Graphic Cards
purplehaze:
Sure, just let me compress it and squeeeeeze it through my modem! :P
Standardliving:
Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it. (:
A lot of the tec. information DID go over my head though. I'm not really computer savvy, needless to say.
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I just don't understand why I have to go through all of this with a five month old computer. I don't necessarily want to fix anything, more like replace it.
I was sick and tired of my old computer formulating errors, so I bought a new one. Oddly enough, my old computer ran a hellva lot better and its graphic card and storage capacity was older/lower.
Can someone explain to me what points I should bring up in my complaints about the graphic card & blue screen? Or what questions I should have answered? I plan to call Dell tomorrow and hopefully get somewhere.
Urgh. I hate being needy like this.
KatEnigma:
You can't just buy a computer and expect it to run everything perfectly without any maintenance on your part. That means you have to update your drivers and such.
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Also, what processor did you put into it, and how much RAM?
Khan of Wyrms:
nVidia and ATi graphics are both decent and comparable quality and both run TS2 adequately when all things are considered, from my experience. Be careful not to fall into the assumption that so many people have made that video cards and/or graphics drivers are the root of your problems with TS2. Independent testing has been done by several sites which show that TS2 is not particularly graphics intensive, surprisingly, and that CPU muscle and RAM capacity are far more important. In fact, the tests showed that even systems with basic on-board graphics were able to run TS2 well with sufficient CPU power and RAM. This means that CPU or RAM issues should be considered much more of a factor when troubleshooting problems with TS2 than graphics cards/drivers. Also realize that Windows may seem to put the blame for a system crash on the graphics driver when the actual offender may very well be another piece of hardware, or a problematic system setting. In some ways, what you get to see in Windows' 'error reporting' may only be the end result of your problem, the consequences, not necessarily the root cause.
Of course, your problem could actually be with your graphics adapter/drivers, but from my own personal experience I think it is unlikely and would look elsewhere first.
purplehaze:
Spot on Khan. I am at a different home ( don't ask) right now and am running a somewhat crappy Compaq. Pentium 4 3Ghz and an onboard Intel chipset. I shoved 2 G RAM into it, and it runs fast and flawlessly. I don't have the worlds best graphics, but they aren't "that" bad. I'm sure when I get to my gaming computers in a few weeks, I'll regret posting this because the game is so much crisper on those machines and I have reflective water, etc. But it zips along nicely. And that's with all EP's installed and a ton of CC. At least I can play the game, which is more than a lot of people can say; and they're probably running better systems than I.
And you are right about the graphics. It's not an graphically intense game. Processor and RAM have more to do with performance than video cards. I'd update this machine, but the MB sucks. It would be cheaper to have my fav geek build me one and then bring it down here with me in the fall. I could probably foist it off on some unsuspecting buyer.
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