sh5 and nvidia?

[joeljansson]

i have a geforce 8400 gs http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8400.html
and my game lags to the point that i cant play. when i installed it sayed something about to little video memory and i check my specs it says 0 MB system video memory.
it also says total availible grapichs 511 MB
dedicated video memory 256 MB DDR 2.
any ideas what i can do to the lag? (i have at lowest settings in-game)

[joeljansson]

nobody?
well i trie to use my asus motherboards builtin grapich card but there are no drivers for windows 7. could i use windows xp drivers or vista drivers instead?

[tonschk]

Please check out two pages of this thread , may be you can find some advice , the Nvidia 8400Gs is a little below the 8800GT recommended as a minimun GPU for Silent Hunter 5

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=171547&page=2


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[joeljansson]

now i got to buy a new grapich card.

[joeljansson]

i found a video card that i think could work http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=76
any body knows?

[Echolot]

For SH5 1024x768 yes. But if you have i.e. 24 inch display you will need a better one. Search for nvidia GTX260-216 or ATI 4870 1GB.

[Faamecanic]

Im using 2x 8800 GTS'es in SLI on a 24" WS display and it runs fine (just cant have interior shadows on or water caustic effects or my FPS plummet).

MINIMUM would be one 8800 GTS I would assume.

[joeljansson]

ok thanks.

[darkone999]

joeljansson (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=244125)

try tiger direct for a new video card they have great prices..wont include there web url but just google it)I have been shopping there for years.


Tim

[lostsm]

i have a 8800GTX and the game detection tool says my drivers aren't good enough. the game worked though...

in any case i updated my drivers (driver version 2.5721,) and now the game detection tools shows my drivers with an earlier version and still not good enough.. it says i have 1.572

not sure what to do except ignore it and play :doh:

[Factor]

^ I had the same issue when I had to re install. Said I was using the 1.5 driver. Using a 9800gtx card.

It had me confused. Had to double check what drivers i had installed. (2.57)

[joeljansson]

sorry been away so havent had time to look at subsim

[Herr Kaleun Eilering]

I had the same problem. So much lag that it just isn't fun to play the game
anymore. But I only had the lag inside the sub, especially in the Control room and the machine room. I tried a lot of things, and some of them worked I guess.
I can now play the game with just a little bit of lag inside the sub.

You can try a few of these things:

- You can download this program: Kegetys Direct3D antilag. http://www.kegetys.net/dl.php/d3d_antilag101.zip

- Go to taskmanager. Process list. right-click on sh5.
There you can adjust the priority and affinity.

- Download gamebooster. It shuts down all unnessecary programs, wich
means more memory for the game.

- Overclocking. (be carefull not too overclock too much though :O:)

These things worked for me

[Pintea]

I had the same problem. So much lag that it just isn't fun to play the game
anymore. But I only had the lag inside the sub, especially in the Control room and the machine room. I tried a lot of things, and some of them worked I guess.
I can now play the game with just a little bit of lag inside the sub.

You can try a few of these things:

- You can download this program: Kegetys Direct3D antilag. http://www.kegetys.net/dl.php/d3d_antilag101.zip

- Go to taskmanager. Process list. right-click on sh5.
There you can adjust the priority and affinity.

- Download gamebooster. It shuts down all unnessecary programs, wich
means more memory for the game.

- Overclocking. (be carefull not too overclock too much though :O:)

These things worked for me

Also patch the game to 1.2 or disable shadows ? :)

[Herr Kaleun Eilering]

I have patch 1.2, yes. Start with setting the graphics settings on it's lowest.
If it runs good you can try and put the settings on a higher level. :DL

[joeljansson]

its my grapichcard thats to slow

[Herr Kaleun Eilering]

Well it wouldn't hurt trying I guess :O: