Ugh, video card suggestions?

[Bubblehead1980]

My copy of SH 5 arrived today, was excited to install and run it until a check list showed up and said everything was fine but my video card is not compliant with minimum requirements.Any suggestions for a quality but not super pricey video card to run SH 5?


Specs:
ASUS CM 1730/CM 1830
Windows 7 home 64 bit
AMD athlon II X2 220 processor(2CPU) 2.8GHz
4096 MB RAM
Page File:1823MB used 5853 MB available
DIRECTX 11

Video card:ATI AMD 670G
Chip Type:ATI display adapter(0x9616)
DAC:Internal DAC(400MHz)
Approx total memory is 1916 MB

[ADMIRALTIA]

I would recommend any Nvidia 9 series card. If you can afford an Nvidia GTX series card is best.

TO be honest my graphic Card isn't up to standards either.

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by ADMIRALTIA

I would recommend any Nvidia 9 series card. If you can afford an Nvidia GTX series card is best.

TO be honest my graphic Card isn't up to standards either.

Will it run SH 5 even not up to standards?

[ADMIRALTIA]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Will it run SH 5 even not up to standards?

Absolutely you just need to lower the graphical settings.

Note: 1.Keep in mind that you may face certain graphical problems while playing.

2. Mods that make the vanilla game's graphics better may also put some more strain on your graphic card.

for more information about the games minimum requirements check the game's included readme file. And be sure to be patched to V1.2


Good Luck And Happy Hunting.

[misha1967]

Another note: If you get an nVidia card and update the drivers to, say, v285, the installer will tell you that your drivers are outdated because it requires a minimum of v193 or something.

The problem being that the installer only checks the last two digits, which is quite hilarious, actually. Apparently whichever monkey coded that installer never thought that nVidia would go into the 200s with driver version

Just ignore that warning.

[ADMIRALTIA]

Originally Posted by misha1967

Another note: If you get an nVidia card and update the drivers to, say, v285, the installer will tell you that your drivers are outdated because it requires a minimum of v193 or something.

The problem being that the installer only checks the last two digits, which is quite hilarious, actually. Apparently whichever monkey coded that installer never thought that nVidia would go into the 200s with driver version

Just ignore that warning.

The guy who coded the installer was apparently in the bottom of his class at programming school.

The people who debugged the game were in the bottom of programming school.

The People who make mods are at the top of programming school.

[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980

Will it run SH 5 even not up to standards?

Ahoy Bubblehead,
I've got a ASUS laptop and since it's not in front of me I can't list the exact specs, what I can tell you is my card was supposedly not supported but I tried it anyway. I had bought the computer for the same reasons.
Well, it worked fine. I can't remember if I needed any adjustments but this computer is running the game pretty good. Power wise you should have no problems, but you may need to change drivers, or settings for the card or using the old compatibility mode or something else simple like that may do the trick.
Point is, if they say not supported, try it anyway, it's probably going to work if it gets beyond the startup screen.
Good Luck my friend and Good Hunting.
D40

[mikosmotta]

Hey!!
I've got a intel i5 M520 CPU
4 GB RAM
and a Nvidia Geforce GT 330M and the game runs like a charm in full resolution!!
So I suggest something as close as possible to these specs

[quote] I've got a intel i5 M520 CPU
4 GB RAM
and a Nvidia Geforce GT 330M and the game runs like a charm in full resolution!! [Quote]

I'm trying to run SH4 on a MacPro Laptop (Bootstrap), i7, M620, 8 GB ram. I also have the integrated Nvidia Geforce GT 330M. Game runs for about 30 min and occasionally crashes. I suspect overheating but don't know for sure. What settings (NVidia Control Panel) are you using?