best video cards for SH 4

Harry708 · 03-17-14, 12:29 PM

I'm in the market for a new computer with either windows 7 ot windows 8, does anyone know what the best video cards for running SH 4 wolves of the pacific 1.5 are?

Thanks for any advise.

Snarf · 03-17-14, 02:23 PM

Well, my Nvidia GE8600 died from a combination of dust, old age, and taking a battleship into the middle of an enemy battleship group. This was in my laptop. It seemed to do alright, the FPS would drop when there was an excess of rendered smoke, but kept up well otherwise. Most newer desktop PC videocards should do just fine as long as you exceed the minimum requirements for the game

Captain Dave · 03-17-14, 07:27 PM

I was running apair of 7600 gt's for years on an old Socket 939 system with no problems. Todays motherboards and video cards are light years ahead of what I had. This sim is 8 years old.

merc4ulfate · 03-17-14, 08:01 PM

Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT

Been in the same computer for over five years now.

Never has a problem.

Bubble Head · 03-17-14, 09:10 PM

If you are on a budget the newish GT 630 (Nvidia) is what I use - runs all of the SH games at very good frames, and is a low end gaming card.

Excellent for multimedia as well - very good if you watch a lot of digital video or do conversion.

I play a number of older and less demanding games at great frames - its cheap and has a very low power usage so you won't need to have a massive PSU.

Harry708 · 03-17-14, 10:14 PM

GT 630 (Nvidia) is what I use - runs all of the SH games at very good frames, and is a low end gaming card.

Yes I was looking at the NVIDIA GT 650 and also the AMD radeon HD 8570D. One of the computers I was looking at had the GT 650 and the second had a AMD Radeon HD 8570 D.

Bubble Head · 03-18-14, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by merc4ulfate

Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT

Been in the same computer for over five years now.

Never has a problem.

One of the beauty's of the SH series really isn't it? - runs on fairly low specs and also isn't really that graphically intensive given the nature of the games..

Interesting that one of the least graphically intensive games is one of the ones that takes up the most of my time and also provides the best challenge.

Snarf · 03-18-14, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bubble Head

One of the beauty's of the SH series really isn't it? - runs on fairly low specs and also isn't really that graphically intensive given the nature of the games..

Interesting that one of the least graphically intensive games is one of the ones that takes up the most of my time and also provides the best challenge.

A good example, another Ubisoft game I bought around the same time as SH4, Assassins Creed would run at horrible FPS on the same setup and at the time for me a better graphics setup was cost prohibitive. Ever since, Assassins Creed has been shelved and SH4 gets tons of play.

TG626 · 03-17-14, 11:05 PM

550gtx here, which I'd suppose from the lower number, is an inferior card to the 630 or 650. Runs SH4 fine.

bybyx · 03-30-14, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Harry708

I'm in the market for a new computer with either windows 7 ot windows 8, does anyone know what the best video cards for running SH 4 wolves of the pacific 1.5 are?

Thanks for any advise.

If you did not already aquired a videocard by now, my advice would be to decide on a budget for the pc and then choose the components based on the budget you have.

Harry708 · 03-30-14, 01:33 PM

Well after a lot of searching and reading about cards and all the good advice from the SubSim community I have decided to get a ATI Radeon HD 5570 2GB Video Card for the computer I am going to have built. I located one at a good price. I know it will work with SH 4 and is DirectX 11 and windows 7 compadable.

merc4ulfate · 03-30-14, 09:22 PM

People have computers built for them???

I couldn't resist.

bybyx · 04-01-14, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Harry708

Well after a lot of searching and reading about cards and all the good advice from the SubSim community I have decided to get a ATI Radeon HD 5570 2GB Video Card for the computer I am going to have built. I located one at a good price. I know it will work with SH 4 and is DirectX 11 and windows 7 compadable.

I would advice to buy a latest generation video card. It does not have to be the top of the line model. The HD5000 series are old and they may run SH4 but you will have problems with newer games, i guarantee you that. On top of that HD5570 is a low end video card and not designed for gaming and i am not sure if AMD are making new drivers for it and if that it is true you will find yourself forced to use very old drivers from years ago. Just for the sake of it, what is the budget for your pc? You need to buy everything from scratch or you can use something from your old pc like the case, or the dvd writer?

jpm1 · 04-01-14, 07:07 AM

i recently purchased a GTX 650 2 Gi and i run SH4 on ultra very smooth . only thing if you decide to go for a 650 be sure to avoid the cards with DVI-D connectors these are extremely difficult to find

here my very first screenies on SHIV

Harry708 · 04-01-14, 11:41 AM

I'm not overly worried about the high end cards, In the past 5 t0 6 years I have only been playing two games on the PC, Silent Hunter Commanders Edition and Silent Hunter wolves. Do really get into the other games out there.

I may check into the gtx 650 video card but will have to see if I can get one for a reasonable price. The DVI out put bothers me some, I don't know if the adapter I see it comes with will work with my older VGA moniter and I don't want the additional expence of the new one when the one I have is fine.

03-17-14, 12:29 PM	#1
Harry708 Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: U.S.S. Narwhal in the South Pacific Posts: 25 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	best video cards for SH 4 I'm in the market for a new computer with either windows 7 ot windows 8, does anyone know what the best video cards for running SH 4 wolves of the pacific 1.5 are? Thanks for any advise. __________________ "The dust on the sea is the grave of a ship. It is only a temporary marker, but it is an indelible one to those who have seen it. And it is forever engraved on the souls of those who have had to be the cause".

03-17-14, 02:23 PM	#2
Snarf Officer Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: USS Tuna out of Pearl Harbor Posts: 243 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 10	Well, my Nvidia GE8600 died from a combination of dust, old age, and taking a battleship into the middle of an enemy battleship group. This was in my laptop. It seemed to do alright, the FPS would drop when there was an excess of rendered smoke, but kept up well otherwise. Most newer desktop PC videocards should do just fine as long as you exceed the minimum requirements for the game __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -David Farragut (probably repeated by many WWII sub skippers)

03-17-14, 08:01 PM	#4
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT Been in the same computer for over five years now. Never has a problem. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

03-17-14, 09:10 PM	#5
Bubble Head Seaman Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Under the sea. Posts: 34 Downloads: 128 Uploads: 0	If you are on a budget the newish GT 630 (Nvidia) is what I use - runs all of the SH games at very good frames, and is a low end gaming card. Excellent for multimedia as well - very good if you watch a lot of digital video or do conversion. I play a number of older and less demanding games at great frames - its cheap and has a very low power usage so you won't need to have a massive PSU. __________________ U-Boat Enthusiast \| Playing SH3 GWX & SH4 \| i5, 8GB RAM, GT 630 [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

03-17-14, 10:14 PM	#6
Harry708 Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: U.S.S. Narwhal in the South Pacific Posts: 25 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	video cards GT 630 (Nvidia) is what I use - runs all of the SH games at very good frames, and is a low end gaming card. Yes I was looking at the NVIDIA GT 650 and also the AMD radeon HD 8570D. One of the computers I was looking at had the GT 650 and the second had a AMD Radeon HD 8570 D. __________________ "The dust on the sea is the grave of a ship. It is only a temporary marker, but it is an indelible one to those who have seen it. And it is forever engraved on the souls of those who have had to be the cause".

03-17-14, 07:27 PM	#3
Captain Dave Officer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Herriman, Utah Posts: 247 Downloads: 398 Uploads: 3	I was running apair of 7600 gt's for years on an old Socket 939 system with no problems. Todays motherboards and video cards are light years ahead of what I had. This sim is 8 years old.

03-17-14, 11:05 PM	#9
TG626 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USS Seal - Somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 268 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 3	550gtx here, which I'd suppose from the lower number, is an inferior card to the 630 or 650. Runs SH4 fine. __________________ T. E. Thompson, LTCDR Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Seal (formerly S-40 (SS-145))

03-30-14, 01:33 PM	#11
Harry708 Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: U.S.S. Narwhal in the South Pacific Posts: 25 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	best video cards Well after a lot of searching and reading about cards and all the good advice from the SubSim community I have decided to get a ATI Radeon HD 5570 2GB Video Card for the computer I am going to have built. I located one at a good price. I know it will work with SH 4 and is DirectX 11 and windows 7 compadable. __________________ "The dust on the sea is the grave of a ship. It is only a temporary marker, but it is an indelible one to those who have seen it. And it is forever engraved on the souls of those who have had to be the cause".

03-30-14, 09:22 PM	#12
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	People have computers built for them??? I couldn't resist. __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

04-01-14, 07:07 AM	#14
jpm1 Captain Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 544 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	i recently purchased a GTX 650 2 Gi and i run SH4 on ultra very smooth . only thing if you decide to go for a 650 be sure to avoid the cards with DVI-D connectors these are extremely difficult to find here my very first screenies on SHIV

04-01-14, 11:41 AM	#15
Harry708 Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: U.S.S. Narwhal in the South Pacific Posts: 25 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I'm not overly worried about the high end cards, In the past 5 t0 6 years I have only been playing two games on the PC, Silent Hunter Commanders Edition and Silent Hunter wolves. Do really get into the other games out there. I may check into the gtx 650 video card but will have to see if I can get one for a reasonable price. The DVI out put bothers me some, I don't know if the adapter I see it comes with will work with my older VGA moniter and I don't want the additional expence of the new one when the one I have is fine. __________________ "The dust on the sea is the grave of a ship. It is only a temporary marker, but it is an indelible one to those who have seen it. And it is forever engraved on the souls of those who have had to be the cause".