My buddy swears by, not at, NCIX for all his computer components. Direct price and product comparisons we have discussed in regards to upgrades and new builds specifically for new games like SH4 shows that NCIX can beat out even local brick and mortar discounters. Check 'em out.

His latest build topped out at ~2kC$ and is a kick-ass machine. All parts from NCIX, home assembled by him. I will be doing the same soon as soon as I have my 2k$ saved up and wll be my second home build and curiously enough SH is responsible, go figure.:hmm: New game, new computer needed. They got us by the short and curlies matey:arrgh!:

Thanks, I'll check that out. Maybe I can delude myself into thinking that I've got the system beat ... unlikely, the last part that is ... deluding myself not a prob :lol: .

I'm just glad i got into the sub scene BEFORE this comes out. Now i will fully appreciate how much of an improvement this WILL be over ANY submarine game so far.
And yeah, i'm scared after watching that preview.

I got
nVidia 7800 GS (256)
3GB RAM
Intel 3.0GHz PC

now although many might think this should be sufficient, I am not convinced.
I have tried playing Rainbow 6 : Vegas and Armed Assault and i STILL cannot pump my graphics up to full and experience flawless frames. (Note the "still" as i have been upgrading this ageing AGP for some time now). In fact i'm still having to mess around with the lower end settings.

Now a m8 of mine has an ATI (one of the last AGP's released). His graphics card is a 512 yet he has only 1 GB of ram, similar CPU and half the bus speed. HE can rack his graphics up very nicely indeed (plus the general image is better AA/AF + HDR possible).
I'm starting to wonder, is my graphics card really that terrible? or is it because my power supply isn't sufficient? I'm running on a 550 W power supply but my graphics card needs additional power (unlike my older FX5900 or something number like that) I fly alot so i power up TrackIR and my CH pedals/ stick/ throttle, and i've just recently purchased a Razer mouse and G15 logitech keyboard.
Is my power supply a problem? Is my graphics card the problem? Or have i overlooked something else?

ANY help would be much appreciated. I'm getting near broke now and really wanna buy this game. I also would hate to have to fork out ... quick look at OC.UK ... ANOTHER 100 quid for something that'll become redundant all too soon (gonna have to upgrade the whole system when Storm of War: Battle of Britain comes out... who knows what i'll need by then).

I finally get to check this page out as I am going to get a new computer, first I will wait to see how the game runs on my present one then go from there. Probably will build it from scratch:hmm:

[quote=PAW]I'm just glad i got into the sub scene BEFORE this comes out. Now i will fully appreciate how much of an improvement this WILL be over ANY submarine game so far.
And yeah, i'm scared after watching that preview.

I got
nVidia 7800 GS (256)
3GB RAM
Intel 3.0GHz PC

Dear Paw . I bet that like SH3 , SH4 recommended specs will actually be the minimum specs , and thats for settings on low . I am more scared than you and so is my bank balance .

How about my specs guys?

2.0 amd
1 or 2 gigs of ram ( cannot remember )
ati 9700 pro video card..


I know its pretty old, but it still plays almost all my games MAXED OUT!! Its weird, but I can play BF2 maxed out at 1024x768
oblivioun maxed out,
and of course SH3 maxed out..

I remember when SH3 came out and people were telling me then my system will barley be able to run it, but it runs it full max..

So will I be able to atleast turn down the res. on this and still play it?

I had almost the exact same setup fastfed, and I'm sure you'll still be able to play SH4, with some lowering of the graphics settings obviously. ;)

Here's/was my setup

PIV 3.0Ghz
1GB Ram
ATI 9700 Pro (recently upgraded to 7800GS)

Though, without going too OT, I must say I'm supprised you could play BF2 at max settings with 1024x768 resolution. When I tried that, my computer, ATI 9700, went through all sorts of crazyness, artifacts, fps drops, etc.

I know, that's why I wrote its weird..

The ONLY GAME TO DATE that will not even play on my computer is the new rainbow six, I bought it and realized I didn't have the specs.

Advice wanted
 

My system:

AMD 64 FX-55 (2.6GHz)
2 GIG RAM
2 x GeForce 7800GT (256mb) SLI

Windows xp sp 2

I have seen the amazing screenshots and the fancy rendering and the incredible detail. I am worried.

Honest opinions please about how smoothly I can expect sh4 to run and which details I had better start expecting to switch off...

Thank you in advance for any advice,

Tony.

You are going to have to shorten your nickname mate . TonyCalve maybe .

With that kind of machine you will have 0 problems running SHIV at max resolution and max details. I even think you'll be able to run the post-processing filter in real time. SLI-fitted cards sure makes up for a lot. Not sure SHIV supports SLI, but even ONE 7800 GT is more than enough. 2 Gb RAM helps hugely so you're all good, and I can't see the game requiring more than 2 GHz of processing power really. So I believe you're in for a treat.

I have :
Intel Pentium 4 CPU with 3,2 GHz 1,5 GB RAM GeForce 6600 (256 MB) .
Is that good enough to play SH4 with all settings ?


I don't want to change card once again - as I have already done it to play SH3 !
What's Your opinion experts ?

Not sure about the card, but 2 gig instead of 1.5 would be a bonus, your processor should be fine.

Someone will further answer this.

No not all high at least, the Netburst framework is bad (P4) the 6600GT is slightly dated you want to be aiming around 7600GT a card probably 3 times stronger then a 6600GT for about $50 more. I need to know what ram you have if its 1.5GB 133MHZ DDR1 no if its 1.5GB DDR2 800MHZ thats good.

I got this rig for $2300 out the door and in the mail.

INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6300 1.86 qty 1
320GB SATA II 3GB 16MB 7200RPM HD (OS) qty 1
320GB SATA II 3GB 16MB 7200RPM HD (DATA) qty 1
CASE FAN qty 3
COOLERMASTER LGA 775+ 3.6GHZ FAN qty 1
SILVER CM STACKER 831 W/WINS NO qty 1
LITEON 20X DVDRW LH-20A1H qty 1
SONY 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE qty 1
PS2 MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD qty 1
LOGITECH OPTICAL WHEEL MOUSE qty 1
C2D ASUS P5N32-E SLI QUAD 680I 775 qty 1
WINDOWS VISTA ULTIMATE LICENSE qty 1
WINDOWS VISTA ULTIMATE COA qty 1
WINDOWS VISTA ULTIMATE 32-BIT qty 1
THERMALTAKE TOUGH POWER 750 WATT qty 1
7.1 SOUND qty 1
SPEAKER 600WATT PMPO W/ SUBWOOFER qty 1
OPTI-UPS SS1200 VOLT STABILIZER qty 1
USB 2.0 PEN DRIVE 2 GB qty 1
EVGA GEFORCE G8800 GTS 640MB PCI-E qty 1
USR 3092 OEM 56K V.92 MODEM qty 1
GEIL 1024MB DDR2 PC6400 MEMORY qty 2

I also got a Samsung 22" LCD monitor for $300 out the door and in the mail.

Will this do? I don't play all that much, but this seems like a good one, and I'd like to give it a chance if I can.

HP Notebook
AMD Turion™ 64 X2 mobile technology TL-56 at 1.8GHz
2GB RAM
120GB HD
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA)with up to 288MB shared video memory

I have to face the fact that i cannot afford to upgrade my 5 year oldd computer at the moment . No SH4 for me :damn:

some more details :
1536 MB (PC 3200 DDR SDRAM 400 MHz)
Gigabyte GA-81848P
Procesor FSB 200 MHz x 16

Same here. :cry: Guess I'll catch up later.

just viewed the screenshots ... looks like it's gonnna need lots of RAM and Graphic! :shifty: