Laptops

Johnfb · 04-11-13, 08:00 AM

Hi all
Does anyone use their laptop to run sh3, and does it run ok?
I always thought that laptops don't have the power or cooling systems to run games without damaging he laptop itself.

Herr-Berbunch · 04-11-13, 08:15 AM

Yep, will usually run fine. One thing to watch out for is resolution, laptops may be fine but if you get a netbook you may be stuck with a resolution impossible for SH3. Just check it can run 1024x768.

Modern laptops are quite good now, even a mid-range model is much better than just about any desktop from the mid-'00s.

RustySubmarine · 04-11-13, 09:37 AM

No problem with my new Laptop HP A8 Vision AMD 1TB hard drive, running Windows 8. It depends on the spec. You need sufficient GB Ram (mines 8GB) and really a decent graphics card I have a Radeon 7600 which runs quite smoothly with no problems. I can even run SH5 on it as well as SH3 & SH4Gold, but I play mostly SH3 GWX with quite a few extra Mods added. Most mid priced Laptops have internal graphics cards and are not suitable for Gaming

Johnfb · 04-11-13, 10:09 AM

Thanks guys, my desktop has died and was unsure about using my laptop

Herr-Berbunch · 04-11-13, 10:11 AM

If you've got one, it can't hurt to try it.

HW3 · 04-11-13, 11:29 AM

Watch out for overheating though. Mine was shutting down after several hours of playing and I didn't know why till it finally popped up an info screen before shutting off. Turned out it was the CPU thermal protector shutting it off as it was getting too hot. I got a Cool Master Storm cooling pad, and all is well now. It now runs 20+ degrees Centigrade cooler than before.

RustySubmarine · 04-11-13, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by HW3

Watch out for overheating though. Mine was shutting down after several hours of playing and I didn't know why till it finally popped up an info screen before shutting off. Turned out it was the CPU thermal protector shutting it off as it was getting too hot. I got a Cool Master Storm cooling pad, and all is well now. It now runs 20+ degrees Centigrade cooler than before.

Yes worth getting if you run a Laptop. Overheating can be a problem if you run too long. Good advice HW3

MantiBrutalis · 04-12-13, 02:51 AM

I got a 13" laptop, 4GB RAM (which is plenty for SH3) and quite weak nvidia M310 GPU. SH3 GWX still runs nicely, and after I get rid of dust in the machine, it isn't overheating. Can lag a bit when near ports and on 1024 TC, but I always thought that was the game's limitation.

I even had to borrow a USB DVD-ROM to install SH3, since this one doesn't have its own.

HW3 · 04-12-13, 09:05 AM

I'm sure mine was overheating because of all the mods I'm running, very graphic intensive.

RustySubmarine · 04-12-13, 11:23 AM

I have set my TC to 512 maximum, because sometimes running on stock maximum of 1026, you can get freezing of the game. This happened once when I could not close down the game and had to manually shut my computer down. Through this, I lost my current patrol where I had sunk four large merchants and a Flower class destroyer. So I had to re start from a previous patrol save. Since having my setting to 512 max. I never get this problem. Most times I run on 256 Max and only use 512 if I want to wiz through the patrol area grid, where usually no contacts ever seem to happen.

Kelly621 · 04-12-13, 11:41 AM

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HW3 wrote: I'm sure mine was overheating because of all the mods I'm running, very graphic intensive.

My new laptop was doing the same (especially with SH5)...I invested in a small laptop stand with two fans built in and my laptop does not overheat now. Worth the price if you are overheating and probably extends the life my PC.

Kelly621

HW3 · 04-12-13, 12:28 PM

Yes once I got my Cool Master Storm, I can run all night long and not worry about it. BTW: I run a HP G62 with 8GB of ram Windows 7 64bit and a list of mods a mile long it seems like.

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[\\DAVE-HP-PC\Ubisoft\SH3\MODS]

GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V7
VonDos' RMS Empress of Britain
VonDos' RMS Queen Elizabeth
VonDos' RMS Queen Mary
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3
U-Boat III Alpha Dials1b
Torpedo damage Final ver2.0
Timetraveller's Moon Mod
Searchlights_Removed
Thomsen Dockside by Payoff
NFD
LifeBoats&Debris_v4
Ina Ray Hutton Picture Mod Type VII
GWX_DFa-Flag&Pens_2010
FUBARSVIIC U552
Fubars crew skins
CSO Clean Map Mod
Big Band Songs 1940
Aces' Super Turms v6 for GWX
Aces' Combined SH3.SDL Files v2
99% Realism Percentage Mod
Aces' Super Turms v7 Taster
Flags_enlighten
Contact Marker C2 Merchant Inverted
Origional ContLine
Carotio_SH3_Clothes
MFM-Lite-Beta-v4.1
MFM-Lite-Beta-v4.1 displacement correction mod
New EnglishNames CFG
SH-5 Water for SH-3 16 Km V84 Less yellow afternoon
MFM-v3-US+UK_Skins19420201
FM_NewInterior v2.1D
Thomsen's Sound Pack V3.2cg
RadioMessage - MorseCodeOnly
Ultimate ObjectView Camerav1.0
Master Commands_en File
kovall's HMS Queen Elizabeth
HanSolo78's KM Prinz Eugen
VonDos' HMS Glorious
Urfischs_ModStrike_Beta1
Aces' Super Turms v6 Damo's Type 7 Atmospheric Interior lighting add-on v2
REL_NYGM_AI_Visuals_for_GWX_FINAL
Undersea_Mod_Reworked
Updated net & Mines map
b25_SF_Grass_Full_V2
B25_Camera_Stock

I do need to take Aces Damo lighting mod out since it does overwrite FM's New interior mod with the CCom one. I will lose the steaming cooking pot but, gain the crew back.

Captain Wreckless · 05-03-13, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnfb

Hi all
Does anyone use their laptop to run sh3, and does it run ok?
I always thought that laptops don't have the power or cooling systems to run games without damaging he laptop itself.

I have a Sagar NP8150 and SH3/SH4 (modded) runs just fine on it. I play Assassins Creed, Fallout 3 and others with no problem.

Specs:
15.6” Full HD 16:9 Wide screen (1920x1080)
AMD Radeon HD 6990M 256bit w/2GB GDDR5
Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM (2.2~3.1GHz, 45W) w/6M L3 Cache
8GB (2x4GB SODIMMS) DDR3/1333 Dual Channel Memory
500GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200RPM Hard Drive (16MB Cache Buffer)

Mike

Luno · 05-03-13, 09:17 PM

I also want to point out that cleaning your laptop's cooling system once in a while will have a huge positive impact on performance.

After two years, the heat sink can accumulate a pad of dust a half-centimeter thick. My old laptop would overheat and force-shutdown.

If you know what you're doing, you can disassemble the laptop yourself, or just take it to a professional who will do it for $40. After doing this, my performance doubled and the overheating stopped.

JustinReg · 05-05-13, 09:28 AM

I run SH3 with GWX3 @ 16km, on a 8 year old Vaio with 2Gb RAM, a NVidia 7400 and a Centrino 1.7Ghz CPU (rated @ 2.4Ghz), and it runs perfectly. It plays really well, the only slow down I get is if I use external view close up on a ship on fire. Although leaving a busy harbour doesn't give me any frame rate issues, it's just ships on fire close up.

When I'm at home I hook my laptop upto my 42" TV. Standing on the bridge looks fantastic doing that.

04-11-13, 08:00 AM	#1
Johnfb Commodore Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 639 Downloads: 295 Uploads: 64	Laptops Hi all Does anyone use their laptop to run sh3, and does it run ok? I always thought that laptops don't have the power or cooling systems to run games without damaging he laptop itself.

04-11-13, 08:15 AM	#2
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Yep, will usually run fine. One thing to watch out for is resolution, laptops may be fine but if you get a netbook you may be stuck with a resolution impossible for SH3. Just check it can run 1024x768. Modern laptops are quite good now, even a mid-range model is much better than just about any desktop from the mid-'00s. __________________

04-11-13, 09:37 AM	#3
RustySubmarine Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tamworth UK. Presently,somewhere Below The Atlantic Posts: 213 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	No problem with my new Laptop HP A8 Vision AMD 1TB hard drive, running Windows 8. It depends on the spec. You need sufficient GB Ram (mines 8GB) and really a decent graphics card I have a Radeon 7600 which runs quite smoothly with no problems. I can even run SH5 on it as well as SH3 & SH4Gold, but I play mostly SH3 GWX with quite a few extra Mods added. Most mid priced Laptops have internal graphics cards and are not suitable for Gaming __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] RUSTY SUBMARINE U534 Type IX40C Engine Room of U534 Now located at Birkenhead UK. I joined the navy to see the world What did I see? I saw the SEA!!!!

04-11-13, 10:11 AM	#5
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	If you've got one, it can't hurt to try it. __________________

04-11-13, 11:29 AM	#6
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Watch out for overheating though. Mine was shutting down after several hours of playing and I didn't know why till it finally popped up an info screen before shutting off. Turned out it was the CPU thermal protector shutting it off as it was getting too hot. I got a Cool Master Storm cooling pad, and all is well now. It now runs 20+ degrees Centigrade cooler than before. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

04-11-13, 10:09 AM	#4
Johnfb Commodore Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 639 Downloads: 295 Uploads: 64	Thanks guys, my desktop has died and was unsure about using my laptop

04-12-13, 02:51 AM	#8
MantiBrutalis Planesman Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Pilsen, Czech Republic Posts: 183 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I got a 13" laptop, 4GB RAM (which is plenty for SH3) and quite weak nvidia M310 GPU. SH3 GWX still runs nicely, and after I get rid of dust in the machine, it isn't overheating. Can lag a bit when near ports and on 1024 TC, but I always thought that was the game's limitation. I even had to borrow a USB DVD-ROM to install SH3, since this one doesn't have its own.

04-12-13, 09:05 AM	#9
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	I'm sure mine was overheating because of all the mods I'm running, very graphic intensive. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

04-12-13, 11:23 AM	#10
RustySubmarine Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tamworth UK. Presently,somewhere Below The Atlantic Posts: 213 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I have set my TC to 512 maximum, because sometimes running on stock maximum of 1026, you can get freezing of the game. This happened once when I could not close down the game and had to manually shut my computer down. Through this, I lost my current patrol where I had sunk four large merchants and a Flower class destroyer. So I had to re start from a previous patrol save. Since having my setting to 512 max. I never get this problem. Most times I run on 256 Max and only use 512 if I want to wiz through the patrol area grid, where usually no contacts ever seem to happen. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] RUSTY SUBMARINE U534 Type IX40C Engine Room of U534 Now located at Birkenhead UK. I joined the navy to see the world What did I see? I saw the SEA!!!!

04-12-13, 12:28 PM	#12
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Yes once I got my Cool Master Storm, I can run all night long and not worry about it. BTW: I run a HP G62 with 8GB of ram Windows 7 64bit and a list of mods a mile long it seems like. Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157 [\\DAVE-HP-PC\Ubisoft\SH3\MODS] GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V7 VonDos' RMS Empress of Britain VonDos' RMS Queen Elizabeth VonDos' RMS Queen Mary Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3 U-Boat III Alpha Dials1b Torpedo damage Final ver2.0 Timetraveller's Moon Mod Searchlights_Removed Thomsen Dockside by Payoff NFD LifeBoats&Debris_v4 Ina Ray Hutton Picture Mod Type VII GWX_DFa-Flag&Pens_2010 FUBARSVIIC U552 Fubars crew skins CSO Clean Map Mod Big Band Songs 1940 Aces' Super Turms v6 for GWX Aces' Combined SH3.SDL Files v2 99% Realism Percentage Mod Aces' Super Turms v7 Taster Flags_enlighten Contact Marker C2 Merchant Inverted Origional ContLine Carotio_SH3_Clothes MFM-Lite-Beta-v4.1 MFM-Lite-Beta-v4.1 displacement correction mod New EnglishNames CFG SH-5 Water for SH-3 16 Km V84 Less yellow afternoon MFM-v3-US+UK_Skins19420201 FM_NewInterior v2.1D Thomsen's Sound Pack V3.2cg RadioMessage - MorseCodeOnly Ultimate ObjectView Camerav1.0 Master Commands_en File kovall's HMS Queen Elizabeth HanSolo78's KM Prinz Eugen VonDos' HMS Glorious Urfischs_ModStrike_Beta1 Aces' Super Turms v6 Damo's Type 7 Atmospheric Interior lighting add-on v2 REL_NYGM_AI_Visuals_for_GWX_FINAL Undersea_Mod_Reworked Updated net & Mines map b25_SF_Grass_Full_V2 B25_Camera_Stock I do need to take Aces Damo lighting mod out since it does overwrite FM's New interior mod with the CCom one. I will lose the steaming cooking pot but, gain the crew back. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

05-03-13, 09:17 PM	#14
Luno Ensign Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 234 Downloads: 123 Uploads: 0	I also want to point out that cleaning your laptop's cooling system once in a while will have a huge positive impact on performance. After two years, the heat sink can accumulate a pad of dust a half-centimeter thick. My old laptop would overheat and force-shutdown. If you know what you're doing, you can disassemble the laptop yourself, or just take it to a professional who will do it for $40. After doing this, my performance doubled and the overheating stopped. __________________ Career: Feb. 13, 1942 "Cpt. Johny Goodwood" Porpoise class: USS Shark, SS-174 Patrols: 2 Victories: 1 Merchants (4519 GRT), 0 Warships (0 GRT), 0 Aircraft Sunk with all hands lost.

05-05-13, 09:28 AM	#15
JustinReg Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 12 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I run SH3 with GWX3 @ 16km, on a 8 year old Vaio with 2Gb RAM, a NVidia 7400 and a Centrino 1.7Ghz CPU (rated @ 2.4Ghz), and it runs perfectly. It plays really well, the only slow down I get is if I use external view close up on a ship on fire. Although leaving a busy harbour doesn't give me any frame rate issues, it's just ships on fire close up. When I'm at home I hook my laptop upto my 42" TV. Standing on the bridge looks fantastic doing that.