Optimal System Requirments?

DedEye · 09-28-10, 06:50 PM

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How do you rename the exe? Are you saying that my 5970 only ran sh5 on one chip?

Sober, how much you think I should underclock?

Sorry, was away a bit

Simply right click the file sh5.exe and rename it to FEAR.exe. Everything still works fine.....including the DRM. All this does is tell the driver to load the crossfire profile for the game Fear, which happens to work for a lot of games.

I'm not sure if this would be an issue on a dual chip card however. The drivers for my setup do have a small "flag" you can enable to ensure that both cards are being used. You may want to look at the CCC to see if you card's driver has something similar.

I did have some odd mouseview issues at times so I also tried out the antilag and it works like a dream

rocketassistedkea · 09-29-10, 03:55 AM

Guess no one knows? Or maybe I'm just invisible, I don't know. I understand I must sound foolish. Over the years I've spent my money on travel, study and the like...not thousands on a computer, that would be obsolete in a few years anyway. Just as my dad [a photographer] didn't bother with digital cameras until they passed the 6 megapixel mark...so now; a computer's [finally] looking genuinely interesting to me.
I'll try a different approach; what's the recommended system requirements for SHV...with an intel-chip [as everyone in this city seems to want to sell me intel stuff, plus all the sales seem to be intel based...and it also looks like the better chip, with hyper-threading/higher ranked benchmarks etc]. Will an i3 350 [laptop] chip be sufficient? If not...what if I double the recommended power of the graphics card, from 512-to 1gb? Or should I go for an i3 540-which outperforms the i5 720? It's pretty confusing.

Thanks.

DedEye · 09-29-10, 07:15 PM

To some extent it comes down to personal preference.

For example, I used to buy a lot of different makes of motherboards, but recently have been sticking with Asus. I'm sure others have different favourites for a variety of reasons.

If you are fortunate and money is no object, get the latest and the greatest. If you're like me and have a modest budget, get parts that are one "step" below the best. They'll give you 75-90% of the performance at half to 2/3 the price. If money is tight, you'll really have to do your research.

I'm not sure how experienced you are with PC hardware, but it's handy to become proficient at assembling and disassembling general PC architecture components if you aren't already. That way you can buy 1 or 2 upgrades a year for cheap, and never have to worry about your system going obsolete leading to thousands of dollars for a new one. It is not difficult; like lego or tinker toys but with fragile blocks. The manuals that come with motherboards offer a lot of instruction on assembly.

If you are not already familiar with these websites, Anandtech.com and Tom's Hardware are great places to not only read reviews on components (high end and budget), but they also have a lot of very helpful articles on how a lot of this stuff works. There are many more websites out there, but these will get you started anyway.

So while I can't directly answer your question with specific hardware recommendations, I can tell you from my experience running it on 2 fairly decent systems (i5 750 with 2x ati5870, and a core 2 duo with geforce 8800GTX, both with 4gigabytes of fast ddr3 RAM), you'll want to build the fastest system you can to run Silent Hunter 5 in all of its glory. Having said this, it looks great and is entirely playable with lower settings if you can't afford to build a monster machine.

Hope this helps

rocketassistedkea · 10-04-10, 10:45 PM

Hi. Thanks;0)

Money's an issue [as in, I have debts to clear first]; but between an i3-i5, is around the price bracket I'm looking at. Sounds like an i3-entry level even, will be sufficient...with an i3 540 being a true bargain, and more than capable of handling the game, system hog or not-esp if it has better than the recommended graphics card. Will some of the patches/mods increase the efficiency of the game I wonder? Anywho.
A computer's finally something that's become integral to growing my bussiness [I'm an artist, see-landscapes and portraits, oil]...so it's finally time to start looking. I expect to be debt free around March 2011 (although even then, a computer's still the second thing I need to invest in...a few thousand dollars worth of frames [sigh] has to come first).
Plus, console games...I think I might have outgrown them;0( I'd rather just read about u-boats, and build a couple of 1/350 ones-to embed in resin [like a scorpian]. Mwahaha. Or play some casual non-console ipod type games [i.e; old school shmups] or a u-boat sim.
I think I'm getting old.

finchOU · 03-26-12, 10:17 PM

Need a new PC...and just bought the SIM from Amazon. Any updates..or personal recommendations based on experiance running the Sim with MOD's. Looking to spend no more than $1000ish or less. Was looking at the possiblity of having a computer built..but dont know really how that works or who to go to. Was also thinking of getting a Base PC then upgrading the Graphics Card (and RAM if need be) like I did with my other HP. Any thoughts? Waited two years to buy this game and my PC crapped out a year ago...and have been using a laptop to bridge the gap. But obviously I want and need a PC to run SH5 (and maybe some other games as well) as I dont game on my Laptop.

THE_MASK · 03-26-12, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by finchOU

Need a new PC...and just bought the SIM from Amazon. Any updates..or personal recommendations based on experiance running the Sim with MOD's. Looking to spend no more than $1000ish or less. Was looking at the possiblity of having a computer built..but dont know really how that works or who to go to. Was also thinking of getting a Base PC then upgrading the Graphics Card (and RAM if need be) like I did with my other HP. Any thoughts? Waited two years to buy this game and my PC crapped out a year ago...and have been using a laptop to bridge the gap. But obviously I want and need a PC to run SH5 (and maybe some other games as well) as I dont game on my Laptop.

64 bit operating system so you can have 8 gigs of ram , SH5 really needs it . A fast cpu well over 3 gig . The video card runs the game so the more you can spend on it the better . A good quality power supply , 850 watts etc . Start with getting the biggest case you can with big fans . Thats what keeps things cool . Its the peripherals that add up in the price .

misha1967 · 03-27-12, 12:12 AM

Sober's right. Focus on CPU and memory. You want the 64bit OS so you can get the 8Gb. My system is, other than an aging CPU (Phenom 9850 X4 BE 2.6GHz) which could use a boost, limping along just adequately on 4Gb. And when I say adequately, I mean "just fine as long as I'm not near a port with a lot of traffic."

I should definitely boost the CPU, but I suspect that even just plugging in another 4Gb would help as the game slurps up every last byte of available RAM.

But yes, get a decent GPU to be sure, but focus on the CPU and memory as my setup was going almost as fine on a GTX260 as it is now on a GTX570, FPS-wise, except it looks much better on the 570. It's not my new GPU's fault, it's a matter of it not having sufficient backup from the rest of the system to be able to truly stretch its legs.

09-29-10, 03:55 AM	#2
rocketassistedkea Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Zealand. Yes...that's the bit of spit on the bottom of the earth, that's about to fall off. Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	?? Guess no one knows? Or maybe I'm just invisible, I don't know. I understand I must sound foolish. Over the years I've spent my money on travel, study and the like...not thousands on a computer, that would be obsolete in a few years anyway. Just as my dad [a photographer] didn't bother with digital cameras until they passed the 6 megapixel mark...so now; a computer's [finally] looking genuinely interesting to me. I'll try a different approach; what's the recommended system requirements for SHV...with an intel-chip [as everyone in this city seems to want to sell me intel stuff, plus all the sales seem to be intel based...and it also looks like the better chip, with hyper-threading/higher ranked benchmarks etc]. Will an i3 350 [laptop] chip be sufficient? If not...what if I double the recommended power of the graphics card, from 512-to 1gb? Or should I go for an i3 540-which outperforms the i5 720? It's pretty confusing. Thanks.

09-29-10, 07:15 PM	#3
DedEye Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Edmonton Posts: 133 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	To some extent it comes down to personal preference. For example, I used to buy a lot of different makes of motherboards, but recently have been sticking with Asus. I'm sure others have different favourites for a variety of reasons. If you are fortunate and money is no object, get the latest and the greatest. If you're like me and have a modest budget, get parts that are one "step" below the best. They'll give you 75-90% of the performance at half to 2/3 the price. If money is tight, you'll really have to do your research. I'm not sure how experienced you are with PC hardware, but it's handy to become proficient at assembling and disassembling general PC architecture components if you aren't already. That way you can buy 1 or 2 upgrades a year for cheap, and never have to worry about your system going obsolete leading to thousands of dollars for a new one. It is not difficult; like lego or tinker toys but with fragile blocks. The manuals that come with motherboards offer a lot of instruction on assembly. If you are not already familiar with these websites, Anandtech.com and Tom's Hardware are great places to not only read reviews on components (high end and budget), but they also have a lot of very helpful articles on how a lot of this stuff works. There are many more websites out there, but these will get you started anyway. So while I can't directly answer your question with specific hardware recommendations, I can tell you from my experience running it on 2 fairly decent systems (i5 750 with 2x ati5870, and a core 2 duo with geforce 8800GTX, both with 4gigabytes of fast ddr3 RAM), you'll want to build the fastest system you can to run Silent Hunter 5 in all of its glory. Having said this, it looks great and is entirely playable with lower settings if you can't afford to build a monster machine. Hope this helps __________________ U-Boot Spezial Cocktail......neidisch?

03-27-12, 12:12 AM	#7
misha1967 Commander Join Date: May 2004 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 470 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Sober's right. Focus on CPU and memory. You want the 64bit OS so you can get the 8Gb. My system is, other than an aging CPU (Phenom 9850 X4 BE 2.6GHz) which could use a boost, limping along just adequately on 4Gb. And when I say adequately, I mean "just fine as long as I'm not near a port with a lot of traffic." I should definitely boost the CPU, but I suspect that even just plugging in another 4Gb would help as the game slurps up every last byte of available RAM. But yes, get a decent GPU to be sure, but focus on the CPU and memory as my setup was going almost as fine on a GTX260 as it is now on a GTX570, FPS-wise, except it looks much better on the 570. It's not my new GPU's fault, it's a matter of it not having sufficient backup from the rest of the system to be able to truly stretch its legs. __________________ Ansonsten, Herr Lutter, ist alles in Butter Liqui-cooled Intel i2550K @ 4.2 GHz, 8 Gb RAM, GTX 970 GPU

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10-04-10, 10:45 PM	#4
rocketassistedkea Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Zealand. Yes...that's the bit of spit on the bottom of the earth, that's about to fall off. Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hi. Thanks;0) Money's an issue [as in, I have debts to clear first]; but between an i3-i5, is around the price bracket I'm looking at. Sounds like an i3-entry level even, will be sufficient...with an i3 540 being a true bargain, and more than capable of handling the game, system hog or not-esp if it has better than the recommended graphics card. Will some of the patches/mods increase the efficiency of the game I wonder? Anywho. A computer's finally something that's become integral to growing my bussiness [I'm an artist, see-landscapes and portraits, oil]...so it's finally time to start looking. I expect to be debt free around March 2011 (although even then, a computer's still the second thing I need to invest in...a few thousand dollars worth of frames [sigh] has to come first). Plus, console games...I think I might have outgrown them;0( I'd rather just read about u-boats, and build a couple of 1/350 ones-to embed in resin [like a scorpian]. Mwahaha. Or play some casual non-console ipod type games [i.e; old school shmups] or a u-boat sim. I think I'm getting old.

03-26-12, 10:17 PM	#5
finchOU Samurai Navy Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 571 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Need a new PC...and just bought the SIM from Amazon. Any updates..or personal recommendations based on experiance running the Sim with MOD's. Looking to spend no more than $1000ish or less. Was looking at the possiblity of having a computer built..but dont know really how that works or who to go to. Was also thinking of getting a Base PC then upgrading the Graphics Card (and RAM if need be) like I did with my other HP. Any thoughts? Waited two years to buy this game and my PC crapped out a year ago...and have been using a laptop to bridge the gap. But obviously I want and need a PC to run SH5 (and maybe some other games as well) as I dont game on my Laptop.