Optimal System Requirments?

[pickinthebanjo]

I threw together a new rig and I am wondering what system specs would you recommend to run the game at it's fullest

[REIS]

At monday i'm going to buy a new rig for it like:
AMD Phenom II X4 925
Scythe Katana 3 SCKTN-3000
2*2GB Samsung DDR3 1333mhz
MSI 770 AM3
Chieftec 600C 600W
Gigabyte/MSI/EVGA GTX460 1024
and then overclock it.

i think it will be enough to handle the game at 1680*1050

what do you think?

just interesting link where you can check sys specs for sh5: http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=749&game=Silent%20Hunter%205

[TheDarkWraith]

At monday i going to buy a new rig for it like:
AMD Phenom II X4 925
2*2GB Samsung DDR3 1333mhz
MSI 770 AM3
Chieftec 600C
Gigabyte/MSI/EVGA GTX460 1024
and then overclock it.

i think it will be enough to handle the game at 1680*1050

what do you think?

search newegg.com for your parts. You should be able to get better parts for the same price you're going to pay for the above. I'd go with the AMD Phenom II X4 955 or 965. I use the 965 and have it OC'd to 3.9 on air. Love it. Get the best video card you can afford - I have the EVGA GTX480 and it's a dream. Runs this game with all settings on max with no problems (I have 30" Samsung LCD running @ 2560 x 1600)

[Jimbuna]

My specs aren't so grand but it runs no prob:

AMD Phenom II X4 945
8GB DDR3 RAM - 1333mhz
1GB ATI Radeon HD5750

[REIS]

search newegg.com for your parts. You should be able to get better parts for the same price you're going to pay for the above. I'd go with the AMD Phenom II X4 955 or 965. I use the 965 and have it OC'd to 3.9 on air. Love it. Get the best video card you can afford - I have the EVGA GTX480 and it's a dream. Runs this game with all settings on max with no problems (I have 30" Samsung LCD running @ 2560 x 1600)
Very nice, but i have nice prises here in Kiev too.
For 250$ i willbuy motherboard+ram+ener.supply
in other store i will buy CPU for 136$
i already have new 500GB samsung drive and case

And, newegg situates in the USA, too expensive shipping

[THE_MASK]

I run the game with 1X 5870 and 1920x1080 on a 24inch monitor . I get 70fps outside and over 100 inside . That is with the game settings on full except shadows on half . In catalyst i have AA 4X and AF 16X.

[pickinthebanjo]

I run the game with 1X 5870 and 1920x1080 on a 24inch monitor . I get 70fps outside and over 100 inside . That is with the game settings on full except shadows on half . In catalyst i have AA 4X and AF 16X.

So it's not that demanding then is it.

[pickinthebanjo]

My specs aren't so grand but it runs no prob:

AMD Phenom II X4 945
8GB DDR3 RAM - 1333mhz
1GB ATI Radeon HD5750

Well you have a better card/ram than I am using at the moment (zotac 210, 6gb OCZ 1600mhz) I have to wait for my pump to get here before I can install the 480's and the dominators (water cooled heatspreaders :))

[REIS]

WHAT IS BETTER FOR SH5, ATI or Nvidia?!

[pickinthebanjo]

WHAT IS BETTER FOR SH5, ATI or Nvidia?!

In my opinion Nvidia is better for EVERYTHING. They have better drivers, more supported games, and they are cheaper. I found that ATI has been slipping latley, and I never used to like Nvidia but now it is all I would ever buy and I don't ever plan on buying ATI again.

This isn't a biased opinion either, in fact I never had any problems in the past with ATI cards until the 5*** series came out, it was the old Nvidia cards that gave me trouble.

The new Nvidia cards also support 3D vission surround, which destroys ATI's eyefinity both in terms of quality and supported games.



Now these are my opinions and I expect others to have entirly different views, which I would like to hear.

[Jimbuna]

In my opinion Nvidia is better for EVERYTHING. They have better drivers, more supported games, and they are cheaper. I found that ATI has been slipping latley, and I never used to like Nvidia but now it is all I would ever buy and I don't ever plan on buying ATI again.

This isn't a biased opinion either, in fact I never had any problems in the past with ATI cards until the 5*** series came out, it was the old Nvidia cards that gave me trouble.

The new Nvidia cards also support 3D vission surround, which destroys ATI's eyefinity both in terms of quality and supported games.



Now these are my opinions and I expect others to have entirly different views, which I would like to hear.

I would agree with most of the above because I've only ever had one none Nvidia card which happened to be an ATI early series (can't remember the series now) and that had problems running SH3 :doh:

I moved up tp a Nvidia 7800GS and still have it on my old system.

My new system has the ATI HD5750 because I left it to my retailer....so fingers crossed :DL

[pickinthebanjo]

My new system has the ATI HD5750 because I left it to my retailer....so fingers crossed :DL

you know, as I was writing that I was remembering that you said you were grabbing an ati:)

Anyway, I haven't heard anything about that card, but the 5970's (especially the way over sized/priced models) have had some problems

[Jimbuna]

you know, as I was writing that I was remembering that you said you were grabbing an ati:)

Anyway, I haven't heard anything about that card, but the 5970's (especially the way over sized/priced models) have had some problems

Fingers crossed but no problems at this end.....so far :DL

[Dignan]

I haven't bought SH5 yet and want to know if my pc can handle it at max or almost max graphics.

9800GTX (1gig) Nvidia card
C2Duo 2.7 Ghz CPU
3 gigs of RAM
(WIndows XP 32bit)

I can max out SH4 with these specs no problem. Is SH5 going to be a problem for me?

[Webster]

it has been my experience that ATI cards are best if not newly released.

ATI takes forever to come up with proper working drivers so as long as you stick with last years ATI model you never have issues with them (well almost never since no brand is ever perfect)

as for required specs my rule of thumb is double the recommended ram and video specs and you have no worries about getting the most from your games, the cpu specs are usually spot on but they always under estimate the ram and video needs.

[Wolfling04]

Im running a

Intel E6750 Dual Core Proc 2.66Ghz
4 gigs of ram
EVGA GTX 460 Superclocked.
Win 7 x32 bit

I can run the game at max graphics (1680x1050 22inch monitor) with about 70fps in the sub and around 30-40 outside. The issue I'm having is my mobo and proc. are so old its bottle necking my graphics card.

As far as ATI vs Nvidia, I've also had both and my experiences are NVidia run cooler and are faster. They also support more games IMO and are more compatible with older computers then ATI are. Plus Nvidia drivers are more stable.

[Jimbuna]

it has been my experience that ATI cards are best if not newly released.

ATI takes forever to come up with proper working drivers so as long as you stick with last years ATI model you never have issues with them (well almost never since no brand is ever perfect)

as for required specs my rule of thumb is double the recommended ram and video specs and you have no worries about getting the most from your games, the cpu specs are usually spot on but they always under estimate the ram and video needs.

I'm pleased/relieved to read of your ATI experience :DL

A good rule of thumb also :up:

[THE_MASK]

The optimal requirements for me is a system that shows of the beautiful graphics . Anything less and i think i would stick with SH4. Ati 5850 seems like a bargain atm .

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

I have an NVidia GeForce 9600MT on my Acer Aspire 8930G laptop and runs fine on max settings.

[jwilliams]

I haven't bought SH5 yet and want to know if my pc can handle it at max or almost max graphics.

9800GTX (1gig) Nvidia card
C2Duo 2.7 Ghz CPU
3 gigs of RAM
(WIndows XP 32bit)

I can max out SH4 with these specs no problem. Is SH5 going to be a problem for me?

You'll have no problems running the game at max.

I can run the game at max, with AA x 4 and AF x 16.
(See my specs below in my sig)


I have low FPS at those settings (about 15 - 40 fps) but that is mostly because my cpu is a single core (and min specs stated on box is dual core cpu)

[Dignan]

You'll have no problems running the game at max.

I can run the game at max, with AA x 4 and AF x 16.
(See my specs below in my sig)


I have low FPS at those settings (about 15 - 40 fps) but that is mostly because my cpu is a single core (and min specs stated on box is dual core cpu)

Thanks for the feedback. I'll probably end up getting it. I may wait for the price to go down a little more or try and get it used.

[REIS]

Already bought Phenom X4 and 4bg ram, tomorrow i will buy Powercolor HD 5850 1024

[Frantic8882]

I run a 5970. I´m getting black flickers when the lighting situations change abruptly (like going underwater with freecam and coming back to surface) . They disappear after a few seconds. Could be problem with internal Crossfire config of the card. They got rid of the same problem in Battlefield BC 2. Sh5 is probably not their top priority though. The card is capable of running the game at good fps, btw.

[THE_MASK]

I run a 5970. I´m getting black flickers when the lighting situations change abruptly (like going underwater with freecam and coming back to surface) . They disappear after a few seconds. Could be problem with internal Crossfire config of the card. They got rid of the same problem in Battlefield BC 2. Sh5 is probably not their top priority though. The card is capable of running the game at good fps, btw. Try underclocking the card slightly and see how that goes .

[DedEye]

I'm running 2x ATI 5870s wi 1 gig each in crossfire (i5 750, 4gb, win7).

My monitor is 1920x1200, and I play with all graphic sliders at maximum except AA, which I have 2 "notches" (4x?) towards the right. To enable crossfire with this particular software I had to rename the .exe to a supported title, but that's minor.

The game looks and runs great.

Mods can affect my framerate. Some unacceptably, so I have to pass on a couple unfortunately.

With respect to drivers, ATI has been very good the last number of years in my experience. I buy both brands having 3 machines and have good, and bad, experiences with both. As an example, a 2.5 year old Geforce 8800GTX, a card that cost me $650Cdn at the time, just died on me. I expect cards in that price range to last much longer than that, and generally they do. I could have sent it back to the manufacturer as it has a lifetime warranty, but decided against the hassle + shipping and handling and bought an ATI 5770, which blows it away and supports directx 11, for $175.

I did quite a bit of research into SLI vs Crossfire, and imo Crossfire is a far more flexible solution that allows compatiblity with a much wider range of game titles.

There are lots of good hardware review sites out there. Decide on a budget, do some research, and keep an open mind with respect to brand. They both have their pros and cons.

[Frantic8882]

How do you rename the exe? Are you saying that my 5970 only ran sh5 on one chip?

Sober, how much you think I should underclock?

[THE_MASK]

Actually another way to try is to download antilag and limit the FPS to say 32 .
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1458455&postcount=2

[Joloc]

I can run the game at max graphics (1680x1050 22inch monitor) with about 70fps in the sub and around 30-40 outside. The issue I'm having is my mobo and proc. are so old its bottle necking my graphics card.

You do know the E6750 should easily be able to do 3GHz on air, right? The 8× multiplier isn't perfect, but I do have a working E6600 here that ran at 3.6GHz for a couple of years (but that knackered it and it will only do stock speed now).

[lcplduckling]

Im running full graphics through my 42 inch samsung HDTV hehe fun fun
oh specs are
Win 7
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
4GB ram
Two Overclocked ATI HD 5830 1GB a piece

And i havnt had any problems with full graphics.. all coooool runnings :yeah:

[rocketassistedkea]

Hi there. I haven't actually owned a computer since my Atari 600/130XE, but am looking to get a laptop-one that will handle SHV at full-detail, or close-to, at say...25-30fps.I've been console only since then [reliability, and lack of games, understand...Atari pretty much had all the problems that plague/d PC AND Mac users....b)

Anywho... been reading up a bit, and am wondering: would an intel i3-350m [mobile] be sufficient, spending the extra cash [over say, getting an i5] on a better graphics card, say, 1GB [integrated]....?? Or even better? Plus 4MB ram.
I won't have broadband initially, probably; so won't be able to actually play the game...I just want to know I have a computer that can handle it. I can wait.
In the meanwhile...I'd have SH3 and 4 to play for the first time....;0)
A little side-question on those [as I'm guessing everyone's played them]; do you start with the campaign first [just with anti-bug mods installed]...and then apply, say; Trigger Maru and Real Fleetboat [not together, I know], in order to gain more replayability? Or do you go straight for a super-mod...? Or the game patched, plus just a few 'regular' mods, i.e; Real Breathing Ocean [or somesuch]??

Only if it's no trouble;0)

Z.
:arrgh!: P.s; I just like him, cause he's a pirate...b

[tonschk]

A warning about ATI drivers, I bought a ASUS EAH5870 Ver.2 specifically to play SH5, I installed the original driver that was into the CD included within this video card box, the result was a steady 60FPS everywhere and with all 3D video settings at max resolution, later I updated the drivers (10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8 etc etc ) , and I noticed there was a progressive drop in FPS with every new driver version , when I updated the 10-8 version the FPS drop to just 3FPS ( yes just three FPS ) , I sort out this problem installing again the original driver included with in the CD , and the FPS went again to a steady 60FPS everywhere . The conclusion is , I will NEVER again update any ATI driver

[GT182]

Another good place to get parts threw is www.pricewatch.com. They'll find you the lowest prices for what you're looking for. Lots of good bargains.

[Jimbuna]

Another good place to get parts threw is www.pricewatch.com (http://www.pricewatch.com). They'll find you the lowest prices for what you're looking for. Lots of good bargains.

That is one hell of an excellent site...I wish there was a UK equivelant :hmmm:

[Gerald]

But this course go to bypass, :yep:

[GT182]

That is one hell of an excellent site...I wish there was a UK equivelant :hmmm:

Yeah it is Jim. You could try using it by going to the retailers that give the best deals, as some mut ship to the UK too. Doesn't New Egg and TigerDirect ship to the UK?

Also this site..... http://www.superbiiz.com/

[GT182]

I've asked this before here at SubSim.... but can't remember exactly where. :oops:

Will SH5 run on an Intel P4 3.2E CPU, 6800XT 256mb GFX card or 7600 card, 3GB DDR Ram, and XP? I haven't installed SH5 yet and can't see any point on doing an install if this rig won't run it. I've put off building a new PC but it's coming to the time where it's due to be necessary I guess.

Thanks.

[pickinthebanjo]

I've asked this before here at SubSim.... but can't remember exactly where. :oops:

Will SH5 run on an Intel P4 3.2E CPU, 6800XT 256mb GFX card or 7600 card, 3GB DDR Ram, and XP? I haven't installed SH5 yet and can't see any point on doing an install if this rig won't run it. I've put off building a new PC but it's coming to the time where it's due to be necessary I guess.

Thanks.

Processor should be fine but you should really be looking into a GTS 450 ($130) or GTX 460 ($240), even with my 1Gb 460 I still get the odd skip while looking around at alot of graphically intense things

[reignofdeath]

Another good place to get parts threw is www.pricewatch.com (http://www.pricewatch.com). They'll find you the lowest prices for what you're looking for. Lots of good bargains.

Either that site is seriously lying or I can really seriously get a computer that would run SH5 no problem for like 500$. Not including Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, Monitor or OS but I have all of those already .. wow:yeah:

[SeaWolf U-57]

That is one hell of an excellent site...I wish there was a UK equivelant :hmmm:

Jim have you seen these guys ?? ... YoYoTeck (http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/new--inc--3.php)

All new and packaged :hmmm: :up:

[GT182]

Processor should be fine but you should really be looking into a GTS 450 ($130) or GTX 460 ($240), even with my 1Gb 460 I still get the odd skip while looking around at alot of graphically intense things

Well, the GTX is out for now as my motherboard is AGP only... Asus P4P800E-Deluxe. I do have a Zotac GF 8800GT 1GB GDDR3 PCIe card tho, that will be used in my new pc build.

[Jimbuna]

Jim have you seen these guys ?? ... YoYoTeck (http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/new--inc--3.php)

All new and packaged :hmmm: :up:

No, but I have now...thank you sir http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[DedEye]

How do you rename the exe? Are you saying that my 5970 only ran sh5 on one chip?

Sober, how much you think I should underclock?

Sorry, was away a bit :03:

Simply right click the file sh5.exe and rename it to FEAR.exe. Everything still works fine.....including the DRM. All this does is tell the driver to load the crossfire profile for the game Fear, which happens to work for a lot of games.

I'm not sure if this would be an issue on a dual chip card however. The drivers for my setup do have a small "flag" you can enable to ensure that both cards are being used. You may want to look at the CCC to see if you card's driver has something similar.

I did have some odd mouseview issues at times so I also tried out the antilag and it works like a dream :rock:

[rocketassistedkea]

Guess no one knows? Or maybe I'm just invisible, I don't know. I understand I must sound foolish. Over the years I've spent my money on travel, study and the like...not thousands on a computer, that would be obsolete in a few years anyway. Just as my dad [a photographer] didn't bother with digital cameras until they passed the 6 megapixel mark...so now; a computer's [finally] looking genuinely interesting to me.
I'll try a different approach; what's the recommended system requirements for SHV...with an intel-chip [as everyone in this city seems to want to sell me intel stuff, plus all the sales seem to be intel based...and it also looks like the better chip, with hyper-threading/higher ranked benchmarks etc]. Will an i3 350 [laptop] chip be sufficient? If not...what if I double the recommended power of the graphics card, from 512-to 1gb? Or should I go for an i3 540-which outperforms the i5 720? It's pretty confusing.

Thanks.:o

[DedEye]

To some extent it comes down to personal preference.

For example, I used to buy a lot of different makes of motherboards, but recently have been sticking with Asus. I'm sure others have different favourites for a variety of reasons.

If you are fortunate and money is no object, get the latest and the greatest. If you're like me and have a modest budget, get parts that are one "step" below the best. They'll give you 75-90% of the performance at half to 2/3 the price. If money is tight, you'll really have to do your research.

I'm not sure how experienced you are with PC hardware, but it's handy to become proficient at assembling and disassembling general PC architecture components if you aren't already. That way you can buy 1 or 2 upgrades a year for cheap, and never have to worry about your system going obsolete leading to thousands of dollars for a new one. It is not difficult; like lego or tinker toys but with fragile blocks. The manuals that come with motherboards offer a lot of instruction on assembly.

If you are not already familiar with these websites, Anandtech.com and Tom's Hardware are great places to not only read reviews on components (high end and budget), but they also have a lot of very helpful articles on how a lot of this stuff works. There are many more websites out there, but these will get you started anyway.

So while I can't directly answer your question with specific hardware recommendations, I can tell you from my experience running it on 2 fairly decent systems (i5 750 with 2x ati5870, and a core 2 duo with geforce 8800GTX, both with 4gigabytes of fast ddr3 RAM), you'll want to build the fastest system you can to run Silent Hunter 5 in all of its glory. Having said this, it looks great and is entirely playable with lower settings if you can't afford to build a monster machine.

Hope this helps :)

[rocketassistedkea]

Hi. Thanks;0)

Money's an issue [as in, I have debts to clear first]; but between an i3-i5, is around the price bracket I'm looking at. Sounds like an i3-entry level even, will be sufficient...with an i3 540 being a true bargain, and more than capable of handling the game, system hog or not-esp if it has better than the recommended graphics card. Will some of the patches/mods increase the efficiency of the game I wonder? Anywho.
A computer's finally something that's become integral to growing my bussiness [I'm an artist, see-landscapes and portraits, oil]...so it's finally time to start looking. I expect to be debt free around March 2011 (although even then, a computer's still the second thing I need to invest in...a few thousand dollars worth of frames [sigh] has to come first).
Plus, console games...I think I might have outgrown them;0( I'd rather just read about u-boats, and build a couple of 1/350 ones-to embed in resin [like a scorpian]. Mwahaha. Or play some casual non-console ipod type games [i.e; old school shmups] or a u-boat sim.
I think I'm getting old.


:dead:

[finchOU]

Need a new PC...and just bought the SIM from Amazon. Any updates..or personal recommendations based on experiance running the Sim with MOD's. Looking to spend no more than $1000ish or less. Was looking at the possiblity of having a computer built..but dont know really how that works or who to go to. Was also thinking of getting a Base PC then upgrading the Graphics Card (and RAM if need be) like I did with my other HP. Any thoughts? Waited two years to buy this game and my PC crapped out a year ago...and have been using a laptop to bridge the gap. But obviously I want and need a PC to run SH5 (and maybe some other games as well) as I dont game on my Laptop.

[THE_MASK]

Need a new PC...and just bought the SIM from Amazon. Any updates..or personal recommendations based on experiance running the Sim with MOD's. Looking to spend no more than $1000ish or less. Was looking at the possiblity of having a computer built..but dont know really how that works or who to go to. Was also thinking of getting a Base PC then upgrading the Graphics Card (and RAM if need be) like I did with my other HP. Any thoughts? Waited two years to buy this game and my PC crapped out a year ago...and have been using a laptop to bridge the gap. But obviously I want and need a PC to run SH5 (and maybe some other games as well) as I dont game on my Laptop.64 bit operating system so you can have 8 gigs of ram , SH5 really needs it . A fast cpu well over 3 gig . The video card runs the game so the more you can spend on it the better . A good quality power supply , 850 watts etc . Start with getting the biggest case you can with big fans . Thats what keeps things cool . Its the peripherals that add up in the price .

[misha1967]

Sober's right. Focus on CPU and memory. You want the 64bit OS so you can get the 8Gb. My system is, other than an aging CPU (Phenom 9850 X4 BE 2.6GHz) which could use a boost, limping along just adequately on 4Gb. And when I say adequately, I mean "just fine as long as I'm not near a port with a lot of traffic."

I should definitely boost the CPU, but I suspect that even just plugging in another 4Gb would help as the game slurps up every last byte of available RAM.

But yes, get a decent GPU to be sure, but focus on the CPU and memory as my setup was going almost as fine on a GTX260 as it is now on a GTX570, FPS-wise, except it looks much better on the 570. It's not my new GPU's fault, it's a matter of it not having sufficient backup from the rest of the system to be able to truly stretch its legs.

[finchOU]

Thanks for the info...been out of it awhile. Live near Reno..try and see if some computer repair shops build some..or know of someone who does. I want a good system...but I dont need to Geek it out with the best of everything. Just want something that will last me 5-6 years. Whats recommended Nividia card? GTX 570ish and above?