GW Mod fantastic but too slow :(

[hangar18]

Downloaded and played the GW mod and it makes SHIII seem almost like new game! (superb work GW!) The only problem is it takes about 15mins (quite literaly) for each mission to start and each saved game to load. Also it can be slow at times during navigation.

Does anyone have any ideas how to speed up the performance (perhaps if say I just installed the bare minimum GW option, instead of the Das Boot music, Lighting etc).

Cheers,

ps I have 3 Ghz, 516Ram, 5800 Geforce 256 M card.

[Gunner]

Bump yer Ram to 1 gig especialy if ye be runn'n XP,and if ye have some spare loot kick'n about,invest in GF 6800GT,its what I run and load times are reasonable.

[shegeek72]

Originally Posted by Gunner

Bump yer Ram to 1 gig especialy if ye be runn'n XP,and if ye have some spare loot kick'n about,invest in GF 6800GT,its what I run and load times are reasonable.

*nod* WinXP uses 128 mb of ram from the get-go. Vista will be even more of a resource hog. Though I've heard the graphic eye candy can be turned off, if necessary.
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[hangar18]

Thanks, will do.

[Gunner]

good thing fer extra mamory slots think I'd be stay'n with XP fer some time,let others be a guinea pig fer vista

[Grrbob25]

Geforce 5800??? thats better then waht I;ve got, cu I win the crappies SH3 playing card in the world award: Geforce 5200, but in a week I;m gettin a Radeon x1600!!!


(remarkabley the Geforce 5200 plays sh3 pretty well, with graphics on a medium low

[kylania]

I have 2 GB of RAM and GW loads really slow, both the game and especially missions. There's a few hiccups during high TC travel as well.

That said, it's fun and beautiful. Though I had AntiAliasing turned way up, I turned it off because it really makes some periscope and smoky scenes choppy. I need to turn it on again since map lines are all "stepy" but when I turned it OFF my PC crashed hard, powered right off.. so I'm afraid to turn it back on.

[stabiz]

Its not just RAM, you need cpu power as well. As for the graphics cards, the nvidia 6800 and the medium 7000-series are rather cheap now.

[bunkerratt]

intel p-4 3.0 oc'd to 3.6775 lga
asusp5gd2 deluxe
2gb pc2 3200 oc'd
twin sata 100 gb hdds raid 0
2 hdd coolers
dvd rom
dvd rw dual layer dual format
floppy
ati radeon x800xl 256 pcie oc'd
creative x-fi extreame music
enermax 600 watt psu
kwas3000 cpu/gpu water cooler
northbridge/southbridge coolers
120mm front intake
80mm side intake
2 80mm rear exhaust
cooler master muskeeter2 logictec5.1 surround 75watts rms
saitec eclipse keyboard
logitec tracman cordless rollerball mouse
viewsonic vp201 m 20 inch lcd
11 in 1 card reader
ambient case temp readouts
hdd temp readouts
raidmax scorpion case
winxp pro sp2

[bunkerratt]

you can also try using the omega drivers ...bhetter performance all the way around..smoother framerates and just better running drivers

[Hylander_1314]

Where do you get the Omega drivers? I've heard about them, but can't seem to find them. Also which version would be the best if more than one version is offerred?

Thanks in advance!

[Gizzmoe]

http://www.omegadrivers.net

[_Seth_]

How does vista compares to XP? Should i install vista before running SHIV (when it comes). what do you guys suggest? Is Vista more "demanding" than XP considering RAM?:hmm:

[stabiz]

I wouldn`t go for Vista before mid 2007, maybe they have removed most of the bugs by then. (Yes, optimistic)

[kylania]

Originally Posted by Gizzmoe

http://www.omegadrivers.net

Wow, I just installed these and it completely f'd up my machine. At first *all* video was scrambled and stuff, missing icons. Than I rebooted and for three more reboots had no video!! The monitor wouldn't even turn on. Bah.