What a difference a card makes.

Boats · 04-18-10, 12:12 PM

A few minutes to install.
From 3 FPS to 35,
oh what a joy the game is,
no longer a slide showwww.

I forgot the name of the original song, disco sucks anyway.

Anyway, I took the plunge and replaced my aging Nvidia 7900 256 video card with an ATI XFX HD 5570. I wasn't sure it was going to do me any good with only a dual core 6300 @ processor of only 1.86 GHz. It was either do a new video card or wait for the money for a whole new system. Which would take some time to accumilate. But lo and behold I'm set for as long as my processor holds out. Now I can run SH5 on max with decent FPS'.

My condolences to those, who for one reason or another, choose or can't, play SH5, it really is graphically stunning. Many have other games to keep them busy, this is the only game I have, so it was this or nothing.

The DRM is still a bug, in my opinion. The "advantage" to be automatically updated is bull. I downloaded the patch from the web site itself in half the time it took for the automatic update do its thing (I've installed the game twice now). And the time it takes to load an "offline" game is also a long process. AND, the way the game saves itself is a step back in time to the days when the game would pause for a few seconds and the saving point would annouce itself. Killer of the mood.

The instructions (or lack thereof) have been made mention here already. I'll just add, I was stuck at the periscope station for the longest time while I searched for the key to back away from it. It's the esc. key, but the help menu only describes the esc. key as the old method of leaving the game. Frustration abounded for awhile.

I'm look forward to the DRM going the way of the dodo bird. It's CRAP. But the game, that's another story.

04-18-10, 12:12 PM	#1
Boats Loader Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ME Posts: 84 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	What a difference a card makes. A few minutes to install. From 3 FPS to 35, oh what a joy the game is, no longer a slide showwww. I forgot the name of the original song, disco sucks anyway. Anyway, I took the plunge and replaced my aging Nvidia 7900 256 video card with an ATI XFX HD 5570. I wasn't sure it was going to do me any good with only a dual core 6300 @ processor of only 1.86 GHz. It was either do a new video card or wait for the money for a whole new system. Which would take some time to accumilate. But lo and behold I'm set for as long as my processor holds out. Now I can run SH5 on max with decent FPS'. My condolences to those, who for one reason or another, choose or can't, play SH5, it really is graphically stunning. Many have other games to keep them busy, this is the only game I have, so it was this or nothing. The DRM is still a bug, in my opinion. The "advantage" to be automatically updated is bull. I downloaded the patch from the web site itself in half the time it took for the automatic update do its thing (I've installed the game twice now). And the time it takes to load an "offline" game is also a long process. AND, the way the game saves itself is a step back in time to the days when the game would pause for a few seconds and the saving point would annouce itself. Killer of the mood. The instructions (or lack thereof) have been made mention here already. I'll just add, I was stuck at the periscope station for the longest time while I searched for the key to back away from it. It's the esc. key, but the help menu only describes the esc. key as the old method of leaving the game. Frustration abounded for awhile. I'm look forward to the DRM going the way of the dodo bird. It's CRAP. But the game, that's another story.