Recommended specs aren't good enough?

Quillan · 08-10-08, 08:35 PM

Different games have different loads for different pieces of hardware. SH4 is far more graphic and memory intensive than CPU. The only time the processor tends to bog down is when there are a lot of ships within the 20nm radius where they get rendered in 3D, because at that point the processor is doing all the assorted detection checks and movement decisions for them.

Probably the most demanding game on the market currently is Crysis, so if you really want to check out that monster card, install that and crank up the settings. I was ecstatic that I could run in 1280x1024 with 4x AA and 8x AF and still get ~40-60 FPS with all the detail sliders maxxed out. I'm running a factory overclocked 8800 GT 512 meg card.

frenema · 08-11-08, 10:57 AM

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Sorry I didn't come to respond earlier, I was a bit busy.

Well, I'm not really inclined to buy a new graphic card because the one I have I only bought it few months ago. Also from what I remember the card I have right now was the most advanced one available at the store. The problem is that my PC uses AGP, which seems to be quite rare and undeveloped these days.

In the end I think I'll just have to consider buying a new PC with a better graphic card, monitor, etc. Although it's going to take some time to come up with the budget and 'justification' for my mom (yeah, I'm years away from having to worry about wife

). Boy will I be pissed if SH5 comes out by the time I buy all my gear ready for SH4...

AVGWarhawk · 08-11-08, 11:38 AM

Look here:

http://www.compusa.com/applications/...1646&CatId=933

This card will run the game just fine. I ran the game with the X1300 by visiontek. $40.00 for this card.

08-10-08, 08:35 PM	#1
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Different games have different loads for different pieces of hardware. SH4 is far more graphic and memory intensive than CPU. The only time the processor tends to bog down is when there are a lot of ships within the 20nm radius where they get rendered in 3D, because at that point the processor is doing all the assorted detection checks and movement decisions for them. Probably the most demanding game on the market currently is Crysis, so if you really want to check out that monster card, install that and crank up the settings. I was ecstatic that I could run in 1280x1024 with 4x AA and 8x AF and still get ~40-60 FPS with all the detail sliders maxxed out. I'm running a factory overclocked 8800 GT 512 meg card. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

08-11-08, 11:38 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Look here: http://www.compusa.com/applications/...1646&CatId=933 This card will run the game just fine. I ran the game with the X1300 by visiontek. $40.00 for this card. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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08-11-08, 10:57 AM	#2
frenema Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 116 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Sorry I didn't come to respond earlier, I was a bit busy. Well, I'm not really inclined to buy a new graphic card because the one I have I only bought it few months ago. Also from what I remember the card I have right now was the most advanced one available at the store. The problem is that my PC uses AGP, which seems to be quite rare and undeveloped these days. In the end I think I'll just have to consider buying a new PC with a better graphic card, monitor, etc. Although it's going to take some time to come up with the budget and 'justification' for my mom (yeah, I'm years away from having to worry about wife ). Boy will I be pissed if SH5 comes out by the time I buy all my gear ready for SH4...