Please suggest a good Sims 2 Video Card
dizzy:
Quote from: kryptmoon on 2005 September 30, 21:26:28
So I raised the resolution in game after that every thing was crystal clear and beautiful....until...my pc crashed and rebooted in the neighborhood screen...
... so I lowered the setting to medium trying to accomodate..it crashed again and this time it also crashed on a Lot with the neighborhood view on.The neighborhood also looked funky(flashing houses and Terrain turning white.
Immediately I thought it was my drivers. (I had just updated my video drivers. I've always used Omega beta drivers for performance)I figured it could have been a glitch w/the beta drivers so I uninstalled and replaced w/ATI Radeon Catalyst most recent.
Well, it stopped crashing in the neighborhood screen so I thought that was it. But just the other day it rebooted in one of the lots when I was trying to show my daughter the new neighborhood view.
Whenever your PC "crashes" this could be due to any number of hardware conflicts: video, CPU, RAM, audio, hard drive etc. Suffice it to say that the only reliable fix for this is to scan everything at the lowest level possible. In particular, you need to test your RAM and low-level scan your hard drives. It's not always a software fault (i.e. updating drivers).
LynnMar:
I got into my performance and settings options in my nvidia control center and changed some of the settings, I had no clue as to what I was doing but anyway my graphics look better and I can play again in 800x600 resolutions again which is great on the old eyes. :o
maybe I won't have to buy a new card just yet. ;D
kryptmoon:
Quote from: Braveheart on 2005 October 01, 01:19:43
My tech checked everything out with my card and discovered my fan wasn't working properly so I had him fix that. Brought the comp home today and still have choppy graphics. I am even running it with the case open thinking it might be airflow problems, but that is not it. Wondering if what Kryptmoon said has some merit to it. Before Nightlife, I have never had a problem with my graphics card (Geforce FX5200 128mb) Since Nightlife, I get spontaneous reboots, neighborhood view "earthquakes" (the graphics shake back and foth really fast), the edge and arrow key scrolling is choppy. I really cannot afford a new card but I also am NOT able to play the game as it is! What has chaged with Nightlife? My specs are more than adequate(2.2 ghz P4, 1024mb RAM, 80gb hardrive only 50% full and of course the video card mentioned above. Someone? A Maxoid? Please help...I can't even play the game anymore and I am obviously not the only one with these kind of problems.
I ran a diagnostic stress test on my pc.Tested all the hardware.No probs according to the results.(It took 11 hours :o) Like I said I had no probs playing the game before so I'm waiting for my upgraded CPU to come in.(Process of elimination)to see if that changes anything.
There are plenty of other threads about this situation that I have found on other sites. Could'nt be everybody's computer suddenly gone fu.. up. :-\
I'll keep reading..somebody's bound to have an answer.
Hook:
Prior to Nightlife, 1800 would have given you a high CPU level. With Nightlife, it wants 2800 for high. Your 2600 is now considered medium CPU level. (Low/Medium/High is now 1000/2200/2800).
Hook
kryptmoon:
That's what I said in my original post, that it could be the CPU. Thanks for pointing that information out. I have to wait for Monday for my new CPU, install it and see. ;)
I have no idea what Bravehearts Pentium 4 is equivelant to but I Hook's info helps. Also upgrading the video ram to 256 or higher does'nt hurt either. I will let you know if the rebooting stops as well as overall gameplay.
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