SH4 Specs... What Upgrades Do I Need???

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Originally Posted by The WosMan

I always build my own PCs. I come in here frequently and always see people wondering about upgrading their computer. While the minimum specs have been bumped up, I swear I can remember the Silent Hunter IV developers saying the game will actually run better than Silent Hunter 3 and load faster. If you think about it, it makes sense. Sure they have upgraded the graphics, better models, lighting, water effects, transparancy, shadows, more poly's in the crew models but it is still the Silent Hunter 3 engine and I am sure they have had a lot of time to tweek the code and improve the performance.

I wish what you write here was true, but its not. I can GUARANTEE you the game will use more soup than SH3, its the way computer games work. More cool stuff = higher requirements.

Use Medieval 2: Total War as an example (not exactly the same, but kinda). The game is pretty much Rome: Total War set in the middle ages with much better graphics. And yes, it made my old Rome-pc kneel and prey for mercy. I`m not saying SHIV will do that to the ones with lower end pc`s, but I wish you all would stop dreaming of better performance than in SH3, since you will only be massivly disappointed.