New PC without WinXP (SH3?)

scrapser · 09-03-12, 08:49 AM

I'm considering building a new computer using an X79 mobo with an i7 socket 2011 cpu. It looks like Intel has stopped supporting WinXP with this new chipset so I would need to rely on Windows 7 and "XP compatability mode" for older games and sims. There's a long sticky thread here for SH3 and Windows 7 but it doesn't say definitively at the top of the thread that SH3 will run.

Will SH3 run in Windows 7 or not?

Maceaciadh · 09-03-12, 09:08 AM

i have win 7 on my laptop and SH3 runs great for me

sublynx · 09-03-12, 09:33 AM

64-bit Windows 7 running with no problems whatsoever on a laptop. More memory to use for the game, no crashes, no save game crashes. I can save submerged right next to the Royal Navy and it's Merchant Fleet parked over me if I want to. I recommend trying the switch to a much more powerful and stable operating system

Pisces · 09-03-12, 01:12 PM

It works with 64 bit versions of Vista and 7. Even without setting XP compatibility mode! Just make sure you do not install it into the default location in "Program Files"-something- folder. Or UAC will complain every now and then. Give it it's own brandnew folder that you created.

like c:\games\SH3

Red Heat · 09-04-12, 05:26 AM

Here we go again...

Sailor Steve · 09-04-12, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Red Heat

Here we go again...

Where are we going? Can I come?

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Originally Posted by scrapser

Will SH3 run in Windows 7 or not?

A simple look at any of several threads would have told you that dozens, and probably hundreds, and likely thousands of members are running it on Windows 7 with no problems at all.

desertstriker · 09-04-12, 01:48 PM

just for the sake of getting the answer out there YOU MUST have a silent hunter that does not have starforce on it easily located on amazon or if you know what you are looking for eBay.

I WILL REITERATE MUST NOT HAVE STARFORCE or you will not be able to play it.
if you would like i can post a URL for amazon.

09-03-12, 08:49 AM	#1
scrapser Captain Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 530 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	New PC without WinXP (SH3?) I'm considering building a new computer using an X79 mobo with an i7 socket 2011 cpu. It looks like Intel has stopped supporting WinXP with this new chipset so I would need to rely on Windows 7 and "XP compatability mode" for older games and sims. There's a long sticky thread here for SH3 and Windows 7 but it doesn't say definitively at the top of the thread that SH3 will run. Will SH3 run in Windows 7 or not? __________________ Gaming Computer Specs: CM Stacker 930 DFI LP UT X58-T3eH8 i7 920 CPU TR 120 Extreme HS (lapped) 6 GB OCZ Platinum 1600 (8x175 = 1400) BFG GTX 295 Silverstone DA1000W PSU Sony GDM-FW900 24" Wide Screen CRT WinXP Pro 32-bit

09-03-12, 09:33 AM	#3
sublynx Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In the conning tower of my VIIC scanning the sea through the periscope Posts: 1,698 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 7	64-bit Windows 7 running with no problems whatsoever on a laptop. More memory to use for the game, no crashes, no save game crashes. I can save submerged right next to the Royal Navy and it's Merchant Fleet parked over me if I want to. I recommend trying the switch to a much more powerful and stable operating system __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] NYGM+H.sie v16+Stiebler 4C+MaGui WS

09-04-12, 05:26 AM	#5
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Here we go again... __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

09-03-12, 09:08 AM	#2
Maceaciadh Loader Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 86 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	i have win 7 on my laptop and SH3 runs great for me

09-03-12, 01:12 PM	#4
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	It works with 64 bit versions of Vista and 7. Even without setting XP compatibility mode! Just make sure you do not install it into the default location in "Program Files"-something- folder. Or UAC will complain every now and then. Give it it's own brandnew folder that you created. like c:\games\SH3

09-04-12, 01:48 PM	#7
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	just for the sake of getting the answer out there YOU MUST have a silent hunter that does not have starforce on it easily located on amazon or if you know what you are looking for eBay. I WILL REITERATE MUST NOT HAVE STARFORCE or you will not be able to play it. if you would like i can post a URL for amazon.