In order for you to play Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic on Windows with minimal graphics settings, your computer must meet the following requirements
OS *:
Windows® XP (Service Pack 3), Windows Vista® (Service Pack 2)
Processor (CPU):
Intel® Core™2 Duo E4400 2 GHz / AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4000+ 2.1 GHz or higher (Intel Core™2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz or higher recommended)
Memory (RAM):
1 GB (Windows XP) / 2 GB (Windows Vista) (2 GB recommended)
Graphics Card:
512 MB DirectX® 9.0c-compliant video card(*see supported list)
DirectX®:
Hard Drive:
10 GB (15 GB recommended)
Sound:
DirectX 9.0c-compliant sound card
Peripherals Supported:
Windows-compliant mouse, keyboard
Internet Connection:
256 kbps Broadband connection (512 kbps connection or better recommended)
Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / 9 / GTX 200 series
ATI Radeon HD 2600 / HD 3000 / HD 4000 / HD 5000 series
NVIDIA SLI & ATI Crossfire
Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS