SH4 Specs
 

While browsing around other sub sim Forums, I found this interesting statement apparantly quoting the SH4 DEV team:


"The minimum requirements to run SH4 would be: 2GHz processor (Pentium
IV or equivalent AMD Athlon), 1GB of RAM, DirectX 9 video card with
Pixel Shader v2.0, Vertex Shader v2.0 with 128MB of RAM, DirectX
compatible sound card and around 5.5-6GB of space on your HDD. The game
options will allow you to activate or deactivate different visual
aspects that can increase or decrease performance. Of course, in the
minimum requirements PC you will run with most options OFF. A
recommended system will have: 3GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, DirectX 9
video card with PS 3.0, VS 3.0 and 256MB of RAM."

I can't vouch for the accuracy of the statement, but I'd say it's about right. I'm surprised that the minimum RAM requirement is stated as 1GB though. I thought they were aiming for a minimum RAM requirement of 512MB.

As I say, although the statement claims to quote the SH4 DEVS, it is only a posting on another Forum and should be assessed as such.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gen...topic=32479783

FYI: This is where the above quote came from.

Probably so it will run on a vista machine

Those specs are from the Developers.

JCC

I should be okay with my system....I just bumped it to to 2G of RAM last week. Everything else should be okay, though.

"There goes the neighborhood..." and playing the game...:-? :cry: :dead:

I know I will need to do some upgrading first, so when SH4 comes out I will check the spec's then have a chat with my local independent PC shop first, then get the upgrades I need. And when that's all done buy SH4.

My computer is 2 years old so it should not be too much on the cost front.

I meet all recommended specs with the excepton being that I only have 1GB of RAM and not 2GB. I don't think that will be an issue though.

Am I compatiable
 

For SHIV it syas you need:o
The minimum requirements to run SH4 would be: 2GHz processor (Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon), 1GB of RAM, DirectX 9 video card with Pixel Shader v2.0, Vertex Shader v2.0 with 128MB of RAM, DirectX compatible sound card and around 5.5-6GB of space on your HDD.

The game options will allow you to activate or deactivate different visual aspects that can increase or decrease performance. Of course, in the minimum requirements PC you will run with most options OFF.

A recommended system will have: 3GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, DirectX 9 video card with PS 3.0, VS 3.0 and 256MB of RAM.

AND I have

XPS410
Windows Media Center/WinXP
1GB Memory
256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache(video Card)

So My Question is how can I tell if I have a PS and a VS ?:doh:

Your card has Pixelshader 3.0 and Vertexshader 3.0, so it´s ok. The only thing is, it´s a very low-end card, you should think about getting a better one.

To check the specs on your video card, go to a site like www.newegg.com and enter your card in the search field and check the specs for Pixel and Vertex shader support.

So much for the thought if your system could handle SH3, it can handle SH4. You will need a top end system to play this game with all features available.

A decent mid range system anyway. I have a P4 3.0 processor, XFX Geforce 7600GT 256MB video card and 1GB of RAM. It will run SH4 with no problems and it certainly isn't a high end system.

Sometimes one wonder is the developers use some overkill when recommending what the best set up would be for a game. I suspect most will be OK with what they have for SH3.

Doesn't sound unreasonable. Sounds good for a 2007 game in fact.

I'm up to recommended except video card. Will manage I think :)