What is your ideal spec?

[Kristian2]

You are talking about upgrading your computer, perhaps I've missed something but I have no knowledge of your current specs. I assume you are aiming at running Windows XP and shiii+gwx comfortably.
My specs are:
P4 (3Ghz), 1GB Ram, Nvidia 7600GS (256MB)
This runs the game quite comfortably, with the only performance problems when you are with your camera too close to an explosion (dangerous too ).

I also have a slimmed version of Windows XP (SP2), see e.g. www.bold-fortune.com/forums/ on how to do this. I have used this information in addition to using XPlite.
All Windows are essentially clutter generating OS's. Less Windows is (in my view) always better.
Personally I would avoid Vista altogether, Windows 7 might be a serious option as it promises to be a small footprint OS, but we have to see what that means in MS standards.

[Somewhat off topic]
Directx10 is not downwards compatible with Directx9, but you can run DX9 games with DX10 hardware, and processing DX9 graphics software with DX10 hardware is not very efficient (so I've read somewhere). However, I presume one does not seem to suffer performance loss, on the contrary, which means that there is enormous processing power in DX10 cards that compensates for the inefficient processing sequence, correct me if I'm wrong. In the not too distant future everyone will have DX10 hardware, despite still DX9 games being around, and since there is still no interesting successor for SHIII(GWX)...

[Thaum]

Originally Posted by Kristian2

In the not too distant future everyone will have DX10 hardware, despite still DX9 games being around, and since there is still no interesting successor for SHIII(GWX)...

...and there's the rub. I remember some years ago I was a big fan of Jane's Longbow (helicopter sim). When I upgraded my machine I was no longer able to use the sim although these days is it possible, with a good deal of jiggery pokery, (and the same goes for Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, and SWOTL, but in computer terms, that's a VERY long time ago).

I'm not very technically minded, but it seems to me that SHIII + GWX is here to stay for a very long time - that is unless SH4 with its U-boat add-on gets modded by this very clever community into something special.....

So, if I'm going to upgrade, then it may as well be done properly (DX10 compliant) - I'm just concerned that it may prejudice my SHIII enjoyment.

Thanks for the welcome to the forum folks. My avatar picture looks about 25 years younger than I really am which is very nice. I rarely post, but I've been lurking on this forum for quite a long time. I Used to use SH2, then SH3 with various mods, then SH4, but was still drawn back to the Atlantic.

Thaum

[Thaum]

Originally Posted by Thaum

My avatar picture looks about 25 years younger than I really am which is very nice. I rarely post, but I've been lurking on this forum for quite a long time.

Thaum

Lol, I've just spotted that my avatar pic has changed. It now looks a lot older and more grizzled than I really am (ahem). :rotfl: :rotfl:

I gather it changes as my number of posts increases.

I wonder if I can beat the record for the number of replies to my own thread????

Thaum