Silent Hunter III/laptop question

Gunfan9x19 · 02-01-07, 06:46 PM

Hello.

When I was a kid, I was an avid fan of the original SH. Recently, I've been looking into getting back into sims. As such, I've been looking to get SHIII. I went to Ubi's website to download it, but it says under a "Known Issues" heading that "Laptops are not supported.". This is a problem, as my current gaming PC is a laptop.

Is this a problem, or can my laptop handle it? It is worth noting that my laptop is brand new and quite powerful(enough so to handle FEAR near max settings).

melnibonian · 02-01-07, 06:49 PM

I don't think you'll have any problem with SH3 and a laptop. I'm using a laptop to play SH3/GW1.1a/GWX and I never had any problems. As long as you have the CPU power and the RAM you should be OK

Gunfan9x19 · 02-01-07, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by melnibonian

I don't think you'll have any problem with SH3 and a laptop. I'm using a laptop to play SH3/GW1.1a/GWX and I never had any problems. As long as you have the CPU power and the RAM you should be OK

I have more than enough CPU power and RAM. Thanks for your help!

gabeeg · 02-01-07, 08:22 PM

I run SHIII on a Laptop just fine and my specs are not that great (P IV 3.2GHz, Nvidia Geforce FX Go 5200 64MB and 1GB of RAM). If your laptop has even slightly higher specs than that...and I assume it does since you say it is for gaming. You will be able to play SHIII with all the bells and whistles available...comfortably.

Corrupt_File · 02-01-07, 10:24 PM

Gah, I run a top spec SH3/GWX install on my laptop without a major problem (a little bit of studder in port)

Gunfan9x19 · 02-01-07, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabeeg

I run SHIII on a Laptop just fine and my specs are not that great (P IV 3.2GHz, Nvidia Geforce FX Go 5200 64MB and 1GB of RAM). If your laptop has even slightly higher specs than that...and I assume it does since you say it is for gaming. You will be able to play SHIII with all the bells and whistles available...comfortably.

Yep

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-2GB RAM
-1.6 GHz Intel Centrino Duo processor
-Nvidia 7600
-XP Service Pack 2

And HD space is not an issue.

baggygreen · 02-02-07, 05:39 AM

I ran GWX on even less than that matey, its doable

melnibonian · 02-02-07, 05:45 AM

I wish I had your specs mate

. You will not have any problem with GWX. Go out there, enjoy it and sink some ships

02-01-07, 06:46 PM	#1
Gunfan9x19 Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 10 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter III/laptop question Hello. When I was a kid, I was an avid fan of the original SH. Recently, I've been looking into getting back into sims. As such, I've been looking to get SHIII. I went to Ubi's website to download it, but it says under a "Known Issues" heading that "Laptops are not supported.". This is a problem, as my current gaming PC is a laptop. Is this a problem, or can my laptop handle it? It is worth noting that my laptop is brand new and quite powerful(enough so to handle FEAR near max settings).

02-01-07, 06:49 PM	#2
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I don't think you'll have any problem with SH3 and a laptop. I'm using a laptop to play SH3/GW1.1a/GWX and I never had any problems. As long as you have the CPU power and the RAM you should be OK __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

02-01-07, 08:22 PM	#4
gabeeg Helmsman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fresno, CA USA Posts: 101 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I run SHIII on a Laptop just fine and my specs are not that great (P IV 3.2GHz, Nvidia Geforce FX Go 5200 64MB and 1GB of RAM). If your laptop has even slightly higher specs than that...and I assume it does since you say it is for gaming. You will be able to play SHIII with all the bells and whistles available...comfortably. __________________ Kind Regards, Harry J. Miktarian

02-02-07, 05:45 AM	#8
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I wish I had your specs mate . You will not have any problem with GWX. Go out there, enjoy it and sink some ships __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

02-01-07, 10:24 PM	#5
Corrupt_File Sparky Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada's Western Naval Fleet Posts: 157 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Gah, I run a top spec SH3/GWX install on my laptop without a major problem (a little bit of studder in port)

02-02-07, 05:39 AM	#7
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I ran GWX on even less than that matey, its doable