Computer Problem?

[birdseye1959]

Hi, I'm a new player of SH3, with a new computer, & I'm suspecting its spec isn't good enough to run the game. At times the the control icons are not responding to mouse clicks, & sometimes the mouse arrow movement across the screen is "stuttered" ie slow, non-linear.
A friend who works for a computer company advised the spec should be good enough to run the racing game GT Legends & I assumed it would run SH.....

Here's the spec.
Windows XP
AMD ATHLON 64 3200+
512 DDR-SDRAM
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 GRAPHICS
Up to 256MB shared video memory

If it's not good enough, it's not a huge deal, as the family needs to buy another computer, so if required, one more suitable for gaming will be chosen. (Money's not unlimited though!)
Likely sources are PC World or Dell........any advice will be much appreciated.
Thanks. Gary

[MarshalLaw]

Hey Birdseye,

If your Vid card is sharing memory with the 512 you have that could be the problem. You need 512 plus at least 128 Video memory to run the game with no problems. Try adding another 512 or 256 stick to your memory and see if that helps. Memory is cheap so even if it does not help it will help your computer to run better. Other than that make sure your Video settings for the game are at the lowest settings possible. Higher the settings more memory.....
Hope that helps, Good luck.

[birdseye1959]

Thanks MarshalLaw. Got very similar advice on another forum,- been to the computer shop today.......let you know.