Video Card Upgrade
KLGFCG:
LOL, that's what I get for posting when I'm tired and reeling from my purchase. Yes, those MB's should definitely be GB's. ::) Let's hope I'm in a better state when I actually go to install these things.
Akharra:
Good Luck!
Please let me know how it goes. I am about to install a new power supply also. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Marhis:
I post here, just to avoid a new thread on this topic.
I have to buy a new video card too, and I read all your advices with interest, but maybe I need a much less powerful card.
In short, I have a PC I use for SimPE only - it was built as a server, ages ago, so it doesn't have a great video/3d equipment: a ATI Rage Pro 2X AGP with 8Mb RAM.
I suspect that's because of that, I'm not be able to have previews in SimPE - even with managed directX correctly installed.
So, I would have a new, slightly better, video card, but newbie as I am in PC/Win stuff, I would simply go to the next mall, buy the card (any brand) with the lowest price and hoping it will work on my PC and will give me SimPE previews.
Any advice on what I have to do would be greatly appreciated: my PC specs are AMD Athlon 1.24 GHz (I suspect overclocked to 1.66), 384 Mb RAM (but I will buy more along with the video card), MS Windows XP Pro SP2.
DrBeast:
You know, your rig would make a fine addition to the Archaeological Museum, Marhis ;)
Ok, joking aside, I think the best you could get for your PC is a Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB, like this one...it's becoming quite extinct, but you might find some still. You'll see some improvement, that's for certain, but the low RAM bottleneck will still be there. Provided you can still find RAM that works with your motherboard, upgrade to AT LEAST 512MB, 1 GB would be even better.
But to be perfectly honest with you, even if you find RAM it'll cost you more than it's worth, and then you'll be stranded with a processor that's running pitifully slow for a game like TS2. So what I would recommend is: start saving up money and buy a new computer. You can get a rig fully capable of handling TS2 with ease for $600-$700.
Btw guys (and girls, of course...and those that haven't made up their mind yet, too!), there's a stickied thread that deals with building/upgrading your PCs for TS2...it's here ;)
Marhis:
Thanks! I hope I will find the card and the ram; heh I know it's crap (I payed it 20 € ;D), anyway luckily I don't have to use it for TS2, only for SimPE, that's why I didn't ask for really "good" PCs able to run TS2 (I run TS2 on Mac).
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