oh .... I would ship you my old dual core, but it wouldn't be much better .... I have quad core 6700 with 12 gig of ram and nVidia GT 8800 pro .... slightly older stuff, and SH5 WAS chunky, but now it's so smooth .... had I not spent the hours last night tweaking it, I was on my way back to SHIII .. but I'll give this a whirl for a bit .. I hope you can get a better gat a machine soon! . now on to figure out how to do a manual install of fan made missions! .... EASY to place all the right files in the right folders ... guess I'm ready to go after the Hood now! .. and ANY other fan made mission! . . do you know of a mod that turns the ocean into a busy place? Shipping routes populated? I would love to simply explore areas like Halifax NS and just hap upon a string of cargo ships heading east ... without having to start up a mission? or is that campaign mode? I see there is plenty to choose from in the fan made missions ....
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=3222 looks like it will add some to the campaign!