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Originally Posted by WEBSTER (Post 1202243)

you might try to sell your 6600 and move up to the 9550 like i did, its only $250 and you should be able to sell your 6600 and get $100-150

what i did was give my dad the 6600 and completely upgrade his P4 ide hdd computer into a quad core sata hdd computer for around $400 and upgrade my cpu at the same time so if you are creative you might be able to work out a simular sales pitch :salute:

so in order to justify me getting a new cpu i built pops a new computer, but at least i know he got what he needed this xmas

You have got a good idea. I'll see what I can do here. For information a ATI HD5770 with 1Gb costs less than 200$ in Switzerland. So, i will think...
BTW, thanks for all

Take care

is this enough

pentium 4 3.2 ghz @ 3.6 ghz 800 LGA 775
i945gzm-s2 mbo
2x 1 gb ddr 2 800 mhz memory
GIGABAYTE GeForce GTS 250 512 mb ddr 3
200 gb HDD
chieftec550w PSU

I am running silent hunter 4 on max 1680x1050 and i get arround 50 fps
Would this game require much of a CPU speed

i am asking because my video card could handle it but cpu is very sensitive and bottlenecking

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Originally Posted by spiksy (Post 1202659)

Not sure about the CPU, but you'll be able to at least run the game.

SH5 might require a dual core.

here are your game specs straight from the devs:

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Originally Posted by maerean_m http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/smartdark/viewpost.gif
My projected configuration to run the game very well (with all graphic options enabled, in 1280*1024) is:
dual core at 3 GHz (quad core is appreciated but not mandatory)
2 gb of ram
nVidia 8800 GT 512mb (ATi 4850 512mb)

512mb on the video card is a minimum to play the game with every option checked. We're trying to make the game to fit into 256 mb of video memory (with the lowest settings).

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Originally Posted by YukonJack_AK http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/smartdark/viewpost.gif
If I were to make a couple of educated guesses:
I'd say minimum Quad-Core CPU (it was the recommended for Assassins Creed)...
Minimum of 4.0GB of RAM (WIN7 is lighter - assuming SH5 is WIN7 ok - but Assassins Creed recommended 3.0GB and ran like crap)...
And a video card with at least 256MB (but I'd recommend at least a 512 or better... of a decent GPU... no bargain-bin OpenGL crap)
Assassin's Creed was created by a completely different studio with a completely different engine. Those requirements are caused by the fact that their main target is the Xbox 360.

Silent Hunter has nothing to do with the Xbox 360.

The game will run on Windows 7, even the 64bit edition.

Windows xp...duel/quadcore users

WEBSTER..thanks for pointing out my error...Windows xp does support quadcore cpus...It did sound like I was saying it wouldnt on XP..My point was vista and win7 along with future games and apps will operate quadcores better than xp..

Software/OS does play a big roll in how well ur PC uses duel and quadcore cpus..here is just one of several articals from microsoft.............
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From microsoft website
"Computers that are equipped with multiple processors that support processor power management features, such as Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) processor performance states, require Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Additional updates are available to optimize performance and behavior on computers that are running Windows XP SP2. Without these updates, computers that are equipped with these power management-capable, mobile, dual-core processors may experience decreased performance or unexpected behavior.

Note This problem also applies to x64-based versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003. However, this article and its associated private hotfix are not intended to resolve timing problems in games and other applications that run on AMD dual-core computers. For more information about performance issues on dual-core computers, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
909944 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944/ ) (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944/ ) Game performance may be poor on a Windows XP-based computer that is using a dual-core processor ...

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Game performance may be poor on a Windows XP-based computer that is using a dual-core processor.

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here is the link to this artical...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909944/
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Follow the link above for more info and links to hotfixes from amd/intel/microsoft for those useing windows xp and duel/quad core cpus....

...Not only does an OS such as windows xp effect the use of duel/quad core cpus so the does the apps/games you use...so in the end software and operating systems plays a major role in how well ur PC uses duel/quad core cpus....

hope this helps
Thanks
Tim

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Originally Posted by darkone999 (Post 1203616)

yea im sorry for saying it the way i did, i had to go back and reread it to remember the post and my comments to you look like im being carcastic, i say things the wrong way sometimes so i offer you an apology for that.

its amazing how when your trying to get your point accross, if you mix up a few words here or there or say things in the wrong order the whole meaning of what we say can change the way people understand it.

thanks for adding the info too, it helps everyone to understand it better including me. :salute:

System requirements

Lots of great input Submates !

Personally I enjoy playing at maximum graphic settings... Still using the same liquid cooled system from Q4 2008...

9550 Quad @3,604 MHz (overclocked)
PC Power & Cooling 750 Quad
Asus Rampage X48
4GB DDR ll (Mushkin)
X-FI Gamer Sound Card (Creative Labs)
ATI 4870 X2 (crossfire)
52x DVD/Litescribe (Samsung)
1 TB SATA ll HD (Samsung)
:yeah: