Load times with a SSD
 

I have SH3 with GWX 3 Gold installed on my notebook (ASUS UL80Vt, 1.3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo overclocked to 1.73 GHz, 4 GB DDR3 ram, Nvidia G210M with 512 MB DDR3 and an OCZ Agility 60 GB SSD).

Everyone should buy a SSD. It loads the game in 27 seconds, loads a campaign in about 1 minute 40 seconds.

My computer, although technically below minimums on the CPU, has no problem running SH3. I am averaging about 60 - 70 fps. except when I am on 1024 TC.

Just wish the full width of my widescreen could be utilized, it is 1366 x 768. Small price to pay, I have not played SH3 in about 5 years, totally enjoying the Grey Wolves expansion.

Cheers,

madkiwi

Nice load times. I'm a little surprised your FPS is so high on your clock speed but happy to hear it all the same. Hope you enjoy GWX and thanks for the report! :sunny:

Sounds interesting. I'll be checking it out. Took me a minute to figure out what you were talking about. I had to look up 'SSD' just to find out what it was.

The recommended processor is a Pentium 4 at 2 GHz. Passmark's cpu benchmark for that is 247, the Core 2 Duo's score is 978, at 1.3 GHz. Mine is overclocked 33%.

Even at stock speed the Core 2 Duo is 4 times faster.

Roaming the ocean looking off the bridge my framerates are somewhere around 140 fps. It only drops to 50-60 in the middle of a convoy.

Clock rates for newer CPUs don't mean much, especially trying to compare to older generations.