Whose installed SH3 on W7??

FIREWALL · 11-20-09, 11:43 AM

Hi She-Wolf

I have W7 Ultimate64 but haven't installed it yet.

Copying alot of crap to cd and ex.hdd. SO I'm sorry I'm no help but, I think it's been posted on both SH forums.

OT. Congrates on your new rig.

What goodies aka hardware did you get ?

She-Wolf · 11-20-09, 12:05 PM

HI Firewall. Well, I bought the mobo about a year back Intel dual-core capable, so when we had the pennies ( some while later) we got a 2.8GHz d-c processor to go on it. I was going to use an old case, but Himself offered to buy me a gamers case with huge fan , so we went for that, but not their psu which was a bit pricey on top of all else.
I took one of the nVidia 7600GT cards out of the XP box ( which has now been demoted to non-games), which is still in use via a KVM switch - no room for TWO wide screen monitors!), and that is about it, Standard DVD-RW. As I only want to use Win7 for games, don't feel I need anything else - but I will probably upgrade the graphics card when the pennies allow. Only one PCI-E slot in the games machine, so no SLI.

If I cant get SH3 to run on Win 7 I will simply continue to run it on XP, so not TOO bothered..

FIREWALL · 11-20-09, 12:33 PM

Sounds good.

With Vista64 I went the dual boot route with Xp to save the hassle.

Anything that gave me trouble to install on Vista I put on XP.

She-Wolf · 11-20-09, 02:13 PM

I wasn't sure if I could dual-boot XP and Windows Seven, and anyway, that would have meant getting rid of the XP machine ( which is built like a brick out-house), and I didn't really want to do that, so KVM seemed the solution, and it works fine. Dipstick that I am, I put the 32bit W7 on at first, not realising the dual core was 64 bit-capable, so had to reinstall ( I like the idea of getting above the 4GB barrier for memory) - but all seems to be working very well, at least, it was, til I tried to get SH3 going. Ho-hum...

AVGWarhawk · 11-20-09, 04:03 PM

This might help you She-Wolf. I kind of ran into the same problem with SH4 and Vista. Game installed fine. I started the game got the music but no video. I shut the game down and went to my video card. I reset the card to all default values. After that the game would play and I could see the video images. I then closed the game down and reset my video card back up to what I had previous of resting to default. After that, no issues at all. Game worked fine, video showed. Give it a try and see if it works.

She-Wolf · 11-20-09, 05:06 PM

ahh... ok, will give that a go, thanks

11-20-09, 11:43 AM	#1
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Hi She-Wolf I have W7 Ultimate64 but haven't installed it yet. Copying alot of crap to cd and ex.hdd. SO I'm sorry I'm no help but, I think it's been posted on both SH forums. OT. Congrates on your new rig. What goodies aka hardware did you get ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

11-20-09, 12:05 PM	#2
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	HI Firewall. Well, I bought the mobo about a year back Intel dual-core capable, so when we had the pennies ( some while later) we got a 2.8GHz d-c processor to go on it. I was going to use an old case, but Himself offered to buy me a gamers case with huge fan , so we went for that, but not their psu which was a bit pricey on top of all else. I took one of the nVidia 7600GT cards out of the XP box ( which has now been demoted to non-games), which is still in use via a KVM switch - no room for TWO wide screen monitors!), and that is about it, Standard DVD-RW. As I only want to use Win7 for games, don't feel I need anything else - but I will probably upgrade the graphics card when the pennies allow. Only one PCI-E slot in the games machine, so no SLI. If I cant get SH3 to run on Win 7 I will simply continue to run it on XP, so not TOO bothered.. __________________

11-20-09, 12:33 PM	#3
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Sounds good. With Vista64 I went the dual boot route with Xp to save the hassle. Anything that gave me trouble to install on Vista I put on XP. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

11-20-09, 02:13 PM	#4
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	I wasn't sure if I could dual-boot XP and Windows Seven, and anyway, that would have meant getting rid of the XP machine ( which is built like a brick out-house), and I didn't really want to do that, so KVM seemed the solution, and it works fine. Dipstick that I am, I put the 32bit W7 on at first, not realising the dual core was 64 bit-capable, so had to reinstall ( I like the idea of getting above the 4GB barrier for memory) - but all seems to be working very well, at least, it was, til I tried to get SH3 going. Ho-hum... __________________

11-20-09, 04:03 PM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,281 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	This might help you She-Wolf. I kind of ran into the same problem with SH4 and Vista. Game installed fine. I started the game got the music but no video. I shut the game down and went to my video card. I reset the card to all default values. After that the game would play and I could see the video images. I then closed the game down and reset my video card back up to what I had previous of resting to default. After that, no issues at all. Game worked fine, video showed. Give it a try and see if it works. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-20-09, 05:06 PM	#6
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	ahh... ok, will give that a go, thanks __________________