Neighborhood Map Problems
MaryH:
I know that Nvidia has its' share of detractors, but for my money, I'd buy that-it seems to be the best one that I know of that can handle the intense stuff-and EA does have it listed as a "supported" card for the game. You might want to look at the list on their site to see which ones you can get that will do the job.
I hope that you can find a fairly cheap one-I will admit though, that if I hadn't had a very generous friend, I wouldn't have the one in my computer now. I didn't have the money to buy a new card, and she was upgrading anyway, so she sent me the one I listed.
Usually it runs about $100.00. Unfortunately, game makers seem hell-bent on making us pay good money for upgrading-the husband is convinced it's a conspiracy between them and the computer manufacturers. Sometimes I think so, too!
I hope this helped you and that your problems will go away with a new card. It's worth it, in my mind to get a better one. It makes the play more enjoyable and less aggravating.
saowens:
Quote from: ThatScaryChick on May 04, 2009, 10:10:25 pm
Yeah, I get the feeling that I need to update my graphics card. It really is on the low end of the spectrum.
That is most likely the cause here. The difference between your graphics card and the one MaryH has is yours is a graphics chip on the mother board and it uses shared memory from the total memory installed in the pc. The one MaryH has comes with it's own memory and GPU. (graphics processing unit)
I would recommend Nvidia also. I've used them for years and never had problem one other than having to upgrade them when games just became to graphics intense for the card.
You can find some really good deals on Ebay for last years model of cards.
One other thing you would want to make sure of is if the mother board you have will support the card. You should be able to find out the specs in the manuals that came with your pc. You should look for Pci-Express support on the mother board.
ThatScaryChick:
Thank you Mary and Zordac! I talked to the person who is going to update my computer and he brought up Nvidia as well, so it looks like that is the direction I am heading. I really hope a new graphic card will fix that because I really want to be able to play beach and concrete lots.
saowens:
You will be truly amazed by the difference it makes.
MaryH:
To echo Zordac: it is worth every penny to get a good graphics card-that way you can run all high resolution graphics, all the sounds, etc-without straining your computer.
Hope you find one you like and can use.
(Sorry I didn't disclose that my card has its' own memory-the newer ones do, and they're fantastic.)
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