Question About My Specs/SH3

Mittelwaechter · 02-04-14, 05:35 PM

Welcome aboard, princelightftw.

Your rig is a business computer, but with the exception of the intel onboard graphics pretty powerful to run SH3.
The graphics is good enough to show low animated scenarios like the nav map or the command room, but is way too weak to deal with the highly animated SH3 outside.

Your choice of video card will do the SH3 job, but don't expect it to run sophisticated actual games on high settings.

Check your mainboard documentation to ensure the card fits in.
I have no experience with passive graphics coolers.

brett25 · 02-04-14, 08:50 PM

Intel(R) Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family

this is your "graphivs card" but its integrated, meaning you dont have a graphics card. As others have pointed out this is your bottle neck.
Even with the most basic card you will see a great improvement, Entry cards can be had for $59 to a hundred dollars and a fairy powerful card for $150-200 and up

maybe someone on here who uses a lower end card can chirp in on the kind of performance they are getting. You just need a low end (if money an issue) PC slot video card

the minimum specs for silent hunter 3 is "64MB nVidia GeForce 3 or ATi Radeon 8500 Class Video Card" or eqivalent, if that helps

recommened specs is :128MB nVidia GeForce 3 or ATi Radeon 8500 Class Video Card

the Radeon is a desent choice, but they are hard to find, probaly your better off finding an equvalent newer card

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=all

if you buy at amazon dont forget to go through subsim portal

princelightftw · 02-04-14, 10:59 PM

I think I found the perfect video card! And I think it'll plug in just fine! It was PCI express 2.0 (x16) and looking at the motherboard, it looks a lot like the connector for the video card. Thanks again guys! Happy hunting!

02-04-14, 05:35 PM	#1
Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard, princelightftw. Your rig is a business computer, but with the exception of the intel onboard graphics pretty powerful to run SH3. The graphics is good enough to show low animated scenarios like the nav map or the command room, but is way too weak to deal with the highly animated SH3 outside. Your choice of video card will do the SH3 job, but don't expect it to run sophisticated actual games on high settings. Check your mainboard documentation to ensure the card fits in. I have no experience with passive graphics coolers. __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

02-04-14, 08:50 PM	#2
brett25 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakland CA, USA Posts: 737 Downloads: 570 Uploads: 0	Intel(R) Q965/Q963 Express Chipset Family this is your "graphivs card" but its integrated, meaning you dont have a graphics card. As others have pointed out this is your bottle neck. Even with the most basic card you will see a great improvement, Entry cards can be had for $59 to a hundred dollars and a fairy powerful card for $150-200 and up maybe someone on here who uses a lower end card can chirp in on the kind of performance they are getting. You just need a low end (if money an issue) PC slot video card the minimum specs for silent hunter 3 is "64MB nVidia GeForce 3 or ATi Radeon 8500 Class Video Card" or eqivalent, if that helps recommened specs is :128MB nVidia GeForce 3 or ATi Radeon 8500 Class Video Card the Radeon is a desent choice, but they are hard to find, probaly your better off finding an equvalent newer card http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=all if you buy at amazon dont forget to go through subsim portal __________________ http://shmf.larsbundgaard.dk/index.p...1tn5&board=7.0 Last edited by brett25; 02-04-14 at 09:13 PM.

02-04-14, 10:59 PM	#3
princelightftw Nub Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 3 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I think I found the perfect video card! And I think it'll plug in just fine! It was PCI express 2.0 (x16) and looking at the motherboard, it looks a lot like the connector for the video card. Thanks again guys! Happy hunting!