Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
KatEnigma:
Quote from: twistingsims on 2006 September 19, 22:14:29
Thank you jsalemi, I thought it might be :D
Quote from: katenigma on 2006 September 19, 19:51:51
When you uninstalled, did you do a manual uninstall to make sure everything actually got removed properly?
Yup, I had to add a new harddrive and totally format the drive with WindowsXP, so there was nothing there when I installed the Sims2 game.
Yes, but you said after it happened, you uninstalled and reinstalled just TS2. Maybe something got screwed up in the first install, and it didn't uninstall properly so it's still screwed up. I know I've seen this problem before, but the damn search on the BBS is useless. Did you patch the game when you reinstalled?
ZiggyDoodle:
Appreciate the info, katenigma. My documentation seems to suggest an additional fan is needed: "NOTICE: PCI Express graphics card that run higher than 75 W require an additional cooling fan. Otherwise, your card could overheat and damage your computer."
All the PCIe cards I looked at had their own fans, plus the Dell installation instructions talk about mounting it with extra brackets somewhere inside the case. Haven't looked yet to see where that may be.
KatEnigma:
Quote from: ZiggyDoodle on 2006 September 20, 00:28:35
Appreciate the info, katenigma. My documentation seems to suggest an additional fan is needed: "NOTICE: PCI Express graphics card that run higher than 75 W require an additional cooling fan. Otherwise, your card could overheat and damage your computer."
All the PCIe cards I looked at had their own fans, plus the Dell installation instructions talk about mounting it with extra brackets somewhere inside the case. Haven't looked yet to see where that may be.
The Zalman is supposed to keep the card cooler than the stock fan- it takes up a lot more room and it comes with a lot more heatspreaders for the RAM than the one ATI provided. I never have any problems with heat on this machine, but I do have a case that's very efficient and my lovely OCZ power supply that sucks air from the case and spits it out the back, which lowered my system temperature by 5ēC all on its own.
If you have to mount an actual fan to the case, 120 mm fans are quieter and move more air than 80 mm ones. You can also go to websites that specialize in silent PC's, to get recommendations on quiet fans or order rubber washers to hold down the rattling.
twistingsims:
Quote from: katenigma on 2006 September 19, 23:44:10
Quote from: twistingsims on 2006 September 19, 22:14:29
Thank you jsalemi, I thought it might be :D Quote from: katenigma on 2006 September 19, 19:51:51
When you uninstalled, did you do a manual uninstall to make sure everything actually got removed properly?
Yup, I had to add a new harddrive and totally format the drive with WindowsXP, so there was nothing there when I installed the Sims2 game.
Yes, but you said after it happened, you uninstalled and reinstalled just TS2. Maybe something got screwed up in the first install, and it didn't uninstall properly so it's still screwed up. I know I've seen this problem before, but the damn search on the BBS is useless. Did you patch the game when you reinstalled?
Okay, so I've uninstalled the game again and followed these directions: http://forums.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=139059 for a complete uninstalled. I reinstalled just the original game plus the first patch for Sims2, and although I was prayin' hard this might work, unfortunately the sims still are in slow mode! :'(
So I took a video capture just to show how this is looking in my game. Like I said everything else is loading and playing fine, until you get to the neighborhood's screen, the panning is really slow. Then I pick any lot, which I think is loading fine, and as soon as I unpause for play, slow motion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOz2liSh57E
Okay this is interesting, the video shows no slow motion!! ??? that must be a clue to what's goin' on, I hope! I think I will play around with the video settings a bit, to see what happens.
I played around some more, and its still slower in game, but the video does seem to speed it up a little bit, this one's a little bigger (and I'm changing settings of video as I'm recording, so exuse the stops and starts):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iKcz1NeCuw
J. M. Pescado:
Here's a tip: Don't name your computer after you, and don't post its name on the Internet when you post Dxdiag reports. Always censor the names.
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