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zaraya

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Some information on technical requirements please.
« on: November 19, 2008, 17:54:41 »

Hello all. I have got ship simulator 2008 and the only problem is after I bought it I found my graphics card was not good enough and so I now have a slow framerate and a grid instead of a sea. I am now in the process of buying a better graphics card and I was wondering if the better graphics card would make my computer slower or faster? ??? As you can see, I do not know much about computers! Thank you.
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saltydog

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2008, 17:59:12 »

Hi zaraya, welcome to the forum.. Here are the system requirements for ShipSim 2008.. :)

http://www.shipsim.com/ShipSimForum/index.php/topic,635.0.html
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Shipaddict

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2008, 19:03:07 »

The better the graphics card the better it should run :)

Welcome!
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Agent|Austin

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2008, 19:08:07 »

The better the graphics card the better it should run :)

Welcome!
Depends, what is the current card installed.
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saltydog

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2008, 19:28:08 »

It would be helpfull if a mod would request a dx-diag.. ;)
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zaraya

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2008, 10:22:13 »

What I meant was; would I be able to have the wake effects and splashing with say, an NVIDIA GeForce 7300? :)
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Timbo

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2008, 12:01:20 »

What I meant was; would I be able to have the wake effects and splashing with say, an NVIDIA GeForce 7300? :)

Hi zaraya,
             Myself had to change my graphic card to a NVIDIA Geforce 7800GS ,as this was the only one
that would fit my motherboard as my pc is a few years old but still works ok.Also had to change the power
supply as well as the new card uses more power and early on this year upgraded my memory to 2 GB,still
use XP sorry do not like Vista at all !.

          Well what you want to know as the minimum for the game is Geforce 5900 can see no problem
with a geforce 7300 as i can see wake effect and splashes no problem with a 7800.

If anyone knows different post as well but should be the same but will say something as well
on the custom missions in rotterdam,if there are too many things is slow so i change it to low settings
or custom settings with wake only on player boat that works for me.IT only happens on the Rotterdam as
there is a lot of buildings boats ect ect,noticed on the jumbo javelin first mission from the top but mostly
i use the medium settings that works for me but if you have a problem just change it when you are in the
game playing.Also there is another one in the custom missions but cannot remember which one but know that
it's with lots of waypoints ect in it as well BUT don't let this put you off only two missions of say
about 70 or so and still more being added all the time for you to download cannot say fairer then that and there
is a missions board as well  ;)

  Hope helps you also anyone else can add if you thing of something else.   Cheers Timbo  :)
« Last Edit: November 20, 2008, 12:03:17 by Timbo »
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zaraya

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2008, 12:53:10 »

Thank you timbo, finally, would a AMD Sempron 3000+ CPU work?
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bsm2003

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2008, 18:26:18 »

I have a home brew machine.

My specs
P-4 2.6 Ghz Hyper threaded 2 processor
2 gig pc 3200 DDR ram 4x512 sticks
Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 512 onboard DDR ram
DVD +/- RW drive
many hd's


I cannot run the game on nothing much above low setting. Any thing above this and I get really low frame rates and it skips. Although I can run Doom 3 full everything and no skipping.

I really need a new mb more ram a new 9800 graphics card and then I would be able to enjoy all the bells and whistles.
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zaraya

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2008, 18:29:03 »

what about a 2.0 gigahertz processer?
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saltydog

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2008, 18:43:22 »

I don't think a 2 is enough..
« Last Edit: November 20, 2008, 19:58:24 by saltydog »
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TerryRussell

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2008, 20:55:49 »

Good evening, chaps.

Welcome, zaraya.

I think that a 7300 card will not be very good, and will struggle with some of the new ships, like the free Jumbo Javelin. In any case, they aren't made any more.

Get an 8600 or 8800 Nvidia if you can.

2.0 GHz processor is far too slow. You need a minimum of 2.4 GHz and I would strongly recommend getting something much faster.

Now, in accordance with the guidelines here:
http://www.shipsim.com/ShipSimForum/index.php/topic,11578.0.html
this question shouldn't really be in Technical Support. So, I'll move this topic to Small Talk.
« Last Edit: November 20, 2008, 21:21:12 by TerryRussell »
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RMSGreatBritain

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2008, 21:04:51 »

Can I just say welcome to the forum Zaraya, Always nice to see a new member!
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zaraya

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2008, 11:14:03 »

Thank you all for your advice. I do however think that they could have made the system requirements a bit easier to fulfil. >:(
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Shipaddict

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2008, 11:15:54 »

If you want good graphics and game play, I suppose you need more recquirements ;)
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TerryRussell

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Re: Some information on technical requirements please.
« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2008, 13:55:25 »

Thank you all for your advice. I do however think that they could have made the system requirements a bit easier to fulfil. >:(

Of course, Ship Simulator is not a game. It is a high-grade simulator. So it requires better performance from your PC. But, the requirementsa aren't especially high when you consider all that the game does. Many other games demand much higher specifications.

Some other games don't really make the requirements very clear. Vstep do that, and honestly.
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