Serious Sam 4

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IIIIDANNYIIII  [developer] 13 Jan, 2021 @ 3:33am
Trying to run the game on a potato PC? Check here
Our superhero Kemichar has made a handy guide for all of you who are trying to run the game on a potato PC. Check it out below:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2360262239
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Runs fine on my current rig. I really need to try and run it on my backup PC just to see what happens. Considering I ran SS3 at 15-19 fps on the rig I had before replacing it with what is now my backup rig , I bet I could get it running and playable :lunar2019crylaughingpig: I'll wait until I'm bored though. Thanks for the guide. It's always nice to know what settings do . I love the fact Croteam bothers to include the wonderful choice of settings it does. Options are always wonderful in a PC game.
Pinoz 3 Feb, 2021 @ 5:50pm 
or get it on stadia (if your connection is ok and your data cap is reasonable). I have the game on steam but ended up buying it on the cloud to play with friends who only had a crappy laptop. It works and the game with friends is really fun
Mad_Commander 14 Mar, 2021 @ 12:24pm 
Originally posted by IIIIDANNYIIII:
Our superhero Kemichar has made a handy guide for all of you who are trying to run the game on a potato PC. Check it out below:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2360262239

Well thanks, we can't all afford a scalped 3060 to play maxed out. I really appreciate Devs calling what i can afford a potato makes me feel better about my self. Good job.
彡snap 23 Mar, 2021 @ 10:51am 
nice
hitbm47 31 Mar, 2021 @ 2:40am 
I took two screenshots, but unfortunately can't post it here.
Basically I get 7FPS higher in DirectX11 than Vulkan and believe me I have a full AMD system that should benefit most from switching to Vulkan, because DirectX11 and AMD aren't friends with low IPC CPU's.
I guess DX12 and Vulkan were only added for a sales gimmick, and only to the extent that it is compatible.
There are no graphical advantages from using DirectX12 or Vulkan; except for Ray Tracing, if developed correctly, they can only give performance advantages.
This game is awesome thus far though when played with DirectX11.
Last edited by hitbm47; 31 Mar, 2021 @ 2:46am
chokepoint 2 Aug, 2021 @ 4:39am 
so here i am trying to run game , but after i launch game screen goes black , eventually i try close game that an error ocured, Here are my specs https://im.ge/i/LqeAy , NOTE that i have 2 display adapters and i used graphics setings to use second one -AMD Radeon (TM) R5 M330- to launch game for higher performance , but with the same result , Any help/ sugestions please ?
hitbm47 2 Aug, 2021 @ 2:45pm 
Originally posted by chokepoint:
so here i am trying to run game , but after i launch game screen goes black , eventually i try close game that an error ocured, Here are my specs https://im.ge/i/LqeAy , NOTE that i have 2 display adapters and i used graphics setings to use second one -AMD Radeon (TM) R5 M330- to launch game for higher performance , but with the same result , Any help/ sugestions please ?
Hi @chokepoint

That R5 M330 does unfortunately not meet the minimum requirements to run the game. That card had 2GB of VRAM, whereas this game requires 3GB of VRAM minimum.
supermervio 16 Sep, 2021 @ 10:41am 
im trying to play it but it crashes whenever I open it will the guide let me play it on my below minimum specs pc
Last edited by supermervio; 16 Sep, 2021 @ 10:54am
Originally posted by supermervio #SAVETF2:
im trying to play it but it crashes whenever I open it will the guide let me play it on my below minimum specs pc
my pc meets system requirirement and i had too use ddu and reinstall my drivers rx 6600
TMAC Blade 17 Sep, 2023 @ 4:29pm 
Originally posted by IIIIDANNYIIII:
Our superhero Kemichar has made a handy guide for all of you who are trying to run the game on a potato PC. Check it out below:

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2360262239
I have a I5 12500H PC with an RTX 3050 with 16 gb of RAM. The processor is a 12 core and 16 thread CPU with hyper threading. I'm hoping it's capable of handling the game better than my 6 core desktop PC.
chokepoint 8 Oct, 2023 @ 8:06am 
here comes another one trying to play the game on a so called potato.
my specs are i5 4590 cpu , 3.30ghz , 16gb ram , SSD 920 mb , my gpu is AMD Radeon r7 350X 4GB . My main question: is there a way to do the changes from the game config file , i can t properly laucnh the game since the error with minimum graphics card appears , so i can't modify anything from in game setings. So please any help and tips that u have and i may missed i am glad to hear it
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