I use my LCD at 60hz (recommended value) but would like to set it to 70hz,it could eliminate the odd flicker you sometimes see with LCD screens.However,when I enable 70hz the screen size reverts back to what 800x600 used to look like *yuck!*

Yes that happens. But that could be more a graphic card problem
than screen. A screen that can display x * y resolution can usually
do so at various frequencies with absolutely no change in resolution,
because it's just a matter of refresh frequency and available bandwith
on the link between the graphic card, and screen.

If you have to lower resolution as frequency of refresh goes up,
it is because of the graphic card, and its RAMDAC frequency.

Here are my settings :

Resolution : 1280 x 1024
In game : 1280 x 1024 (using patch for XP)
Anisotropic filtering : 16x
Antialiasing - Gamma correction : On
Antialiasing - Mode : Override any application setting
Antialiasing - Setting : 16xQ
Antialiasing - Transparency : Off
Maximum pre-rendered frames : 3
Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration : Single display
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization : Off
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias : Clamp
Texture filtering - Quality : High Quality
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization : On
Threaded optimization : Auto
Triple buffering : Off
Vertical sync : Force off

Drivers : 196.21
Card : Club 3D Geforce 9800GTX+
Direct X upgraded using DirectXX 11 installer
(installs a more recent DirectX 9 version than
9.0c installer)

I took a few screenshots. I don't see many jaggies on screen,
sometimes it does happen but only at some very high angles
of sea but not always (so it might be a rendering bug).

FPS is around 40 to 50/60 in harbors
Outside it's between 100-120 all the time
And it goes down to 50-60 when I am seeing a ship explode
and there are many explosions (this is the most sensible loss
of FPS I can see, when ships explodes and balls of flames
rise up in the air).

Note : in my screenshots, artefacts appear. They don't in the game
which looks fine. Particules appear fine with water, but never on
screenshots (the screenshot saves the picture from the game to
disk before some graphic stuff is added to the picture like particule
rendering and transparency settings and various stuff).

I should try to do screenshots using a real tool and not the integrated
game one. I got Fraps but it makes the game crash when I try to
use it (got the latest version, licensed).

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/9...1268910885.jpg

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2...1268910862.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/958/shot1268910857.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8...1268910844.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7...1268910836.jpg

Good luck, and happy SH3ing, with the new machine.

Corrections
 

If you have Gammacorrection " On"

the sun will look terrible , the sun halo is not there ,
the sun look like a golfball :nope:

Turn gammacorrection off , and you have a beautyful shining sun:yeah:

Didnt know that,not sure if I have GC enabled,will check later.Thanks for the tip :yep:

Well, I got SHIII running last night (did a download from Direct2Drive) and it installed under Windows 7 with no problem.

However, my LCD backlight has died!

Steve

Gamma correction,now would that be a setting within the AGP card or within SH3 files somewhere?

Thanks.

Graphic card. Most graphic cards allow to set settings for specific games and/or programs. Just force if off if it's a problem.

Computer gurus please advise
 

I went to my local computer store today. This is what they want to sell me. I want it to be able to play SH3 mit GWX3 and SH5, if the Ubis ever remove the friggin DRM.

Will this work? :hmmm:

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E7500
Memory Kingston 2GB DDR2-800 (I presume this is RAM)
Hard drive W.Digital 500 GB Sata2
Video PCIE HD4350 1024mb DDR2
ONE-931 Core 2 Duo/2GB/500/ DVDRW
Windows 7 Home Basic

How much do they want for the system?

I'd check out www.cyberpowerpc.com. I started with their $799 barebones system. I got the entire system for less than I could buy the components for from Newegg.

Steve

Well for starters - yes it will work. But I would defeinately do some tweaking if I were you... ;)

#1 - No Less than 4GB of RAM (I'd actually recommend 6 or 8GBs)
#2 - Lose the Core2Duo. It's an outdated and old chip and unless you're getting it for a song and dance, nix it. Minimum, go with a Core2Quad but better yet, spend the extra few bucks for an i5 or i7. Personnally, I'd recommend an AMD Athlon II Quad-Core or a Phenom II Quad-Core. Lot more "bang-for-the-buck" out of AMD imho.
#3 - Lose the Home Basic. Go with Home Premuim 64bit (so you can utilize 4+ GBs of RAM). It's only a couple of bucks to upgrade, and the lack of headaches will make it absolutely worth it.
#4 - Depending on what they're charging you for the video card, a 4350 could be a good deal or a complete rip off. It's an older card that will perform nicely on SH3 but might struggle a bit with SH5. Again, I'd recommend minimum a 4550/4570 here with 512MB of GDDR2 (or GDDR3) to get the most longetivity out of your purchase and it won't cost you alot more than a 43xx series.