Graphics cards?
hardwaretoad:
One of the best things you could do for your game is to double your SDRAM, better yet, increase & change to DDRAM, they're a dime-a-dozen anymore. I'm assuming you're running XP which is a real virtual memory hog... it takes the better part of what you have just to keep it chugging along, combine that with an older GPU & the slugs come out...
You can try shutting down various start-up programs as well. Good luck!
~Iris~:
Quote from: hardwaretoad;488052
One of the best things you could do for your game is to double your SDRAM, better yet, increase & change to DDRAM, they're a dime-a-dozen anymore. I'm assuming you're running XP which is a real virtual memory hog... it takes the better part of what you have just to keep it chugging along, combine that with an older GPU & the slugs come out...
You can try shutting down various start-up programs as well. Good luck!
Right now I have 512MB of DDR SDRAM memory and want to keep it as simple as possible because I don't really want to use the computer for anything other than the Sims (no net, no video, I watch movies and burn CDs, that's it). I have my eye on a specific ATI Radeon PCI card. My question now is, on the side of my computer it says that my original graphics card was an "Intel Graphics Media Accelerator with up to 128MB shared video memory." When looking for graphics cards, do I have to keep this in mind (getting either a 128MB card or 256MB card) or just go straight for the 512MB one? I don't want to end up with basically an expensive frisbee lol. Thank you.
Squinge:
If you can use a PCI express card I recommend doing that; I am using a PCI Express card, it sounds like your existing video is built into your motherboard so you will have to disable it when you buy your new card which will free up some RAM, as for getting 128MB, 256MB, or 512MB most games don't use all of the 512MB yet so I would just get a 256MB unless you get a good price on a 512MB card.
~Iris~:
Quote from: Squinge;543618
If you can use a PCI express card I recommend doing that; I am using a PCI Express card, it sounds like your existing video is built into your motherboard so you will have to disable it when you buy your new card which will free up some RAM, as for getting 128MB, 256MB, or 512MB most games don't use all of the 512MB yet so I would just get a 256MB unless you get a good price on a 512MB card.
Thanks Squinge. I guess I also should have put that my old graphics card (the one that originally came with the computer) was removed and replaced with the ATI Radeon 9200. I don't know if that has any bearing on that, but I remember it crashing every five seconds before the card was replaced. I'm assuming that this means that my existing video isn't built into the motherboard *shrug* lol. I also have another question: Should I stay with the Radeon 9000 series, or move up to the "x" series, and if I do move up to the "x" series, which one would be best (but still affordable)? I don't want to have to replace the card again. Thanks a lot :).
Squinge:
I was refering to when you said "an "Intel Graphics Media Accelerator with up to 128MB shared video memory" so I guess you don't have that built in video anymore; I would ask someone that uses an ATI card which series you should buy; I use nVidia so I can't answer that question for you & your welcome :)
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