Video Cards?
 

Hi all. I was wondering if anyone has used either the 8400 GS or 8500 GT with Silent Hunter 4 and if there was success? Thanks.

I originally ran SH4 with an 8500GT. It worked, as long as I turned off most of the eye candy in the graphics prefs. Even adding the wakes option though caused a noticeable drop in frame rate, and in a really busy scene (explosions, multiple ships, that sort of event) it would bog down quite a bit.

I was dissatisfied enough with it that I moved to an 8800GT as soon as I could get my hands on one - huge improvement!

I read somewhere the 8600 or better should be the way to go.