Ah but you have your brain clear in the morning, for me I'm still not with it at 5:00pm :rotfl:

for the life of me I am trying to find a thread that indicated a performance boost can be gained by using this program called gamexp i think...but not sure...anyone use this or remember that thread...I searched to no avail.

Core2 Duo T7700 2.40GHz CPU (Performance Rated at 5.93 GHz).
2GB DDR2 RAM
Win XP Pro SP2
GeForce 8600M GT 512MB
HDD 160GB 7200 RPM
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Mediocre vidcard, little RAM, and small (but fast) HDD on this laptop, but Duo Core2 saves the day!

27-34 fps on deck, 40-80 inside (all sliders maxxed, but no AA nor AF).

FlightSim9 (40fps) ;)
FSX (15 f.p.s.) :down:
I've never seen stutters in SH4. :smug:

'Performance Rated at 5.93 GHz' comes from the online test at _system requirements lab/Can you run it?_.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

I've found that you can run this game very smoothly on a mid range system.

I have XP, a Geforce 7600GT video card, a P4 3.0 processor and 2 GIGs of RAM. I run the TMO mod with all graphics set at maximum, and I get about 37 to 45fps on the exterior shots ( about 24fps in harbor) and higher fps on the interior shots. My AA and AF are only set to 4X, but I find the setting to be fine. The game runs very smoothly and looks great.

My criteria is that I need the game to run at least the same fps that movies run at and that's 24fps. To me, everything higher than that is frosting on the cake. :D

Psst, you've been misinformed, videos/movies/dvds all run at 29.97fps.:lol:

Though, my experience is the same as yours on a mid range PC.

29.97 is the NTSC television frame rate. Movies viewed in a movie theatre play at 24fps.

Ahh, I see. Don't go to the movies/theatre much.:)

Me either these days. Who wants to pay $4 for a coke? :D

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Hey. I have to admit that I am a little jealous of some of the fps rates you guys are getting, but seeing as I'm running on an unsupported card I guess I'm doing OK. I get about 15fps with the eye candy turned off, and about 9 with it on. ( is way too jerky for me, 15 is playable.

BTW, PAL video is 25fps, so close to the movies. Visual persistence makes it smooth from around 19 depending on the person, hence 24fps being the marker for film (covers everyone).

I tried Gamexp but it wrecked my system. Fortunately it automatically sets a restore point so I went back then deleted the program. I still have glitches, but for some reason I now occasionally get screamer dowload rates on the net...so a little hesitant to redo the who thing.

I also use an extended desktop which I have been told is not supported by Vista, so I'm staying with XP for as long as I can.

system: Intel Celeron 336 2.8Ghz, 1.5Gb DDR RAM, ATI Radeon 9550/X1050 256Mb, WinXP SP2

A decent video card and 2 GIGs of RAM are essential in order to run this game smoothly in my view. After that, a decent processor, closing unnecessary background programs, defragging often, monitor resolution settings and AA and AF settings all play a part. But you can certainly get very decent results with a mid range system.

Found the thread :up: :up: :up: :up:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=theorica

I find it very hard to believe you lowered all settings: Resolution, Rendering (software and hardware), and Audio to their lowest possible settings and didn't get a huge bump in FPS...

I just tried and it more than doubled my FPS.

Sounds like your cutting more than one corner here.

thank you basilio!

I use to believe in a set number of FPS the eye can see but it appears to be more complicated then that.

http://www.100fps.com/how_many_frame...humans_see.htm

The real issue for me here is each individual's enjoyment of the game. As I've stated, my line in ths sand is 24fps. I want to be at or above that setting in order for me to enjoy a smooth game. It may be more psychological than real, but if I'm getting above 24fps then this game feels great to me.

I think each player should asses the game based on what he or she is getting out of it, and not be obsessed with making radical system changes in order to get an extra 3fps out of Silent Hunter 1V.

Think of it this way; if you walked into a room with three computers running this game, and one was running at 24fps, one at 26fps, and one at 30fps, do you really think you could identify which was which? I've seen this game running on a system generating 86fps, and I swear it looked just like mine, which typically runs at about 37 to 45fps

Under 18fps, I would agree that you'll lose immersion due to the jerky nature of the images, but anything over 24fps is perfectly acceptable in my view.