Who is upgrading their computer just for SH5

[THE_MASK]

Who is upgrading there computer just for SH5 . I will be buying a new computer at around $1000 so SH5 better be worth it .

[Méo]

When are you going to upgrade?

Do you think it's worth to wait for the Nvidia 'Fermi'?

[THE_MASK]

When are you going to upgrade?

Do you think it's worth wait for the Nvidia 'Fermi'? I am going to Fraser Island for christmas holidays and i need new tyres . 5 @ $32O ea . I will upgrade sometime around early march .

[Méo]

I will upgrade sometime around early march .

Yeah, I hesitate between early march or wait until the new Nvidia series come to a reasonable price. :hmmm:

I don't know, what do you guys think? is it worth it?

[Sailor Steve]

My computer doesn't really run SH4 all that well. The connections are AGP, so upgrading is more expensive than buying a new one. I'd like to say I need a new one for something else, but Silent Hunter is really the only game I play all the time, so I guess I'm going all-out for one game.

Silly, but there it is.

[Lord Justice]

Sir Sober, Medium to high end full system build underway, GPU march. Suitably for SH5 +1 game only. :oops: A toast, " To men whom are not affraid to speak their mind". :salute:

[GoldenRivet]

I'm in the group that currently has no plans to upgrade the PC at this time.

[Task Force]

Not specificly for SH5. I need to update my gpu.

[karamazovnew]

I only upgrade once every few years or when a card burns out. I always wait for something completely new (Amiga to 486, 486 to P2, P2 to P4, P4 to Quad, Quad to HAL) and then indulge myself with the best on the market at the top of the linear scale of prices (the point just before were prices just get silly). No need yet. Probably 2 years from now. Or more, depending when a good Head mounted display comes on.

[Undefined]

One option is missing. "I dont need upgrading because my PC kicks ass" :rock:

[JU_88]

Still have an E8500 core duo, but i see no justifcation to go for a Quad core just yet. The AMD Phenom is attractive - but i cant be arsed with the hassle and expense of needlessly replacing the mobo.
Upgraded my card from a 9800GT to a GTX 275 - but not specifically for SH5.
Also done away with WinXp and gone for Windows 7 Ulitmate x64
(and so far i have not looked back) it has also 'unlocked' my 4th Gb of Ram which Xp could not use due to the limitations of 32-bit.
Best thing about Windows 7? ... CHESS!! w00t! :D

[Arclight]

I'm in the group that currently has no plans to upgrade the PC at this time.
Think I'll be fine as well. :yep:

[Sky999]

I am buying a new graphics card in the range of the £150 mark. I will also need to buy a new PSU, although Dell might mean I can't, which makes the whole point of buying a G-card kind of pointless... :shifty:

[mopedmoppel]

I use a Phenom II 955 with 4GB 1600Mhz RAM. I think its good enough for sh5, but my GPU is a 8800GT :-?

I don´t know... i hope the GPU is adequate for sh5.

Schaun wa mal...

[sav112]

As I've said five year old system that played SHIII and still plays BF2 well. So due a new top of the range rig in April.

[Webster]

I am buying a new graphics card in the range of the £150 mark. I will also need to buy a new PSU, although Dell might mean I can't, which makes the whole point of buying a G-card kind of pointless... :shifty:

add $150 to what your spending and build an entire computer then sell your dell as is or give it to your kids.

dell uses notoriously slow hdd and the parts in them are all proprietary (not like anything else) so you have to buy cheaply made overpriced "dell ready" parts.

build your own and you never need to buy another computer, you just upgrade whatever part you want to later if needed but your not stuck with crappy dell parts.

im saying dell dell dell here but the same goes for any prebuilt computers, Dell, HP, Gateway (do they still have these?), they are all good for "basic" needs but if you want a really good computer that plays games well build your own.

[Webster]

Who is upgrading there computer just for SH5 . I will be buying a new computer at around $1000 so SH5 better be worth it .

dammit sober you jinxed me

my computers spazzing out now so i need santa to bring me a new psu or grafics card or both now, the only trouble is I'M santa :o :damn: :damn: :damn:

i have to blame it on someone so im blaming your thread even though my troubles started before your thread did :O:


Update: it was just the psu so i got lucky :woot: its all fixed up now

[Exakt]

im saying dell dell dell here but the same goes for any prebuilt computers, Dell, HP, Gateway (do they still have these?), they are all good for "basic" needs but if you want a really good computer that plays games well build your own.

Yes, Gateway still does exist, but it is mainly in the business machine market, like Interstate Batteries uses them for most of their computers... And trust me, they aren't built to play games. Also, you are right by saying that you would be better off building your own for gaming... been doing it for the last 15 or so years... Just have to do some research on the part you want to use, reliability, performance, tech support, warranties length and service times.

[V.C. Sniper]

No.

[THE_MASK]

I like to know i am not the only crazy person :yep:

[RickC Sniper]

I needed to upgrade long ago, but I've been putting it off. I'll be building a new rig after the new year, but not just because of SH5.

[Seeadler]

don't need to upgrade:D

[theluckyone17]

I'm upgrading, but not specifically for SH5. I'm big into Oblivion, too... and some of the mods I've been running are CPU hungry. I work for a fairly large retail chain doing tech work, so I get to reap the benefits by collecting Intel hardware on the cheap.

Going from a Dual Core E6300 @ 1.86 GHz to a Core i7 860; from 3 GB to 4 GB of memory. I'll stick with the 9600GT for right now, though I might grab a GTS 250 in a few months if the system goes GPU limited.

[Méo]

modding extends a title's life considerably.

I'm not a hardware pro, but I'm asking to all you guys in the modding community, do you think futur mods for SHV could possibly ask more on your specs.

Maybe two or three years after the release someone or some team are gonna make a major “breakthrough environmental modding” and maybe your GPU won't be able to keep all graphic options enabled?

The point i'm trying to make is that it seems more clever to wait in mid/late 2010 and buy a new rig with a new generation of GPU rather than make an upgrade right now and be forced to get a new rig in 2 or 3 years (if you want to keep all graphic options enabled).

I'd be thankful if someone with deep knowledge in hardware could give his opinion about this. :ping:

[Webster]

I'm not a hardware pro, but I'm asking to all you guys in the modding community, do you think futur mods for SHV could possibly ask more on your specs.


they always do, especially any kind of large environmental mod

i would say that whatever you need to run strictly stock very well you can add an additional 50% more to that to run very well using large mods, it may not work out that way but its a good rule of thimb to get you prepared just in case.

[Méo]

they always do, especially any kind of large environmental mod

i would say that whatever you need to run strictly stock very well you can add an additional 50% more to that to run very well using large mods, it may not work out that way but its a good rule of thimb to get you prepared just in case.

Thanks! :up:

I think I'm gonna wait and see how SHV runs on my rig (it's not gonna be great but I hope it's not gonna be awful) then I'll check prices and see if I can wait.

[IanC]

The only thing I'll be able to keep from my current rig, is the keyboard and mouse. :damn:

[BulSoldier]

I think mine 2gb of ram and 3800 dual core athlon are ok but with 7950gt 512ram i think i should look around for an upgrade.Sadly the gpu`s here are with 70$ above the us prices...

[ReallyDedPoet]

Maybe later on. I'll see how my current rig runs it first.

[h.sie]

I'll wait for the reactions of the community on SH5 and all the UBI-bugfixes and perhaps some essential SH5-mods. This means, I'll start playing SH5 in 2011 or 2012. I'm a late-bloomer - I just finished modding my SH3/GWX and now I'll finally start my first SH3-career. Advantage: SH3-capable hardware is cheap now. The same will be 2012 with SH5-capable hardware.

[dsawan]

Hi, only thing I may do and if I can scrap up some money is buy an external hard rive for this and any mods or expansions for it. basicaly a whole hd to it. I like to keep naval sims separate from other games.:)

[darkone999]

I am upgrading my video card but not just for silent hunter 5..Silent hunter 5 was just the nail sticking through the chair telling me to get off my ass and retire that good old 8600GT(I will miss her she was the best card I ever had for overclocking)anyways.....
MY two cents as follows.....
Like others say here build your own PC..I do..Its better in the long run and cheaper to upgrade over time..If you spend a few dollars dollars more and get a good motherboard/case/psu then the only thing you need to upgrade over a two year period will be your video card..If you shop around and do some research before you buy any part for your PC you will come out way ahead in the long run....I have to do things wise and on a budget because I have two kids who both have there own computers I have to upgrade over time also..

Tim

[Carotio]

two choices is missing from the poll, I think:

3) I don't need an upgrade, I presume my pc can handle the game
4) I can't afford an upgrade. If SH5 runs okay on low settings, that will do for now...

Personally, I think mine will do, both laptop and desktop, but I really don't know for sure now, so if any of them doesn't, it will be later, when I have a better job...

[XLjedi]

I've been nursing my motherboard along for like 5 years... swapping out the graphics cards has basically allowed me to get along just fine.

About 3 months ago the mobo chip fan crapped out and I'm hoping it'll limp along til March; then I'll probably replace the mobo and CPU, and maybe pickup a little more RAM. I'm guessing it'll run in the $500-600 range, not too bad. Right now the CPU is adequate for all games, but definitely the bottleneck to target for the next uprgrade.

[darkone999]

two choices is missing from the poll, I think:

3) I don't need an upgrade, I presume my pc can handle the game
4) I can't afford an upgrade. If SH5 runs okay on low settings, that will do for now...

Personally, I think mine will do, both laptop and desktop, but I really don't know for sure now, so if any of them doesn't, it will be later, when I have a better job...

carotio

I just like playing silent hunter..I still play silent hunter 3..its just fun..So like you say if the settings have to be on low so be it..I still play games from N64 because there fun...hehe....

Tim

[Jimbuna]

I needed to upgrade long ago, but I've been putting it off. I'll be building a new rig after the new year, but not just because of SH5.

Ditto

[Lord Justice]

carotio

I just like playing silent hunter..I still play silent hunter 3..its just fun..So like you say if the settings have to be on low so be it..I still play games from N64 because there fun...hehe....

TimSir Darkone, one imagines jaws 2 has now became available on video? ;)

[ichso]

I've upgraded my computer Feb09, this has to be sufficient for a couple of years.
I'm pretty much used to not playing games with full graphical settings anyways. And I don't feel like I missed out on very much.

[Dronston]

I built my new pc last weekend, yes also for sh5 but for other modern games too.

New system is flying :yeah:

Just wish I could get sh3 to run om my win7 64 bit system, no luck so far...

:damn:

[Webchessie]

Buying a new pc this spring and using Silent Hunter 5 as the excuse to the wife . . .

. . . Honey, you know how much I love you, but the old Dell just won't play the game. If I don't play SHV, then I have to start paying attention to YOU! And you told me to get a new hobby . . .

[Clemens U-319]

Yep, Im still rolling with a pc that i had before SH3. LOL

[danurve]

New HD but I had planned that for 7 anyhow. We'll see how the 512/3650 handles it. I think a 2.8 dual core should deal with this game fine, I mean what the frack. Got one of those obnoxious sunbeam coolers (http://www.sunbeamtech.com/PRODUCTS/cooler/Core-ContactFreezer.html), she will not overheat even with GRAWII maxed. Can OC up to 3.2 but I'd rather run stock.

[kptn_kaiserhof]

i built a i7 last year with
1000 watt power supply
x58 motherboard socket 1066
i7 cpu
8gb ddr3 corsair ram
4870 ati video card
HAF server case
2x dvd-rw dl 58 speed (both of them)
onboard sound
monitor-66cm tv

[Arclight]

I take it you won't be upgrading then. :roll: :O:

[Kresge]

Just upgraded for Empire_Total War; all set for when SHV hits the shelves!


Alienware Aurora
i7 920 liquid cooled
6GB tri-channel RAM
GTX260 (will add a second one in a few months)

[kptn_kaiserhof]

thats right

ARCLIGHT

im now thinking of putting some neon lights in my comp
with 2tb of hdd space

[Arclight]

Well you've definetly got the power to spare. :yep:

[DaveU186]

May well be upgrading to a new system altogether, but will at the very least be upgrading the RAM on my current system, and winging in a new graphics card.

:arrgh!:

[navair2]

I'm on the tail end of completing my first build, so I don't think I'll be upgrading anytime soon...except for new GPU's when Fermi is released..:up:

Antec 900
Antec Truepower New 750 blue
Gigabyte GA-M750SLI-DS4
AMD Phenom II X4 940BE
8GB GSkill DDR2 1066
2 x XFX 9800 GT 512
3 x various Seagate HDD
Triple boot OS: Xp, Vista 64 and Win 7 64
X-Fi Titanium sound
Samsung 2343 BWX hi-res monitor
After market Zalman cooling on GPU's, CPU

I think I'm all set, whew! :cool:

[ichso]

I chose the upgrading-option. But not specifically and only my hard drive. But that way I will at least be able to install the game and download future mods without having to uninstall SH4 (as I had to uninstall SH3+GWX because of the latter).

[danurve]

Ok so last night I ran an HD Tune test on the current HD and compared the benchmarks to the new caviar 750 black.
Frackin impressive! New drive is about twice as fast. Might even reinstall III to fart around untill V on 7.

[Webster]

I'm on the tail end of completing my first build,

Antec 900
Antec Truepower New 750 blue
Gigabyte GA-M750SLI-DS4
AMD Phenom II X4 940BE
8GB GSkill DDR2 1066
2 x XFX 9800 GT 512
3 x various Seagate HDD
Triple boot OS: Xp, Vista 64 and Win 7 64
X-Fi Titanium sound
Samsung 2343 BWX hi-res monitor
After market Zalman cooling on GPU's, CPU


I think I'm all set, whew! :cool:

just curious why you went with two 512mb ddr3 DX10 NVIDIA 9800's when its better (im told) and cheaper to have one 1gb ddr3 DX10 NVIDIA 9800

im just wondering, since the 1gb and the 512mb 9800 cards are only $5.00 difference in price, and i know you dont have to run SLI just because you have an SLI board, so why did you get two small cards instead on just one big one? :06:

if you dont have a good answer then please dont take this the wrong way because im not trying to make a point here im just trying to understand why you made that choice and the reason behind it.

i am building one for my nefew and i will be using the AMD 920 and a single 1gb 5770 ddr5 DX11 card

[Arclight]

Another thing is that 2x 512MB cards doesn't give you 1GB VRAM.

My question would be "why not get 2x 1GB cards?" :06:

[martes86]

Short-sighted poll, you should've included a "No, I don't plan to upgrade my PC".

So, that's me. If I'm correct, my PC will be able to stand SH5 with no major problems (or no problems at all), so I don't need to make any upgrades. Anyways, I've got 3 months (or more, if it delays, again, in Spain), so maybe in the end, I do a little tweak here and there, for other stuff I'd want to run better.

Cheers

[DarkFish]

no upgrading for me either, ain't got the money for it
luckily i've got a pretty good laptop (for a laptop, that is), it can play MW2 at medium settings so with a bit of luck SH5 will work too:)

[Kapitanleutnant]

Good luck with that. MW2 is so well optimised it would run on a graphing caculator. It's also a very linear game which significantly cuts down on processor usage, since there isn't a lot of background information to deal with.
Try running GTAIV or Crysis, they'd give you a better idea of how an open world game like SHV will run.

[DaveU186]

Looking to order this:

Quad-core Q9650 3.00GHz
4GB Corsair XMS Dual-DDR2 800MHz
1 x 250GB Hard drive
1 x 500GB Hard drive
1GB Nvidia Geforce GTS250

Will probably be going with Windows 7 on the mother.

[JU_88]

Is this enough to run SHV?

14 core AMD 650 Ghz CPU (60GB L1 cache)
960GB Ram - 8x 120GB of DDR6 (150 Ghz FSB)
3x 200 TB 1000,000 RPM SCSI Hardrive in Raid 5
4x PCI-E3 Geforce 12375 GTX ultra quad GPU & 80GB TB VRAM in super duper SLI turbo mode
1000,050 Kilo watt Nuclear PSU

Do i need to uprade :06:

:dead:

[rededge]

I take it SHV isn't going to be DX11 then?:cool:

That may be worth a new GPU if it is.

I have a 4870 that does just fine for now - these can be got at bargain prices now (or even 4890 1gb) considering a few months ago they were top banana!

[rededge]

Ju 88 -

Your hard drives are yesteryear- get solid state drives NOW!!:yeah:

[DaveU186]

Might want to upgrade to a SAN storage solution for those extra large saves, and a centralised backup to protect those important mods if you re-install. Also, for multiple concurrent configurations, virtualisation is the way forward.

Should be no more than £18k :rotfl2:

[-SWCowboy.]

If a quad-core processor, 9800GT and 6gb of memory can't run the game then it won't be worth upgrading for :timeout:

[JU_88]

Ju 88 -

Your hard drives are yesteryear- get solid state drives NOW!!:yeah:

LOL you are right - i forgot about about Ram drives being the future

[dogboat]

my old dell xps will have to do. :|\\

[robbierob2005]

I was planning to upgrade my pc for some months. I'll wait for the release of SH5 before upgrading.

[Webster]

Ju 88 -

Your hard drives are yesteryear- get solid state drives NOW!!:yeah:

not until the prices come down to earth where normal people can afford them

right now they are still way too expensive AND small sized for my needs

[rededge]

I expect it must be difficult for the devs as it will always be a compromise so that there is a broad spectrum of acceptable running specs to the end users- it would be no good if you were forced into upgrading to high end gear just to run the game, as obviously that would hit sales. Hence the popularity of consoles, devs are working to a common platform, ie, everyone has got a PS2/3 or an X-Box so they can wring every last scrap of performance from a title.

Remember too, that a lot depends on the resolution / size of screen you look at, I've got a 20" LCD @ 1680 x 1050 so a mid range card should cope perfectly well.

Which is why I would like a 24" screen and a 5870 :o


Hah! Just been promoted to "Nub"- whatever they are...

[ConcreteMan1968]

I have a Dell Studio XPS with 8Gig of ram and a 1gig nVidia card. Think this will be enough for it. I'm pretty sure it would work other than maybe updating the video card later. Look forward to the game, but just hope it's not a lot of eye candy.

[DarkFish]

Good luck with that. MW2 is so well optimised it would run on a graphing caculator. It's also a very linear game which significantly cuts down on processor usage, since there isn't a lot of background information to deal with.
Try running GTAIV or Crysis, they'd give you a better idea of how an open world game like SHV will run.
Well as for processor usage, MW2 ain't much more demanding than SH5 will be i guess. There are generally a whole lot of AI objects, each of which has to execute their code. SH5 won't have much more AI visible. A few sailors inside the sub and some ships, that's all.
And the MW2 graphics might be very optimised, it still has a huge poly count and absolutely stunning lighting.

And crysis, you know of ANY computer that can play crysis on high settings?:)

[Kapitanleutnant]

Well as for processor usage, MW2 ain't much more demanding than SH5 will be i guess.No, MW2 is much less demanding than SH5 will be - I guarantee it. Being able to run MW2 won't tell you much about SH5.

There are generally a whole lot of AI objects, each of which has to execute their code. SH5 won't have much more AI visible. A few sailors inside the sub and some ships, that's all.SH5 will (presumably) need to keep track of all the shipping that criss-crosses the atlantic at all times. Sure it won't be rendered until it strays within your detection radius, but the game still has to track where they are - a job of the processor, and a big one at that. MW2 doesn't have to do any of this. They are fundamentally different types of games and being able to run one doesn't say anything about your ability to run the other.

And crysis, you know of ANY computer that can play crysis on high settings?Yes. You can buy a prebuilt system which can run Crysis on Enthusiast (the highest settings) at high resolution with maxed AA and all that for less than £600, much less if you build it yourself. It's still a demanding game which simulates an open world environment though, so it's a better test of your system's capability for running SH5 than Modern Warfare 2 is.

[DarkFish]

No, MW2 is much less demanding than SH5 will be - I guarantee it.I doubt that. In terms of poly count, i dont think it will matter much. SH5 ain't got high-poly trees and cars and stuff, basically it only has to render the sub, AI ships, the sea and occasionally some land. As you can see in the screenshots the land is relatively low-poly, so count like 1000 polys for all the visible land. Count a couple of 10,000s for all the waves, again something like 10,000 for each ship and thats all.
In terms of lighting, which is much more GPU-expensive than drawing a few simple textured poly's, SH5's lighting is good but not as advanced as MW2's.
As far as you saying that MW2 aint got an open world environment, check the following screenshot:
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc333/DF_3852/mw21.jpg
about everything you see here (and even more), except the background, are high poly models you will pass close by sometime later in the level.

SH5 will (presumably) need to keep track of all the shipping that criss-crosses the atlantic at all times. [...] MW2 doesn't have to do any of this.I'm sure the devs have come up with some good way to track the shipping. Besides, it are only really easy calculations. the game just has to run through the list of ships and update their positions according to speed and location of next waypoint. Not very processor heavy. Sure, it has to be done for a certain amount of ships but its not like there will be 10s of thousands of ships and convoys at sea at the same time.
MW2 doesn't have to loop through this list of ships, no, but it does have to loop through a list of sometimes a couple of dozens of AI soldiers/vehicles, each having lots of much more CPU demanding code than the simple position updating SH5 ships will have (ships beyond rendering distance, that is).

Anyway, no one but a dev can really tell which one of us is right, and since I dont expect a dev to suddenly show up and start comparing SH5 to MW2 we'll have to wait till the release to really know:)

[Kapitanleutnant]

Yes we'll see when it comes out, and when I'm right you'll owe me a beer.:|\\

[DarkFish]

Yes we'll see when it comes out, and when I'm right you'll owe me a beer.:|\\oh, if you're right you can get a whole CRATE of virtual beer from me:()1:

And the other way around of course, if I'm right I get beer from you!
(Bavaria please)

[Highbury]

The poll has no option for people who are not upgrading...

I just did for Rise of Flight and I am sure it will play SH5 more then adequately. I usually get a new system every 14 - 18 months anyways.. I hate low FPS... Some people spend their cash on tricking out their cars or whatever.. with me it is always having a decent PC.

[THE_MASK]

The polls is for 2 reasons.
I need to know that i am not the only one spending money on there computer system just to play SH5 . I need to justify spending the money to myself . (Yes i have a life as i do other things as well as sit in front of the computer ) .
The poll shows that people are willing to spend big to play SH5 so i guess the expectations are high .
If you dont need to upgrade then good luck to you .

[seaniam81]

I'm running a Pentium D 925 at 3Ghz with a Nvidia 9600GT.
Do you think i need an upgrade?

Because I sure do! :salute:

[Gato76]

My new gtx 260 rocks i can play crysis with very high settings,am ready for SH5,ARMA 2 still run like a dog.I try to post a picture of my new card but for some reason i couldn't do it :salute:

[Asakura]

Fortunately I buy a high-end system once in a while and therefore usually don't have to do "smaller PC upgrades" for specific games. Those high-end PCs might be rather expensive, but I can play any game I want on high/maximum details for one to two years or even more. ^^

My current quad-core and my GTX260 should be able to handle SH5. :yeah: