some may disagree with me on this but i think the difference you'll see is like comparing the grafics in stock sh3 with sh4 + real environments :woot:

I´m not kidding anyone with that post. Very sorry if I my question is that stupid....
Yes, I read the SH4 requirements:

recommended sys:
WinXP/VISTA
DirectX 9.0c
Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz
2048 MB RAM
DirectX 9.0c Grafics with 256 MB RAM and Pixel Shader 2.0

but this doesn´t help me - Why do you think I am kidding?

nothing to be sorry about so no worries but untill we actually see what the specs really are for sh5 we cant say for sure whats really good enough.

your specs are:
AMD Phenom 9650 quad-core 2,3 GHz,
ATI Radeon HD 3650 512 MB
4 GB RAM
Vista 64 Bit

so i would have to believe you are fine with that system but your video card is really weak compared to todays cards so that would be my only upgrade recommendation for you even though it might run sh5 ok just like it is.

The video card (3650) is not that good. I believe it would struggle with maximum details in 1280*1024.
The rest is really good value.

The main thing Ive found in re performance and longevity in a system is the Front Side Bus. I got a 3.2mhz PIV running a 800fsb and it only cost me a few months and a few extra dollars over the 533mhz fsb. Im so glad I got it I cant tell you. My single core rig is still competitive after 3+ years,with Gpu upgrades.

A limited fsb will be a bottleneck on the cpu, ram, gpu everything. So next rig will be 1600mhz fsb for me.

I still have a Core duo E8500 which isnt too bad, I really see no need for a quad core just yet.

Have 4GB Ram, but im on Win xp which can only handle 3GB :-/
Trouble is, I really really HATE Vista, it a horrible OS!
Im wating for Windows 7, and even then I'll set up a duel boot with XP on another partion or drive.
(while they patch up 7)

For graphics I have a 9800GT which is (lol) a rebagded 8800GT - they are the EXACT same card,
I knew this when I purchased it, but it was still rather rather Decpetive of Nvdia none the less.
Any way, Im thinking of upgrading to '200' Series card around Christmas.

maybe the devs should fix that! :haha:

No, no they shouldn't. :O:

Ok, let´s say my budget is very low at the moment, but I really would like to upgrade my video card.

I thought of buying a Radeon 4670 with 1GB DDR3 as I could afford it. Would this be a good choice as replacement for the 3650?

It would, and speaking of SH5, would be far sufficient enough!
People that can already run SH4 very good, will have no that much trouble running SH5, it looks pretty similar so far and way behind tech demo FPS game such as crysis and the like. So if you can run quite decently enough the later, you will get very good fps count with SH5.

People shouldn't worry like that!!

Any game company that says you need a Quadcore cpu to play their game better be....

Really sure of their audience or have the Balls of an elephant. :har:

one of the devs had mentioned the target specs for sh5 were 8800gt or equal with 512mb onboard video ram was what they wanted to be the base minimum card to run sh5 on high settings with very reasonable fps rates.

but if i were you i would wait until sh5 is released an you know for sure, the price of video cards will be getting steadily cheaper as well so its a win win if you wait. after all another 5 months wont matter and there is no real reason to rush out and buy something in advance.

Agreed http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

I just had a quad-core 9400 built with a Asus P5n72-T motherboard with 3 way SLI ,but only had a 1 gig card Geforce GTS 250 put in at the moment. has a built in audio card which sounds great. Only able to hear my sound through my headphones can't seam to get my sound through my speakers, at the moment going to have it checked out. Anybody have any answers. Ran the Bench Mark test with a 512 video card and scored 13200 score on it 3dMark06

on my gigabyte mobo there is a hi-def audio sound controller and a regular sound controller and they are completely seperate so you switch to the one you want.

i would check your audio control panel to select the correct speakers but also check you have the right jack plugged in and maybe your bios is set wrong.

i never had one on a video card before so maybe it needs to be plugged into the mobo to work right