SH4 Specs... What Upgrades Do I Need??? - Page 3

badaboom · 02-17-07, 10:30 AM

Thank You Sir!

I have a HP with a 1.58 ghz proccessor,1.5 gig of RAM and aATI RAD XPRESS graphics card,I bought it about 6months ago and I'm very happy with it's performance running SHIII,
I was looking at the the new trailer at gamespot and was ....WOWED .....by some of the graphics in it!!!!One shot in perticular of a look through the periscope just at the water line.....the water looks so real I thought it would spill out my screen

LOL!!!!!!anyway that gave me some pause as now I'm wondering how well I'll do with SHIV.......Iguess I'll find out soon enough,thanks for the reply!!

TDK1044 · 02-17-07, 11:42 AM

When you strip away all the rhetoric and speculation regarding SH4, I think several things are now obvious.

First, in order to play the game with the look and feel of the movies that were made in the 50s about the war in the Pacific, which is what is being suggested as an option in this game, you’re going to need to play the game at the highest graphical settings. The kind of filtering needed in creating that effect would necessitate that.

Secondly, in SH3 it was simply a case of our sub versus a single ship, a couple of ships, a convoy or a task force. But in SH4, if the Devs adhere to historical reality....and I’m sure they will, then you will sometimes find yourself in the middle of a situation where an American Battle Group is engaging a Japanese Battle Group, and you are in the middle of it with your sub attacking the Japs. Imagine the external view of that scenario.

In my opinion therefore, SH4 will be the most visually impressive and also the most system resource hungry sub simulator ever made. Sure, the Devs will have made coding changes to help things as much as possible, but I think there is sometimes going to be more than twice the level of action going on in SH4 relative to what we saw in SH3.

If you were debating about upgrading your RAM and or video card, I’d do it. If you’re debating spending the extra $50 on the video card you really want, I’d go for it. I just did both of those things and I don’t think I’ll be sorry.

Come on March 13!!!!

hyperion2206 · 02-17-07, 11:47 AM

I will upgrade but I guess I'll have to spend more than 50 bucks

I'll buy a nice 512 mb video card and 1GB extra RAM. Does anybody know a good card which does not cost more than 200€?

TDK1044 · 02-17-07, 11:56 AM

Gizzmoe is excellent with video cards. PM him. He's always been very helpful to me.

Gizzmoe · 02-17-07, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by hyperion2206

Does anybody know a good card which does not cost more than 200€?

The best card for around 200€ is the ATI X1950XT or the slightly cheaper X1950 Pro. I have the XT and I´m very happy with it.

StandingCow · 02-17-07, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hyperion2206

I will upgrade but I guess I'll have to spend more than 50 bucks

I'll buy a nice 512 mb video card and 1GB extra RAM. Does anybody know a good card which does not cost more than 200€?

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/02/...for_the_money/

That should help you, and everybody else to choose a good card.

hyperion2206 · 02-17-07, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gizzmoe

Quote:

Originally Posted by hyperion2206

Does anybody know a good card which does not cost more than 200€?

The best card for around 200€ is the ATI X1950XT or the slightly cheaper X1950 Pro. I have the XT and I´m very happy with it.

Thank you, I'll take that card into consideration.

stabiz · 02-17-07, 12:57 PM

The 7900GS is a very good card for low bucks. I canged it with a 7950GT and didnt feel that much of a boost.

Lt commander lare · 02-17-07, 04:42 PM

hi i have the Ati radeon x 1600 pro and it works fine with silent hunter 3 and it surpassed the ram requirement in neal's review it says the graphic card requirement is the same and since my card works great with silent hunter 3 then silent hunter 4 wont be any problem right ?

lt commander lare

TDK1044 · 02-17-07, 05:11 PM

The 1600 pro will run the game...how well also depends on RAM and processor speed.

AJ! · 02-17-07, 05:15 PM

To be honist i have no idea how much this game will require to run. Ubi say 2gb ram recommended which really throws me.... I mean i thought this was the same engine as SH3. I dont know how far they have gone with improvments in the game engine to get recommended specs like that but right now i think your card will do the job fine.

TDK1044 · 02-17-07, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamoz

One Finnish site says that 512ram and CPU 1.7Ghz are min req. Video mem should be 128.

No way on this earth will those specs run SH4. Double all of that and you're at least in the ball park.

Mylander · 02-17-07, 05:57 PM

Ha ha. I just posted about this: 4 words. Intel based power Mac. Dual 2.66 GHz processors, 2Gig Ram, and dual 256MB GPUs. It will eat SHIV for lunch. Expensive, but no more so than a high-end Dell, and far superior, more reliable, on and on and on...

Regards,

Andrew

Boris · 02-17-07, 06:00 PM

Like I said in the other thread... expensive. What does it set you back, out of curiosity?

flintlock · 02-17-07, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamoz

One Finnish site says that 512ram and CPU 1.7Ghz are min req. Video mem should be 128.

That may launch the game, but I'd imagine it certainly wouldn't make for a great gaming experience.

The minimum specs that Ubisoft lists are:

- Win2K, WinXP or Vista
- 2.0 GHz processor
- 512 MB RAM
- 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card with 128 MB RAM
- Vertex Shader 2.0 and Pixel Shader 2.0 support
- 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

02-17-07, 11:42 AM	#32
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Upgrading for SH4 When you strip away all the rhetoric and speculation regarding SH4, I think several things are now obvious. First, in order to play the game with the look and feel of the movies that were made in the 50s about the war in the Pacific, which is what is being suggested as an option in this game, you’re going to need to play the game at the highest graphical settings. The kind of filtering needed in creating that effect would necessitate that. Secondly, in SH3 it was simply a case of our sub versus a single ship, a couple of ships, a convoy or a task force. But in SH4, if the Devs adhere to historical reality....and I’m sure they will, then you will sometimes find yourself in the middle of a situation where an American Battle Group is engaging a Japanese Battle Group, and you are in the middle of it with your sub attacking the Japs. Imagine the external view of that scenario. In my opinion therefore, SH4 will be the most visually impressive and also the most system resource hungry sub simulator ever made. Sure, the Devs will have made coding changes to help things as much as possible, but I think there is sometimes going to be more than twice the level of action going on in SH4 relative to what we saw in SH3. If you were debating about upgrading your RAM and or video card, I’d do it. If you’re debating spending the extra $50 on the video card you really want, I’d go for it. I just did both of those things and I don’t think I’ll be sorry. Come on March 13!!!!

02-17-07, 11:47 AM	#33
hyperion2206 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I will upgrade but I guess I'll have to spend more than 50 bucks I'll buy a nice 512 mb video card and 1GB extra RAM. Does anybody know a good card which does not cost more than 200€? __________________ Career of Captain Jack Shaftoe:

02-17-07, 12:57 PM	#38
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	The 7900GS is a very good card for low bucks. I canged it with a 7950GT and didnt feel that much of a boost. __________________

02-17-07, 04:42 PM	#39
Lt commander lare Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: southlyon michigan Posts: 897 Downloads: 781 Uploads: 35	ATI radeon x 1600 pro hi i have the Ati radeon x 1600 pro and it works fine with silent hunter 3 and it surpassed the ram requirement in neal's review it says the graphic card requirement is the same and since my card works great with silent hunter 3 then silent hunter 4 wont be any problem right ? lt commander lare

02-17-07, 05:15 PM	#41
AJ! Commodore Join Date: May 2006 Location: That lil island above france Posts: 601 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To be honist i have no idea how much this game will require to run. Ubi say 2gb ram recommended which really throws me.... I mean i thought this was the same engine as SH3. I dont know how far they have gone with improvments in the game engine to get recommended specs like that but right now i think your card will do the job fine. __________________

02-17-07, 10:30 AM	#31
badaboom Weps Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 359 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Thank You Sir! I have a HP with a 1.58 ghz proccessor,1.5 gig of RAM and aATI RAD XPRESS graphics card,I bought it about 6months ago and I'm very happy with it's performance running SHIII, I was looking at the the new trailer at gamespot and was ....WOWED .....by some of the graphics in it!!!!One shot in perticular of a look through the periscope just at the water line.....the water looks so real I thought it would spill out my screen LOL!!!!!!anyway that gave me some pause as now I'm wondering how well I'll do with SHIV.......Iguess I'll find out soon enough,thanks for the reply!!

02-17-07, 11:56 AM	#34
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Gizzmoe is excellent with video cards. PM him. He's always been very helpful to me.

02-17-07, 05:11 PM	#40
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	The 1600 pro will run the game...how well also depends on RAM and processor speed.

02-17-07, 05:57 PM	#43
Mylander Torpedoman Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Bern, NC, USA Posts: 120 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Ha ha. I just posted about this: 4 words. Intel based power Mac. Dual 2.66 GHz processors, 2Gig Ram, and dual 256MB GPUs. It will eat SHIV for lunch. Expensive, but no more so than a high-end Dell, and far superior, more reliable, on and on and on... Regards, Andrew __________________ Periscope depth... Up Scope...

02-17-07, 06:00 PM	#44
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Like I said in the other thread... expensive. What does it set you back, out of curiosity?