sh5 game specs straight from the devs

[cjbeattie]

hi webster

i found a...

Inno3D 9500GT 512MB DDR2

for roughly same price... so i might try that one instead...

perhaps you are thinking that sh5 needs more power than it actually do's

my card now is crappy yet just about runs hl2 maxed out

i hope 9500 is better than 9400 for same price just 500 less ram...


9500gt 512mb are any good?

Originally Posted by cjbeattie

hi webster

perhaps you are thinking that sh5 needs more power than it actually do's

one thing i learned with sh4 is that the specs they "claim" are good to run the game wont even let you play it on the lowest settings without the occassional CTD. sh4 makes crysis, HL2, and FEAR look like a lightweight games compared to the computer resources that you need to run them.

i am assuming ubi is not telling the truth again and whatever they claim you need is only half of what you will really will need. so when they said you "need" a 8800gt with 512mb video ram to run the game well on medium high settings, i assume that means that card will be the bare minimum you need to run the game at its lowest settings.

in your case you dont have the money to buy another card if this one doesnt run the game so i would say dont buy anything untill you know for sure. let others tell you if their cards run the game and then you will know what to buy.

you dont have money to waste and if you buy a card only to find sh5 runs like crap on it then your stuck with it. waiting is your best option to be sure you buy what you need to run the game.

[Task Force]

I think sh4s issue might have been in the engine/codeing... I understand if I had a S*** load of ai on the screen, and the like but out at sea with just the sea,and yer boat... you should be getting much higher FPS... I dont understant the HUGE fps drop I got from SH3 to SH4... I got well over 100FPS in but under between 70-25FPS in SH4...

Originally Posted by Task Force

I think sh4s issue might have been in the engine/codeing... I understand if I had a S*** load of ai on the screen, and the like but out at sea with just the sea,and yer boat... you should be getting much higher FPS... I dont understant the HUGE fps drop I got from SH3 to SH4... I got well over 100FPS in but under between 70-25FPS in SH4...

i'm not real sure how it all works but i think its because it continues to generate everything everywhere even if your not seeing it so 90% of the stuff its generating and contriolling is for no practicle use to you untill it gets within your range so its running the whole world while you only need the area your in

[Arclight]

Originally Posted by WEBSTER

one thing i learned with sh4 is that the specs they "claim" are good to run the game wont even let you play it on the lowest settings without the occassional CTD. sh4 makes crysis, HL2, and FEAR look like a lightweight games compared to the computer resources that you need to run them.

i am assuming ubi is not telling the truth again and whatever they claim you need is only half of what you will really will need. so when they said you "need" a 8800gt with 512mb video ram to run the game well on medium high settings, i assume that means that card will be the bare minimum you need to run the game at its lowest settings.

in your case you dont have the money to buy another card if this one doesnt run the game so i would say dont buy anything untill you know for sure. let others tell you if their cards run the game and then you will know what to buy.

you dont have money to waste and if you buy a card only to find sh5 runs like crap on it then your stuck with it. waiting is your best option to be sure you buy what you need to run the game.

To be fair though, it's the devs that gave us the specs, not the suits. It's true that the minimum specs given for a game ussually yield a painfull experience, but if Dan&Co says you should get decent performance on a 8800GT, I trust them on that.

I've got a 8800GTS 512, and I'm not worried in the least. It runs the latest games perfectly fine, and it's just 1 "step" above a 8800/9800GT.

But yes, best to wait and see. Maybe I'm completely wrong and you're completely right.

Originally Posted by Arclight

To be fair though, it's the devs that gave us the specs, not the suits. It's true that the minimum specs given for a game ussually yield a painfull experience, but if Dan&Co says you should get decent performance on a 8800GT, I trust them on that.

I've got a 8800GTS 512, and I'm not worried in the least. It runs the latest games perfectly fine, and it's just 1 "step" above a 8800/9800GT.

But yes, best to wait and see. Maybe I'm completely wrong and you're completely right.

im very opinionated but that doesnt mean that i know what im talking about lol, i do have strong reservations about telling anyone who is buying a video card for sh5 to use any video card less than the 8800gt 512mb or better that the devs mentioned they designed the game for.


i have the 8800gt 512mb so im right there on the button so just like you im hoping they are correct but as far as not worrying, im a little worried i might see some slow fps at times but i hope not because i have no budget to upgrade my card.

i never like telling someone anything about what specific card they would need or should get because then i might give bad advice ... after all i dont think anyone knows for sure.

i agree with you in that we can definately trust the devs more than the suits but they (the devs) sometimes arent allowed to tell us everything so things could have changed since they told us that.

[Arclight]

Now you got me worrying too.

The thing in the back of my mind is that SH has a fairly small audience; it's not in their best interest to have a requirement exceding a 8800GT: they would force half their market to upgrade. Considering the wait-and-see attitude of a lot of people that got burned by SH-woes in the past, they would be commiting suicide (or rather, murder the series).

The problem of course is that these kind of decisions aren't always made by sensible people.

Still, if the suits make the calls, a primary focus is revenue. I have at least some confidence even they understand the situation.



And you're right; telling anyone what specific card is best for them is impossible. What I know is that the $100,- bracket is the bang-for-buck bracket. Go lower, and you get only half the card for 2/3 or even 3/4 of the price. Imho that bracket is the minimum if you want to play your games "as intended". Anything above is a matter of preference and exactly how much someone has, or wants, to spend.

*sigh* fingers crossed. Let's hope Dan's predictions are on target.

[Lord Justice]

Originally Posted by WEBSTER

im very opinionated but that doesnt mean that i know what im talking about lol, i do have strong reservations about telling anyone who is buying a video card for sh5 to use any video card less than the 8800gt 512mb or better that the devs mentioned they designed the game for.

built a good few rigs, played a few demanding sims, but iam with webster on this one, no painc but for my individual concerns i see lots of movement inside sub, and of course all the stunning pictures, as for actuall combat scenarios to what volume of traffic will be facing? how much action ubove and beneath, the elements, etc, na not taking any chances, myself personally nothing below a 1gb fairly fast card. by no means want my card screaming on high settings, i never do, but just for an extra days wage etc complete peace of mind, dont want sticking, and all the crap, errors etc. ok the devs have said their bit, but remember flight sim X ?? struggling frame rates, black patches appearing on screen on low settings etc, classic example of underestimated system requirements.