SH5 max settings hardware

[jwilliams]

I can play SH5 with max settings and my specs are lower than yours, except my gfx card.

I get over 60 fps.
sometimes fps drop to 30+ when i have alot of DD circling above me, while im stood in the control room. But i only notice this decrease in fps because i had the fps shown in game.

My specs :-
Athlon 3500+ (singlecore CPU)
Radeon HD4870 (1gb gddr5)
4 GB RAM
Windows XP Pro 32bit

SH5 is DX9, so you will not see any improvement with a DX10 card and vista/win7.

[Marmite eating monster]

Thanks, maybe I should get a Radeon HD4870 would that be better than a Geforce GT240 GDDR3 ?

Can SH5 make use of Quad core processors ?

[Commie]

Originally Posted by Marmite eating monster

Thanks, maybe I should get a Radeon HD4870 would that be better than a Geforce GT240 GDDR3 ?

Can SH5 make use of Quad core processors ?

A 4870 is MILES better than a GT240. Hell, even a 4770 is much better and the game runs fine(I have one).

Quad cores don't make much difference. As you can see a user here has just a single core and runs fine. The game engine is too primitive to take much advantage of even dual cores.

[Marmite eating monster]

thanks for the quick response, is it ok to have an intel processor and an ATI graphics card? or would an AMD processor work better with an ATI card ?

[jwilliams]

Originally Posted by Marmite eating monster

thanks for the quick response, is it ok to have an intel processor and an ATI graphics card? or would an AMD processor work better with an ATI card ?

The CPU has no effect on the gfx card. you can happly mix/match ATI and intel. And same goes for AMD and Nvidia.

[McBeck]

Originally Posted by Marmite eating monster

thanks for the quick response, is it ok to have an intel processor and an ATI graphics card? or would an AMD processor work better with an ATI card ?

I have a Intel 2,4Ghz quad core and a ATI 5770 1Gb and run maxed.
I have not checked if the game uses quad core, but I can check

[McBeck]

Originally Posted by McBeck

I have a Intel 2,4Ghz quad core and a ATI 5770 1Gb and run maxed.
I have not checked if the game uses quad core, but I can check

Juste checked...and the game uses all 4 cores...

[Marmite eating monster]

thanks