Re: Yet another Sims 2 question

From: Chris H. (winxpnews_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:48:10 -0800

That, too. However it would be a good idea to check out the capabilities of
the motherboard on the E-Machine, since it may not go much farther in the
RAM department. 8-) 

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"Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message 
news:OOUp0$0$EHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi Bill,
>
> According to this article the extra RAM should help since you're
> below the minimum RAM spec for systems which don't have a
> hardware T&L video card:
> http://thesims2.ea.com/help/detail.php?help_id=21
>
> -- 
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> "billw" <bill.wray@worldnet.att.trash.net> wrote in message 
> news:0eb801c4ff4e$f69ddf90$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> The only game I currently play is Sims 2.  This year I got
>> a new computer for Christmas. It is an E-machine with an
>> Intel Celeron D CPU running at 2.66 GHz. It has 246 MB of
>> RAM an onboard Intel 82845G Graphics controller that uses
>> 64 MB of shared memory. The OS is Windows XP Home Edition
>> upgraded to SP2. My old system was an LG 9XX running a
>> Pentium 111 CPU at 900 MHz with 400+ RAM and a Radeon 9000
>> series AGP video card with 64 MB on card RAM. The OS was
>> XP Pro SP2. DirectX on both machines is 9c.(I have
>> installed the Sims 2 patch as well.)
>>
>> The problem is the game ran MUCH better on my old computer.
>>
>> I have upgraded the drivers for the Intel Graphics
>> Controller, but that did not help. I set many of the in
>> game display options at their lowest setting. The game
>> runs very slow and is choppy. It also takes forever to
>> load a lot or the neighborhood.
>>
>> The new computer does not have an AGP slot so my only
>> option is a PCI card. Before I go that route, I want to
>> try adding more RAM. Do you have any other suggestions?
>>
>> So far I have not found a solution on the Sims 2 website,
>> but I am still looking.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Take out trash before sending me e mail.
>
>

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