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 Posted: Wed, 15th Sep 2004 04:02 Post subject: The Sims 2 = running like crap |
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I don't know you guys...but my pc can barealy handle the game when there are more than two sims together on screen.
My pc: Intel p4 2500, 512 mb ram, ati 9800 pro(latest cats). Default settings max everything up automatically, but my hd keeps making noises and the game is nowhere smooth. Even with low textures and details, House Parties are an horrible sight...everything stutters with an adorable "lag effect".
I know what I'm going to be told..."512 mb are a bottleneck to your vid card", and so on...but I ran Far Cry and Doom 3 with medium/high graphic and detail settings. They ran very smooth, and I do assume Sims 2 is not as heavy as those two monsters.
Any clues?
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| Posted: Wed, 15th Sep 2004 19:02 Post subject: Re: The Sims 2 = running like crap |
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I have the same problem... P4 2.4 512 mb ram, ati 9600 pro, almost no matter what settings, it lags and stutter.... strange...anyone have a solution??? My wifes computer is a athlon XP 1800 256 mb ram, gforce 4, 4200, runs nice and smooth on high....!!!!
| The Wronged wrote: | I don't know you guys...but my pc can barealy handle the game when there are more than two sims together on screen.
My pc: Intel p4 2500, 512 mb ram, ati 9800 pro(latest cats). Default settings max everything up automatically, but my hd keeps making noises and the game is nowhere smooth. Even with low textures and details, House Parties are an horrible sight...everything stutters with an adorable "lag effect".
I know what I'm going to be told..."512 mb are a bottleneck to your vid card", and so on...but I ran Far Cry and Doom 3 with medium/high graphic and detail settings. They ran very smooth, and I do assume Sims 2 is not as heavy as those two monsters.
Any clues? |
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| Posted: Thu, 16th Sep 2004 02:24 Post subject: |
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Could it be the hd? I can hear my hd loading at every single move my Sims do...but maybe it's supposed to be like this...
Uff...no clues
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| Posted: Fri, 17th Sep 2004 12:00 Post subject: |
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I defragged the drive before installing Sims 2 for her,so that will not help much... But I think you are right about the ram thing,so im going to try putting another stick of 512 in the pc.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th Sep 2004 12:48 Post subject: |
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I don't think its a ram problem...I have 1.5 gigs of registered 3200 ram and thats not a problem. I think it has to do with some video card settings cuz my video card crashes and the game will crash and XP will give me a "DEVICE FAILIURE!" error (and there's only 8-bit color showing)....so I think there are some problems with DirectX 9.0c causing this.
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| Posted: Sat, 18th Sep 2004 02:52 Post subject: |
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I've heard form many people (including myself) experiencing poor game performance...
I have yet to see one with a NVIDIA card
(I myself have a 9600XT)
My bet is that ATI's piss poor drivers a fucking our asses once more.
All this ass ramming is starting to hurt.
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| Posted: Sat, 18th Sep 2004 22:59 Post subject: |
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iam running on a:
1,7 Ghz Amd athlon XP
512 MB DDR 266 RAM
Ati Radeon 9600 Excalibur (256 mb ddr)
60 GB Seagate Barcuda
And it runs smoothly !
Not even a glitch...
So maybe its because of the Processer i dunno...
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| Posted: Sun, 19th Sep 2004 19:29 Post subject: seems like that.. |
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P4 ATi radeon = stuttering ?!
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Sep 2004 00:14 Post subject: |
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I have harsh lagging as well, specs are
Athlon XP 2500
512MB PC3200
Radeon 9600 128MB
120GB 7200rpm 8MB cache HDD
The game is playable, but this is annoying
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Sep 2004 00:23 Post subject: |
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Breaking the mould here but
P4 3.0 Prescott
Win XP sp1
1 gig 433mhz Kingston ram
FX 5900XT
Stutters badly at 800x600.
Trying different combos of drivers etc but still the same.
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Sep 2004 00:58 Post subject: ITS NOT ATI |
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Athalon XP 3000+
1.5 Gig PC3200
Geforce 5900 Ultra
3 160GB 7200rpm HDDs.....
Don't tell me my system can't handle it......there is something wrong wtih the game...I have the latest drivers and the latest directX
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Maybe ATI cards are great,but I cant tell because I never seen it in real life with ATI drivers installed on my sisters pc...
