Preparing for a dangerous mission (seeking advice on Windows 7 jump-street install)

Originally Posted by brett25

congratulation, that's quite a machine, you should have no problems running SH3-make sure you get the resolution fix so you can run the game at higher resolutions!

ps ive been using windows 7 with no problems

That's great to know about using Windows 7!

Originally Posted by HW3

Yes just create a folder and install there. I have SH3, SH4, IL2, and SH3 Commander installed in their own folders on my C drive using Windows 7, and all work just fine. One thing to be aware of, with MFM your game load time will increase, so be patient.

Well, with my current PC my load times have been 3-5 minutes for the program, and another 15-20 minutes to load or start a career. I've been pretty patient with that so far.

Seriously, though, just what sort of game load time do you foresee?

Also, with brett25 now having mentioned resolution, I've been debating upgrading my present monitor, which is a Dell E207WFP; 20-inch wide-screen LCD set at 1280 x 1024, 75Hz, 32 bit true color. One of the ones I'm considering getting as a replacement is the Samsung SyncMaster XL2370:

Display Type: LCD display / TFT active matrix - LED backlight
Diagonal Size: 23 in - Widescreen
Display interface: HDMI, DVI
Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Contrast ratio: 1000:1

Is this at all usable for SHIII? Or will that be overkill and mostly unworkable?

(Actually, how well will the pc specs function for SHIV and SH5, too?)

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