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-Pv- · 11-01-07, 05:25 PM

As others have noted, sluggish mouse is a sure sign vid is under powered and I also agree take a careful consideration of the power supply. A loaded machine with the newest PCI express cards may require 500 watts or more. Very good cooling is also necessary.
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jazman · 11-01-07, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Neptune#1

Could one of you guys tell me the difference in video cards for example my 6200 with 256 mb, 3.0 shader and say an 8500 with 256 mb,3.0 shader, I am kind of a dim wit at this stuff but I am learning from you guy's and my own mistakes, also as my pcu is at 2.66 will 3.0g really make that big of a difference or would the fact that once I install the 500gb hard drive with saita make a bigger difference, this coming spring I am going to buy an lcd monitor, which is why I am messing with this problem so much while I can play the game reasonably now would defeat the purpose of lcd shortly, I already plan on replacing the mother board and processor with 3.0g when I go to lcd and hopefully when I am done I will have a kick ass system without spending $5000.00 at Dell, also how much doe's the dvd drive effect this game, I am probably going to upgrade this as well but we think the one I have installed is good[fast enough].

A couple of good sites are AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com) and Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com). They do all sorts of tests on hardware. If you read through, say, some tests on video cards, you'll get an idea of things that are important in determining performance. You might also get some tips on test software you can use to benchmark your own box and see how it rates, and how a video card replacement helps.

A side "benefit" of playing hardware-intensive games is that you learn all this stuff...

A_Engel · 11-01-07, 07:21 PM

I run Silent Hunter 4 with a Nvidia 6800GT - 256MB graphics card and 1 GB of RAM and my game runs surprisingly well, it works well with other new games as well. And the 6800GT is an old card as far as graphics cards go. It doesn't look as good as the newer cards, but the game still looks great.

swdw · 11-01-07, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by A_Engel

I run Silent Hunter 4 with a Nvidia 6800GT - 256MB graphics card and 1 GB of RAM and my game runs surprisingly well, it works well with other new games as well. And the 6800GT is an old card as far as graphics cards go. It doesn't look as good as the newer cards, but the game still looks great.

Actually, in the speed tests, the 6800GT is usually on a par with a 7600GT with the same ram. SO you have a decent card and BTW, the 6800 is known to be a pretty good overclocker (get rivatuner)

Neptune#1 · 11-01-07, 08:25 PM

My grapics do not look bad I'm shure they would look better in LCD or HD considering my original Dell monitor is 4 yrs old I do not notice freezing or stutter biggest problem is the mouse, once I get the new hard drive in we think we will see some improvement as this one is about maxed, also going to try some of the ideas that you guys have suggested in fact I was just playing it with the color on max setting.

SteamWake · 11-01-07, 09:46 PM

Have you checked to see what kind of background tasks you have running ?

Some can be quite intrusive. A virus scan for example can bring your system to its knees.

Neptune#1 · 11-02-07, 10:17 PM

We just finished installing the 500g hard drive and getting the unit up and running so we still have more to do and going through the running programs is the first thing we planned on doing tommorrow morningafter 6-7 hrs installing and re installing etc we have had it for today what a pain in the ...... we did reinstal SH IV and it works a bit better , as I have said it is still very playable but I did not have a chance to play with the settings either hopefully I will be able to get all the rest done tommorrow will keep you posted here.

11-01-07, 07:21 PM	#18
A_Engel Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S.A. Posts: 10 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I run Silent Hunter 4 with a Nvidia 6800GT - 256MB graphics card and 1 GB of RAM and my game runs surprisingly well, it works well with other new games as well. And the 6800GT is an old card as far as graphics cards go. It doesn't look as good as the newer cards, but the game still looks great. __________________ The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

11-01-07, 05:25 PM	#16
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	As others have noted, sluggish mouse is a sure sign vid is under powered and I also agree take a careful consideration of the power supply. A loaded machine with the newest PCI express cards may require 500 watts or more. Very good cooling is also necessary. -Pv-

11-01-07, 08:25 PM	#20
Neptune#1 Bosun Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Racine WI Posts: 64 Downloads: 112 Uploads: 0	My grapics do not look bad I'm shure they would look better in LCD or HD considering my original Dell monitor is 4 yrs old I do not notice freezing or stutter biggest problem is the mouse, once I get the new hard drive in we think we will see some improvement as this one is about maxed, also going to try some of the ideas that you guys have suggested in fact I was just playing it with the color on max setting.

11-01-07, 09:46 PM	#21
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Have you checked to see what kind of background tasks you have running ? Some can be quite intrusive. A virus scan for example can bring your system to its knees.

11-02-07, 10:17 PM	#22
Neptune#1 Bosun Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Racine WI Posts: 64 Downloads: 112 Uploads: 0	We just finished installing the 500g hard drive and getting the unit up and running so we still have more to do and going through the running programs is the first thing we planned on doing tommorrow morningafter 6-7 hrs installing and re installing etc we have had it for today what a pain in the ...... we did reinstal SH IV and it works a bit better , as I have said it is still very playable but I did not have a chance to play with the settings either hopefully I will be able to get all the rest done tommorrow will keep you posted here.