Newby to SS4

Sea wolf 7 · 04-19-09, 08:41 AM

Hello. I'm brand new here, having just bought the SS4 game and found this forum. I hope I'm posting in the right place.

I really like your site and am looking forward to browsing all the information and downloads.

Question: I have 2 G hard drive, 1.5 G ram, and a GeForce 5500 video card. Do I need to upgrade anything, or should the game play OK on what I have?

(The game arrives Wednesday - Gold version).

Any info and help is deeply appreciated!

Sea Wolf 7

Captain von Keldunk · 04-19-09, 09:18 AM

Hello and wellcome to the forum

I have a ati card 3870 but it is a personal taste I think Here is a link to
Nvidia cards, problems, tweaks etc, hope this helps

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128517

Lagger123987 · 04-19-09, 09:38 AM

uhhh SS4? Silent Service 4?

Peto · 04-19-09, 10:10 AM

Welcome Aboard Sea Wolf!!! If you could post a few more details regarding your computer specs you'll get more well-informed responses (CPU?). Is it a stock computer (Dell, HP, eMachine--Model)?

You'll get help here!

Cheers!

Sniper31 · 04-19-09, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sea wolf 7

Hello. I'm brand new here, having just bought the SS4 game and found this forum. I hope I'm posting in the right place.

I really like your site and am looking forward to browsing all the information and downloads.

Question: I have 2 G hard drive, 1.5 G ram, and a GeForce 5500 video card. Do I need to upgrade anything, or should the game play OK on what I have?

(The game arrives Wednesday - Gold version).

Any info and help is deeply appreciated!

Sea Wolf 7

Well, assuming that your are talking about Silent Hunter 4 (SH4) and not SS4 ( not sure if a Silent Service 4 exists...lol), then here is the system requirements as listed when the game was released:
Win XP/Vista
2 Ghz Cpu (3 ghz Cpu recommended)
128 Mb Ram video card (256 Mb Ram recommended)
**nVidia GeForce cards supported: 6200 and newer**
Hard Drive with a least 6 Gb of free space

Now these system requirements may have been tweaked since the game was released a few years ago, BUT, if so, requirements will not be too much different. If your system can run this game, then it is likely that it will not run it very well, and probable that there will be some graphical issues. Sorry for the bad news my friend, but if you can afford to upgrade or even better yet, get a whole new system than now might be the time to go for it. There are LOTS of newer generation technology components out there than your current system, and for very decent prices.

Sonicfire1981 · 04-19-09, 11:00 AM

Dont be so mean to newcomers. (Welcome to the show, btw)

Im running SH$ somewhere on the minimum requirements, FPS might be little low sometimes and aiming for the "Torpedosettings"-button can be tricky, but its running. Dont expect an Anna Netrebko (awesome-looking-wise), thou.

A new graphics-card might be a good start. (take a 512 Ram. the animation of the water is totally worth it...)

Lagger123987 · 04-19-09, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonicfire1981

Dont be so mean to newcomers. (Welcome to the show, btw)

Im running SH$ somewhere on the minimum requirements, FPS might be little low sometimes and aiming for the "Torpedosettings"-button can be tricky, but its running. Dont expect an Anna Netrebko (awesome-looking-wise), thou.

A new graphics-card might be a good start. (take a 512 Ram. the animation of the water is totally worth it...)

THere you go again, SH$? Silent Hunter Dollar? Sorry, can't help it, so boring at my place right now.

Akula4745 · 04-19-09, 11:44 AM

Sea Wolf,
Sounds like your system is a lot like my old one... I could run the game but just barely (graphics options turned all the way down) and had some serious lag in the gameplay at times. I ended up ordering a whole new system to upgrade to where I could play SH4 with the graphics maxed out.

Welcome to the forum, sir... you're gonna love this game!

Akula4745

Rockin Robbins · 04-19-09, 01:07 PM

Welcome to Subsim! I wouldn't try playing the game with anything less than an nVidia 7600GT. I think the price difference between it an lesser cards just doesn't give any benefit to finding ways to make them work at all. With the 7600GT I can run graphics settings wide open and get about 25 fps on exterior camera looking at the submarine, more fps everywhere else.

Sailor Steve · 04-19-09, 03:22 PM

WELCOME ABOARD!

I'm playing with a much worse setup than yours (well, the video card is worse anyway), and I have to play with minimum settings; but play I do! You won't regret getting involved with the ultimate (so far) Silent Hunter!

Sea wolf 7 · 04-19-09, 03:55 PM

Thanks for all the replys! Very helpful. My machine is a home made, and I need to update this dog of a machine anyway. So it looks like I'll add a couple gigs of ram, get a much larger hard drive (Tigerdirect is selling a 250 GB Seagate for $99.00), and a 9800 GeForce (another $99.00 bucks). Hopefully that'll solve the problem.

Sorry about the "SS4", can't get Silent Service out of my head (think SH4, SH4, SH4).

Any other suggestions?

Sea Wolf

Sniper31 · 04-19-09, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sea wolf 7

Thanks for all the replys! Very helpful. My machine is a home made, and I need to update this dog of a machine anyway. So it looks like I'll add a couple gigs of ram, get a much larger hard drive (Tigerdirect is selling a 250 GB Seagate for $99.00), and a 9800 GeForce (another $99.00 bucks). Hopefully that'll solve the problem.

Sorry about the "SS4", can't get Silent Service out of my head (think SH4, SH4, SH4).

Any other suggestions?

Sea Wolf

Don't sweat the SS4, I was just ribbing you...and besides, I never know, maybe there was an SS4 that I did not know about...lol.

Anyhow, with that 9800 GeForce card, the big thing to check on you system is the power supply. Chances are that if your current power supply is as old as your system seems to be, than it will not have enough power (or the right plugs) to run a 9800 card. The newer cards are more power hungry, big time. If you are looking at Tigerdirect (I love them...order stuff from them all the time!) than check out the detailed power supply requirements for that video card and compare to your current power supply. If it looks like you need to upgrade the power supply also, then you want to get a name brand one, and its a good idea to have 200-300w over what you actually need. Ultra and Corsair are my two favorite power supply company's, but there are other good one's out there.

GulfXray · 04-19-09, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sniper31

Don't sweat the SS4, I was just ribbing you...and besides, I never know, maybe there was an SS4 that I did not know about...lol.

Anyhow, with that 9800 GeForce card, the big thing to check on you system is the power supply. Chances are that if your current power supply is as old as your system seems to be, than it will not have enough power (or the right plugs) to run a 9800 card. The newer cards are more power hungry, big time. If you are looking at Tigerdirect (I love them...order stuff from them all the time!) than check out the detailed power supply requirements for that video card and compare to your current power supply. If it looks like you need to upgrade the power supply also, then you want to get a name brand one, and its a good idea to have 200-300w over what you actually need. Ultra and Corsair are my two favorite power supply company's, but there are other good one's out there.

I can help a bit - just bought a 9800 GT and it required a 400w system PSU -- soooo, I bought a new 550wat PSU to go along with it!

Sonicfire1981 · 04-20-09, 01:00 AM

Yeah, SH$, damn caps... whatever.

As the hardware seems to be discussed, check
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=146795
if you havent already. You'll be an elite-skipper in no time.

when it comes to mods, there are a couple of really good ones. Both Trigger Maru and Real Fleet Boat are very good, although I like RFB more. It makes ship-damage far easier to understand. But with it you shouldnt try surface-shootouts with DDs or even Gunboats. You'll loose, and badly.

The RSRD also is a "Must Have" in my oppinion. Much clearer Missions, although I never had to recon harbors, rescue pilots and the like anymore.

Try Operation Monsoon if you want to play SS§ (SH3

) Netrebko-style.

If you do and like an intense Kriegsmarine-flair try Spaxx (install first) and Poulsen (install second) Soundmod. If youre not german (RealWorld) R.U.I.M. adds much flair to your crew. I promise you will use the F2-kea more often.

Arclight · 04-20-09, 01:33 AM

A good thing to check is if the card you have now is PCI-E. I'm guessing it's AGP since it's so old. Not gonna be able to plug a 9800 in an AGP slot.

04-19-09, 08:41 AM	#1
Sea wolf 7 Watch Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 21 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Newby to SS4 Hello. I'm brand new here, having just bought the SS4 game and found this forum. I hope I'm posting in the right place. I really like your site and am looking forward to browsing all the information and downloads. Question: I have 2 G hard drive, 1.5 G ram, and a GeForce 5500 video card. Do I need to upgrade anything, or should the game play OK on what I have? (The game arrives Wednesday - Gold version). Any info and help is deeply appreciated! Sea Wolf 7

04-19-09, 09:18 AM	#2
Captain von Keldunk Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 376 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 21	Hello and wellcome to the forum I have a ati card 3870 but it is a personal taste I think Here is a link to Nvidia cards, problems, tweaks etc, hope this helps http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128517 __________________ SH

04-19-09, 09:38 AM	#3
Lagger123987 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: Little Saigon, San Jose, California Posts: 944 Downloads: 323 Uploads: 4	uhhh SS4? Silent Service 4? __________________

04-19-09, 10:10 AM	#4
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Welcome Aboard Sea Wolf!!! If you could post a few more details regarding your computer specs you'll get more well-informed responses (CPU?). Is it a stock computer (Dell, HP, eMachine--Model)? You'll get help here! Cheers! __________________ If your target has a 30 degree AOB, the range from his base course line equals the current range divided by 2.

04-19-09, 11:00 AM	#6
Sonicfire1981 Engineer Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 213 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Dont be so mean to newcomers. (Welcome to the show, btw) Im running SH$ somewhere on the minimum requirements, FPS might be little low sometimes and aiming for the "Torpedosettings"-button can be tricky, but its running. Dont expect an Anna Netrebko (awesome-looking-wise), thou. A new graphics-card might be a good start. (take a 512 Ram. the animation of the water is totally worth it...) __________________ https://towardsdatascience.com/how-s...s-f28f0fab3cb3

04-19-09, 11:44 AM	#8
Akula4745 Convicted Ship Killer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just out of sight... plotting your course and speed Posts: 846 Downloads: 371 Uploads: 1	Sea Wolf, Sounds like your system is a lot like my old one... I could run the game but just barely (graphics options turned all the way down) and had some serious lag in the gameplay at times. I ended up ordering a whole new system to upgrade to where I could play SH4 with the graphics maxed out. Welcome to the forum, sir... you're gonna love this game! Akula4745 __________________ Akula4745 "If you sit by the river long enough... the body of your enemy will float by -- SunTzu"

04-19-09, 01:07 PM	#9
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Welcome to Subsim! I wouldn't try playing the game with anything less than an nVidia 7600GT. I think the price difference between it an lesser cards just doesn't give any benefit to finding ways to make them work at all. With the 7600GT I can run graphics settings wide open and get about 25 fps on exterior camera looking at the submarine, more fps everywhere else. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

04-19-09, 03:22 PM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WELCOME ABOARD! I'm playing with a much worse setup than yours (well, the video card is worse anyway), and I have to play with minimum settings; but play I do! You won't regret getting involved with the ultimate (so far) Silent Hunter! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-19-09, 03:55 PM	#11
Sea wolf 7 Watch Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 21 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Thanks to all! Thanks for all the replys! Very helpful. My machine is a home made, and I need to update this dog of a machine anyway. So it looks like I'll add a couple gigs of ram, get a much larger hard drive (Tigerdirect is selling a 250 GB Seagate for $99.00), and a 9800 GeForce (another $99.00 bucks). Hopefully that'll solve the problem. Sorry about the "SS4", can't get Silent Service out of my head (think SH4, SH4, SH4). Any other suggestions? Sea Wolf

04-20-09, 01:00 AM	#14
Sonicfire1981 Engineer Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 213 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	Yeah, SH$, damn caps... whatever. As the hardware seems to be discussed, check http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=146795 if you havent already. You'll be an elite-skipper in no time. when it comes to mods, there are a couple of really good ones. Both Trigger Maru and Real Fleet Boat are very good, although I like RFB more. It makes ship-damage far easier to understand. But with it you shouldnt try surface-shootouts with DDs or even Gunboats. You'll loose, and badly. The RSRD also is a "Must Have" in my oppinion. Much clearer Missions, although I never had to recon harbors, rescue pilots and the like anymore. Try Operation Monsoon if you want to play SS§ (SH3 ) Netrebko-style. If you do and like an intense Kriegsmarine-flair try Spaxx (install first) and Poulsen (install second) Soundmod. If youre not german (RealWorld) R.U.I.M. adds much flair to your crew. I promise you will use the F2-kea more often. __________________ https://towardsdatascience.com/how-s...s-f28f0fab3cb3

04-20-09, 01:33 AM	#15
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	A good thing to check is if the card you have now is PCI-E. I'm guessing it's AGP since it's so old. Not gonna be able to plug a 9800 in an AGP slot. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.