New PC without WinXP (SH3?)
 

I'm considering building a new computer using an X79 mobo with an i7 socket 2011 cpu. It looks like Intel has stopped supporting WinXP with this new chipset so I would need to rely on Windows 7 and "XP compatability mode" for older games and sims. There's a long sticky thread here for SH3 and Windows 7 but it doesn't say definitively at the top of the thread that SH3 will run.

Will SH3 run in Windows 7 or not?

i have win 7 on my laptop and SH3 runs great for me

64-bit Windows 7 running with no problems whatsoever on a laptop. More memory to use for the game, no crashes, no save game crashes. I can save submerged right next to the Royal Navy and it's Merchant Fleet parked over me if I want to. I recommend trying the switch to a much more powerful and stable operating system :up:

It works with 64 bit versions of Vista and 7. Even without setting XP compatibility mode! Just make sure you do not install it into the default location in "Program Files"-something- folder. Or UAC will complain every now and then. Give it it's own brandnew folder that you created.

like c:\games\SH3

Here we go again... :D

Where are we going? Can I come? :O:

A simple look at any of several threads would have told you that dozens, and probably hundreds, and likely thousands of members are running it on Windows 7 with no problems at all. :sunny:

just for the sake of getting the answer out there YOU MUST have a silent hunter that does not have starforce on it easily located on amazon or if you know what you are looking for eBay.

I WILL REITERATE MUST NOT HAVE STARFORCE or you will not be able to play it.
if you would like i can post a URL for amazon.