My computer and the game with mods
 

Hello fellow commanders, I've decided to upgrade my comp and one of the reasons behind is to run SH4 with all the great new mods coming up (Maru 1.6, Living Breathing Ocean, Water Reflections, new skins).

My supposed specs after the upgrade:

P4 2.66GHZ
XFX Geforce 7600GT XXX 256MB
2GB Kingston DDR-3200 RAM @ 400MHZ (Not running dual-memory)
Plenty of space as I'm adding another HDD

I can see that my P4 isn't up there in the reccomended specs with the rest of the computer, but will that be a problem that will slow me down? Also, with these specs, how well will I run the game with, say, the reflections/living ocean mod? What settings level and what extra settings? (Antialising)

Thanks in advance, Kirill

You should be just fine. I play the game with lesser specs and with all the mod goodies !

Thanks for the heads up but could I actually expect to get something like this (http://www.ducimus.net/sh4/water_test1.jpg) - pic stolen from the water reflections mod thread. I mean, this pic was clearly taken with a bunch of extra settings used, and I would like to know if this would run on my rig without becoming a slideshow (exagerrating a bit here, I know, but still, stuff like that in theory should create a lot of lag).

You should see that mod now, that pic is nothing compared to what is being done presently with ROW ( Reflections on Water ), other visual mods.


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But do the requirements to run it well and lag-free increase proportionally with the.. visual progress?

I would go with what AVG says, he runs it fairly well with his computer, modifies his settings to do so I believe. He could answer that better. I run the game with all game settings maxed ( except fog ) and ROW, including high res. foam. I have a P4(D), 3.2, 2 gigs of ram at 800mhz, and the same video card as yours.


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Thank you reallydedpoet :)

Good luck with it :up:


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Hey Angry, did not mean to leave you hanging. I run the game with:

AMD 3200+....I think it runs around 2.2 Ghz
2 gig DDR400
Visiontek Radeon X1300XGE 512mb card

I have everything checked off in graphics options with exception of:
Fog (would love this effect but FPS killer for my rig)
Sun glare (hate the effect)

My sliders for the other goodies are at half or full. My FPS can be from 20 to 60 FPS. Very playable to me although some are FPS junkies and need 50+. I guess it is all in the minds eye of the player. To each their own. I use ROW (actually gave me better FPS) and a crap load of other texture mods. I'm also using RSRD and have my music I installed in the game playing(sound track to the movie Gladiator). I experience ZERO ctd. Certainly you should have a nice playing experience with the goodies added:up: BTW, my screenies look just like Duci's you have on this thread.

Ditto.

He ain't kiddin' either
 

I use the same processor (yes it runs at 2.2 GHz), only 1 GB of DDR400 and an EVGA 7800GS 256MB video card and use onboard sound (fixing to rectify that) and the only times I have problems is when an explosion happens (that's because of the crappy onboard sound) and when I have MANY (and I do mean many) burning vessels in front of me. I have everything checked except VSync, full screen glare and post production filters. I get from the mid 20s to the 50s depending on what's going on. Since my eyes (and everyone elses for that matter) can't process more than 30 frames per second, the dip into the 20s isn't noticable enough to bother me. With the specs you are listing you should have decent results, though it would be a good idea to use a real sound card instead of onboard.

Well,,,
 

The graphics when explosions occur gives a little hic-up, even on highend systems....I think there is some programmer/graphic engine issue there.:D

You might also want to tell us at what resolution you plan to run the game. If you're using a flat panel, you're prolly looking for native. Res can make a big difference to frame rate at the higher resolutions (1620x1050, 1920x1200, etc) when you're pushing your system hard.

JD

Good point. 1024x768

Thanks to everyone who replied:)

To AVGWarhawk: Thank you, that gives me a good idea of how it is. So the fog makes it unplayable, huh? Annoying, but doubt it will be such a huge difference. And yes, I will run 1024*768 on a 19' monitor (not flatscreen).

Digital_Trucker, About the on-board sound; I use this as well unfortunately, but could it be because you only have 1gig? Or maybe because of the programming issue like cappy70 said?