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Old 08-21-07, 07:39 AM   #1
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Looking forward to invest in this sim, but I still have a semi-old system. AMD Sempron 2.0GHz Radeon 9600 Pro and 712M RAM...

How would it work on my current sys?

Looking forward to update it this fall (a totally new one...) Too bad I wrecked one side of my car in a parking house two weeks ago...
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Old 08-21-07, 07:44 AM   #2
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Looking forward to invest in this sim, but I still have a semi-old system. AMD Sempron 2.0GHz Radeon 9600 Pro and 712M RAM...

How would it work on my current sys?

Looking forward to update it this fall (a totally new one...) Too bad I wrecked one side of my car in a parking house two weeks ago...
To be honest.. I think you will watch a slideshow with your system.
It's just to slow
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Old 08-21-07, 07:45 AM   #3
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Have a look here:http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107783

By the looks of things you may be fairly hard pressed to run the game. SH4 is a system hog for sure.


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Old 08-21-07, 07:46 AM   #4
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You are at the lower end of the spectrum to run this game. This game is a serious resource/power monster. Currently I run the game with this set up:

AMD 3200+ (runs at 2.2)
2 gig DDR ram
Visiontek Radeon X1300 XGE 512mb card
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I get 15-25 FPS(on the bridge) with most sliders to full and most boxes check (eye candy). While these FPS readings are fine for me and the game plays great, most like to have the FPS up in the 60's.
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Old 08-21-07, 07:50 AM   #5
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Looking forward to invest in this sim, but I still have a semi-old system. AMD Sempron 2.0GHz Radeon 9600 Pro and 712M RAM...

How would it work on my current sys?

Looking forward to update it this fall (a totally new one...) Too bad I wrecked one side of my car in a parking house two weeks ago...

You're below minimum specs with the RAM, and your video card won't handle SH4 at all well. Even on low graphical settings the game will crawl. Wait until you get your new system.
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Old 08-21-07, 09:31 AM   #6
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Ok, thanx for your input! (Yeah I´m a Flight-sim guy and FPS concerns me much)
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Old 08-21-07, 10:11 AM   #7
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Looking forward to invest in this sim, but I still have a semi-old system. AMD Sempron 2.0GHz Radeon 9600 Pro and 712M RAM...

How would it work on my current sys?

Looking forward to update it this fall (a totally new one...) Too bad I wrecked one side of my car in a parking house two weeks ago...

You're below minimum specs with the RAM, and your video card won't handle SH4 at all well. Even on low graphical settings the game will crawl. Wait until you get your new system.
Matter of fact Im not sure that that particular vid card will run SH4 at all ! Something about pixel shaders.
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Old 08-21-07, 11:23 AM   #8
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You could most likely run sh3..I think?
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Old 08-21-07, 11:39 AM   #9
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I think even SH3 will be hard pressed to run on that system. It def wont with mods like GWX or RUB
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seriously need an upgrade man.

And this is a random side comment....I don't know who said your eyes cannot see a difference between 30fps and 70fps....but I watched it drop to 30 yesterday with 4 smoke plums and wow..major difference.
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Old 08-21-07, 12:54 PM   #11
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seriously need an upgrade man.

And this is a random side comment....I don't know who said your eyes cannot see a difference between 30fps and 70fps....but I watched it drop to 30 yesterday with 4 smoke plums and wow..major difference.
I do not detect a difference in this game between 15FPS to infinity concerning FPS. My game runs between 15-25 on the bridge. No issues for me and looks smooth. Action is smooth. From what I gather, everyone is a bit different on how the brain processes visuals in motion.
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i had to change my 9600 for a geogorce. It will run it...but it crawls. I have a geoforce 7600 now and with 1.5gb ram its runs ok. My cpu is a P4 3g
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secret to running SH4: multi core processor.

The multi threaded aspects of SH4 are the main reason it runs slow. Taking too much time to process information before sending it to the video card...which then has to process it again. I'm no computer whiz, but I noticed an immediate change with a new processor and no other changes.

....heck Half Life 2 said it wouldn't run on my multi-core processor since it had a low Ghz (2.333)...but since its quad core it is irrelivant.
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i had to change my 9600 for a geogorce. It will run it...but it crawls. I have a geoforce 7600 now and with 1.5gb ram its runs ok. My cpu is a P4 3g
Have a Pentium D 3.2 with the same VC ^^^, 2 gigs of ram, get 35-45fps on the bridge, etc.
Runs smooth, this is with all settings maxed out, except V. Fog.


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Old 08-21-07, 02:33 PM   #15
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Well that system will be stressed out for sure but you WILL be able to play the game smoothly if you give up most of the eye candy.

A less potent rig than the one posted will run SH3 without ANY issues, hands down. SH4, just move those detail sliders left and uncheck the left-side checkboxes. There.
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