Question about the min. requirements.

Boats · 03-21-10, 03:24 PM

I wish I knew how to take a snapshot of the SH5 Detection utility, it would be easier to just post it here.

I reach all the min. requirements for the game but my video card is only 256 and so the only thing that the utility marks as unacceptable for the game. I'm not sure, but I think the utility is lying because my CPU is only 2x 1862 and yet passes. Would it be worth it to upgrade the video card which is an obvious bottleneck? Or will I find that the CPU is really another bottleneck?
As it is now it's a slide show at minimum settings.
Thanks.

03-21-10, 03:30 PM

in most cases the cpu isnt the problem but the video card and system ram is.

often they underestimate these two requirements as posted so i would get a video card of no less then 1gb onboard ram and consider a 9800 as the minimum required to run the game along with 2gb of system ram.

im sure someone will say theirs isnt as good but still works but im talking in terms of acceptable quality for most people, i doubt you want to spend money to just get faster then you have now but still slow frame rates at times

03-21-10, 03:24 PM	#1
Boats Loader Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ME Posts: 84 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	Question about the min. requirements. I wish I knew how to take a snapshot of the SH5 Detection utility, it would be easier to just post it here. I reach all the min. requirements for the game but my video card is only 256 and so the only thing that the utility marks as unacceptable for the game. I'm not sure, but I think the utility is lying because my CPU is only 2x 1862 and yet passes. Would it be worth it to upgrade the video card which is an obvious bottleneck? Or will I find that the CPU is really another bottleneck? As it is now it's a slide show at minimum settings. Thanks.

03-21-10, 03:30 PM	#2
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	in most cases the cpu isnt the problem but the video card and system ram is. often they underestimate these two requirements as posted so i would get a video card of no less then 1gb onboard ram and consider a 9800 as the minimum required to run the game along with 2gb of system ram. im sure someone will say theirs isnt as good but still works but im talking in terms of acceptable quality for most people, i doubt you want to spend money to just get faster then you have now but still slow frame rates at times