A warm welcome ‘EricLane85’ to the Subsim family.
You will always find someone here to help you.
Link to my SH3 – SH4 – SH5 posts:
Step By Step Tutorials & How To Do It.
Also Included Are Some Useful Download Links.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=211804
If you Are A New Subber My Thread Might Save You Some Time.
You can now use TDW’Generic File Patcher with STEAM see my Tutorial Post #125
SH5 will give you the best graphics in game play and you can add additional mods that will enhance it further.
As you may discover the SH series is more than a visual game.
SH3 with a good gpu and with the addition of GWX 3.0 and SH3 Commander + its cfg patch for a 10 year old game is still in my opinion for what it is worth unbeatable for game playing.
SH4 has good graphics and again for its age with a good gpu offers the player an alternative to SH3 and SH5 as an American in the Pacific.
Even with SH4 there is still German game play available.
Both SH4 and SH5 have specific mods that will enhance your game play.