double trifectia newbie woes sos

[kurtz]

your system sounds pretty similar to mine except I have ! Gb of memory, Virtual mem I'm not at all sure about, doesn't windows generally handle that?
My advice is to get more memory it makes a great difference to performance. I have no ctds but then I've gone on to GWX 2.0
One more bit of advice..don't give in to diabetes get up from the keyboard and get some gentle exercise SHiii is perfect for that just adjust the settings so when the crew spot something the game goes to TC x 0 lets you get some gardening done and that blood sugar back down...that said I'm not a doctor but I do have SHii and diabetes ;-)


Mike

[The Butcher]

Welcome aboard Devildog, Sorry to hear how you got here, but you are among friends here. I would definitely go for more RAM. The virtual memory does little for the game. Given all it wants the game runs just over a full gig so with anything else running you are really bottlenecked. I would suggest adding a 1gb stick. Everything else is over the top so give that a go. At least it is the easiest to fix. I had almost the exact same thing when I first started. If you still have trouble after adding memory let us know, there are some less likely culprits.

[Brer Rabbit]

Welcome Aboard--Hope you have many good missions in the future, and sink loads of ships --Allied of course. I have to echo the replys about upgrading your memory. I have a system similat to yors and have yet to have a CTD ib SHIII. (Looking over my shoulder in case Bernard is lurking around). Secondly in a earlier thread there was mention of increasing the page size of your virtual memory, which may help, but the priority needs to be to get more memory at least 2 GB, and I thind your problem will be over. Go to zipzoomfly.com or other online ordering and order the required memory -- there is a great deal of differences in prices make sure you get the type needed for your computer.

Watch the carbs, exercise and take your meds

Brer Rabbit

[Brag]

Hi Devildog, I imagine a semper fi greeting is appropiate. The advice by other Kaleuns is good. Did I miss your graphics card?

[Hanomag]

Welcome Aboard Herr Kaluen!!

[Kptlt. Siegmann]

What series is your processor? Athlon, 64X2, Sempron, etc.

In terms of the game actually running, yea, you need mooore RAM (emphasis on more). 2GB is plenty for most people. In terms of eye candy and FPS, might want to upgrade the video card, but the memory is the most important upgrade for you right now.

[devildog]

sempter fi brag its a nividia geoforce 6200 still trying to figure out how to reply-think i got it-sorry but i really am a NEWBIE with this devildog

Originally Posted by Brag

Hi Devildog, I imagine a semper fi greeting is appropiate. The advice by other Kaleuns is good. Did I miss your graphics card?

[Kptlt. Siegmann]

Doing just fine devildog, and oh yea, welcome to the forums!

PS: check your messages (upper right of the screen)

[Nicolas]

I think you have some corrupted or bad file / setting, either in directx , or video drivers, or the game, or ultimately windows.

If the game runs normal to you with your memory,
if i remember right minimum spec. for sh3 is 512 mb.
Try this:

I suggest updating directx, here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Then the newest drivers for your card are here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html

- And wipe out the sh3 from the pc, and reinstall it again.

That should do it. Good luck.

[devildog]

now that i have a clue as to what to try will go hunting for ram-might have to wait for the eagle to do his monthly duties-he can be a bit constipated but at least consistant.i'll keep reading this forum and hopefully report back with sucess,thanks again

[bookworm_020]

Welcome aboard!

Like others have said Ram should solve most of your problems, 1 GB is minimum, 2GB prefered. Make sure all your drivers are up to date, and that you haven't got other applications running at th same time. A quick check for a virus would be a good idea.

Happy Hunting