Upgrading Computer Hardware
Motoki:
A good place to look for info on computer parts is http://www.newegg.com . They're a really good online retailer for computer parts (if you will be installing the upgrades yourself or have someone to do it for you). They ship fast and have never given me a hassle for a return and are consistantly rated high on resellerratings.com. Even if you don't intend to buy from them, it's a good place to browse as there are lots of user reviews that you can read.
One thing you might want to do is search all video cards up to a certain max price and then sort by best rating. What I've done here is sort by best rating for all video cards with a max price of $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?submit=PROPERTY&SubCategory=48&maxprice=100&bop=and&Order=rating
Of course, you can set whatever price you want.
Another thing to look for is make sure any video card you get supports DirectX 9. Anything that supports Directx 8 or below is likely old or a stripped down 'value' card and best avoided.
Diala:
Thank you, all of you. At least I have an idea on what I should look for. I am sure I know how to install RAM easily, but what about graphics card? What should I look for, and how do I know that the graphics card I want is compatible with my computer?
witch:
Quote from: Ancient Sim on 2005 September 14, 03:35:16
I have an Athlon 2000+, which is about 1800 mhz, and I have no problems really.
This is the chip I have also, the Athlon 2000 series actually benchmarks performance-wise at around 3 Gigahertz - or 3000 Mhtz.
AMD ROCKS!!!
Your PC chip is most probably a better performer than Diala's.
Diala, there's another thread about video cards here, Gali listed the minimum requirements for the sims2, she included all the supported video cards, you might want to hunt for that list.
I have a GeForce 5700 with 256Mb RAM, I still can't run sims2 with full anti-aliasing turned on. I've also had problems with recent nVidia drivers and the sims game. My driver is about 3 versions old as the most recent driver trashes the sims and the 2nd to recent trashes my system. It would pay to read around as Motoki suggests.
gali:
Quote from: witch on 2005 September 14, 05:20:09
Quote from: Ancient Sim on 2005 September 14, 03:35:16
I have an Athlon 2000+, which is about 1800 mhz, and I have no problems really.
This is the chip I have also, the Athlon 2000 series actually benchmarks performance-wise at around 3 Gigahertz - or 3000 Mhtz.
AMD ROCKS!!!
Your PC chip is most probably a better performer than Diala's.
Diala, there's another thread about video cards here, Gali listed the minimum requirements for the sims2, she included all the supported video cards, you might want to hunt for that list.
I have a GeForce 5700 with 256Mb RAM, I still can't run sims2 with full anti-aliasing turned on. I've also had problems with recent nVidia drivers and the sims game. My driver is about 3 versions old as the most recent driver trashes the sims and the 2nd to recent trashes my system. It would pay to read around as Motoki suggests.
The minimum requirements, as given at the Exchange, are written in Vergali thread, "which is the best system to play".
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?topic=556.0
Zeljka:
Can I jump in for help too? Please-please?
CPU and Ram are ok for now (2.8AMD, 1G Ram) but I have a Radeon 9200 with latest drivers. It's ok on medium settings, but resets and crashes on Aspiration objects at night (even with no lights on)
It may sound peculiar, but I don't know anything about videocards except how to install them. Which is better for the game? Radeon? GeForce? I don't mind paying a bit for something that will last me a while, but I will be leaving myself open to a scamming if I walk into a store and tell them I have a couple hundred bucks to spend on a videocard that will make my Sims2 game look awesome.(I've looked at EA's requirements, but as they change, I'd prefer to be proactive)
Diala, sorry for jumping in your thread, but it seems it would have been worse to post my own thread asking the same thing.
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