silence]

That graphics card is not enough. SHIV has normal system requirements today but i remember it was system-hungry when it was released.
You need at least a X16** or 8*** card, with 256 MB or more. CPU gets a bit short for this game, and RAM certainly is not enough, especially if its DDR1.:(

[Blow Negative]

Ok, ordered 2 gigs of memory today, and am looking at 512MB cards. Thinking about an ATI 1650 - any cards I should stay away from?

[CaptainHaplo]

I am running a 1650 currently - its a decent cheap card nowadays. Will play most games on medium detail - SH4 near max as long as you dont set the resolution too high.

Depends on your budget - check pricewatch.com if your in the USA. Newegg and TigerDirect are good sources. If your looking to spend under $50 your limited - but $100 gets you a good solid card with growth room. The 1650 doesnt have much of that anymore.

Suggest a mod may want to move this to the tech forum.

[ancient46]

The ancient one runs the game just fine with one GB of RAM and a 8800GT. Disabling all the bloatware XP runs reduced the XP footprint to 160 MB and allowed me get along on 1GB.

[Blow Negative]

I am running a 1650 currently - its a decent cheap card nowadays. Will play most games on medium detail - SH4 near max as long as you dont set the resolution too high.

Depends on your budget - check pricewatch.com if your in the USA. Newegg and TigerDirect are good sources. If your looking to spend under $50 your limited - but $100 gets you a good solid card with growth room. The 1650 doesnt have much of that anymore.

Suggest a mod may want to move this to the tech forum.

How much RAM are you running on the card?

[Deep-Six]

I recently updated my syst and it maxed everything to a high settings. I do plan on installing SH4 on Vista side of things and will post plcs. My machine is dual booted.:D

[bookworm_020]

Your OS might be a problem as well. Win2000 I don't think supports the game. Might be an idea to update to XP or (I can't believe I'm saying this!)Vista.

2GB of RAM is the basic amount you will need to run the game well, and a good graphics card!

[Task Force]

Ya know, vista realy isnt as bad is everyone says it is, Im running vista on my machine and get great FPS on SH4. (usualy 60-70fps) With RFB and PE4, settings maxed out.:D

[Urge]

Your OS might be a problem as well. Win2000 I don't think supports the game.

Not true, there was another thread here about it recently.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=144021

Urge

[Arclight]

Ya know, vista realy isnt as bad is everyone says it is, Im running vista on my machine and get great FPS on SH4. (usualy 60-70fps) With RFB and PE4, settings maxed out.:DIt's not that it's a bad OS, but what are, to the average user, the benefits of running Vista compared to XP? What can you do in Vista that you couldn't already? Even if you can think of something, is it worth the high cost to "upgrade" and the increase in resources it takes up?

Now imagine you have your own business. You'lld have to spend money to buy copies of it, and then spend more money to train your workers to use it. You get very little in return, certainly not enough to justify the costs.

Now if it doubled your peoples efficiency, it would pay itself back. But I just don't see that happening. :hmm:

[Beardy Bob Black]

Nvidia have just put the 9xxx series of cards on the market.

This is causing the price of the 8xxx cards to fall.

I'm in good ol' Blighty and picked up an 8800GT with 512MB of RAM for just under £100.

I can now crank up the setting to max with dynamic shadows on.

Opening stern tube ... sailor bring me more paper!

[Sandman_28054]

Here is my system:

AMD AM2 MSI K9AGM2-L mobo, with an AMD Athalon64 3800x2 processor. (2.08 Ghz) Running 2 Gb ram: Aeneon pc 667, DDR2, 800 mhz (matched pair), Nvida Vertigo 8600 512 MB video card PCI 16x, Seagate 120 gb Ata HD. Windows XP w/Sp 2. 550 watt Atrix 120mm PS.

Game works on mine just perfectly.

[Sirkam]

Your graphic card is too ancient (even you could't play SH3). Try to buy a new one and a 1Gb more of RAM.
However, i recomend you to buy the U-Boat Missions (to patch the version to 1.5).

[Sardaukar67]

*Sigh* Ok, I guess I'll have to upgrade vid card and memory. Great - more time in port!:down:


Well, if this is any consolation, I can run SH IV + UBM with RFB + RSRDC just fine with:

Processor : AMD Athlon 64 2800+ @ 1800 MHz
Physical Memory : 1024 MB (2 x 512 DDR-SDRAM )
Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce 7300 GT

With very low settings, but then I am not into eyecandy that much. :p Had ATI Radeon 128 MB Graphics Card..decided to get GeForce 7300 GT, both affordable and compatible with the rig just to run SH IV. :lol:

[Sandman_28054]

Being as since this is "Black Friday", Best buy has the NVidia GeForce 8400 512 MB DDR2 PCI Express x16 video card for $80.

[Blow Negative]

Ok, memory arrived today - now have 2.6 gig of RAM, and can play the game! Even with the 128 MB card (new 512 will be here soon!). Things are a bit choppy, but I'm sure the new graphics card will solve that.

Now, to get the controls down pat.....

[rhohltjr]

:-? It usually dosen't crash at startup but after I have travelled all the way over from Midway or Australia close to where my patrol area is and then it CTDs.

Current game year: Late 1942 early 1943:
Specs:
AMD 5600+ dual core.
8 Gig ram
8800 GS w/320 ram
WinXP 64
drowning in up to date current drivers.

Game did great for a long time then it hit a CTD wall.

Was SHIII with the Pacific mod stable? Perhaps I will try that one.:-?