optimal Silent Hunter III system

Grell · 12-18-06, 12:36 PM

When I first bought the game when it was released I played it on a P4 3.0 ghz, 1gig of ram and a geforce 6800, it ran very well. I have since upgraded to a new computer that is out of your league, but get a geforce 6800 if you can, very nice and cheap card.

Regards,

Grell

Tool · 12-18-06, 12:45 PM

I was running it on a p4 1.7, 512mb, and a 9800 pro. Ran pretty good, but slow load times.
Now i'm running a E6400 dualcore, 1gig, 256mb 7600GT.. and GWX mission load times are still ~2 minutes.. hard to believe but then it isn't optomized for the 2nd core. Mine is choppy in ports and certain other things for a second or 2 then it settles out and is smooth..

Your 2.4 is fine.. just load up on RAM and a nice video card and you'll be sailing.

Tool.

nightdagger · 12-18-06, 12:48 PM

You could probably play it best on:

Intel 3.2GHz+/AMD 3400+ CPU
1-2GB RAM
6800GT or up (not 7300 series, though) nVidia or X850XT+ ATI

cobalt · 12-18-06, 01:34 PM

kudos to the sh3 dev team, ive seen games that are less intense than this that kill your pc. for the most party sh3 is easily run. i run a 2.53ghz p4 and it runs smoothy. my 9600 processes the 3d world with ease. only small problem is my 512mb of ram that causes a little slowdown around the ports on gwx.

tycho102 · 12-18-06, 02:28 PM

Optimal is to get the absolute fastest processor that you can afford. SH3 doesn't require any more memory than other games, so 1GB is what you need. 2GB is a good investment. Graphics are actually fairly light, even at 1600x1200. Any $130-$200 card will do well -- 4x AA at 1600x1200.

I suspect that SH4 will fit the same profile. They might split some of the threads, letting a dual-core processor do some of the work, but I'm not counting on it.

Deep-Six · 12-18-06, 03:35 PM

I am running SH3 on a 3.0ghz, a 7800gs OC 512mg, and a 300gig hdd.

Note: the hdd has a 16meg cache on it. And it loaded fairly fast.

I have yet to go on a mission.

12-18-06, 12:45 PM	#2
Tool Planesman Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 189 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was running it on a p4 1.7, 512mb, and a 9800 pro. Ran pretty good, but slow load times. Now i'm running a E6400 dualcore, 1gig, 256mb 7600GT.. and GWX mission load times are still ~2 minutes.. hard to believe but then it isn't optomized for the 2nd core. Mine is choppy in ports and certain other things for a second or 2 then it settles out and is smooth.. Your 2.4 is fine.. just load up on RAM and a nice video card and you'll be sailing. Tool. __________________ 309th Wild Ducks www.56thvfw.com

12-18-06, 02:28 PM	#5
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Optimal is to get the absolute fastest processor that you can afford. SH3 doesn't require any more memory than other games, so 1GB is what you need. 2GB is a good investment. Graphics are actually fairly light, even at 1600x1200. Any $130-$200 card will do well -- 4x AA at 1600x1200. I suspect that SH4 will fit the same profile. They might split some of the threads, letting a dual-core processor do some of the work, but I'm not counting on it. __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository

12-18-06, 03:35 PM	#6
Deep-Six Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 399 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I am running SH3 on a 3.0ghz, a 7800gs OC 512mg, and a 300gig hdd. Note: the hdd has a 16meg cache on it. And it loaded fairly fast. I have yet to go on a mission. __________________

12-18-06, 12:36 PM	#1
Grell Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 59 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	When I first bought the game when it was released I played it on a P4 3.0 ghz, 1gig of ram and a geforce 6800, it ran very well. I have since upgraded to a new computer that is out of your league, but get a geforce 6800 if you can, very nice and cheap card. Regards, Grell

12-18-06, 12:48 PM	#3
nightdagger Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 243 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You could probably play it best on: Intel 3.2GHz+/AMD 3400+ CPU 1-2GB RAM 6800GT or up (not 7300 series, though) nVidia or X850XT+ ATI

12-18-06, 01:34 PM	#4
cobalt Commander Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 440 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	kudos to the sh3 dev team, ive seen games that are less intense than this that kill your pc. for the most party sh3 is easily run. i run a 2.53ghz p4 and it runs smoothy. my 9600 processes the 3d world with ease. only small problem is my 512mb of ram that causes a little slowdown around the ports on gwx.