Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
Weaver:
I have the same card (poor aged AGP :() with 256MB and tend to get choppy graphics because of driver conflicts.
The resolution usually involves uninstalling, rebooting, installing, rebooting, checking, uninstalling, rebooting - you get the picture. :)
twistingsims:
Well I don't think its the graphic card. I uninstalled the new one, and reinstalled the old one and after uninstalling the whole game and reinstalling just the Sims2, the slow motion is still happening.
I have installed a couple other games and there is no slow motion going on with those ones. The are not as graphic intensive of course, but still they worked fine.
I also have Sims Online installed and I was able to play that game with no problems. I just wonder if it has anything to do with me installing Windows XP Pro as my operating system? I did it myself, partitioned the hard drives myself and such, but I didn't see any glitches along the way. I just don't know what else to try. ???
I did the CPU-z program and the results are as follows:
Core Speed . . . . . . . . .1460.5 MHz
Mulitplier . . . . . . . . . . . x11.0
Bus Speed . . . . . . . . . . 132.8 MHz
Rated FSB . . . . . . . . . . 265.5 MHz
L1 Data . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 KB
L1 Code . . . . . . . . . . . 64 KB
Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 KB
Weaver:
Do you have any other games that can be considered equal or greater graphic intensity compared to The Sims 2?
If you can identify the problem is specifically with the game - a saved games backup and clean re-install is a reasonable solution.
There used to be a site I used called PC Pitstop which allows performance tests, diagnosis and reports.
I'm not sure to advocate it as my experience was a few years back and the site has changed since.
twistingsims:
Thank you Weaver, :)
I did do a complete uninstall of all my sims2 games, and a clean reinstall of just the core game, but no difference, still the slow motion.
I do have Sims1 games, but I don't know if you would consider that high graphics or not?
Weaver:
Did you store/move your saved games (My Documents/EA Games/The Sims2) and load a fresh game after the reinstall?
There could be a misplaced setting in a configuration file causing the motion problems.
I would consider Sims 1 a less demanding game (based on the minimum/required specifications and earlier release date).
If this is related to a hardware issue, it is odd that it occurs with solely The Sims 2 unless the game is too demanding on resources.
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