Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: sesimie on November 14, 2007, 09:23:00 pm Hello all :hello2:
I've been wondering for some time what kinds of Computer systems you folks use to run Sims2. Why? well I've noticed that meshes can affect a computers performance especially when lotsa polygons are used!! :h3lp: So kindly Creators tend to be "user friendly" and keep polygons lower than they can possibly be. This is to be commended. But Having seen (& sold) computers for the last 5 years I'm thinking that the specifications on Today's PC/Macs are sufficient to tackle most if not all the wondrous meshes that are out there.... ( i could be wrong):tongue6: I want Creators to use more polygons.....so I'll simply ask all who read kindly post your computer specs. Mine are like this. approx. Age of system = 4 years CPU speed = 1.8Ghz amount of memory = 1 Gb Video card = 6800 (nvidia) able to play sims2 with all my excellent custom content enabled = Yes....no problem game loads longer than it used to. For folks who don't know how to find out CPU speed or type of video card simply go to your control panel/settings panel and look for system, also device manager. or use belarc advisor ( free PC audit tool) Sorry it's been years since i've used a Mac..... I hope Meshers/creators can gauge from this when releasing their wondrous creations. keep on meshing!! :salute: Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: ~Aussie on November 14, 2007, 09:34:40 pm I got pretty much the same as you, this is my third PC I built.
System age = 1.5 years CPU speed = 2.2 Ghz amount of memory = 1 Gb Video card = 6600 (nvidia) Saving up some money to build my fourth PC :P Love to get a Mac, but they are over priced and there aren't much software available. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: sesimie on November 14, 2007, 09:39:45 pm Hey Aussiebun!! you forgot to say if you can with play all your favourite custom content!!:old:
Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: sumpsychochic on November 14, 2007, 09:41:09 pm I play on a laptop. It actually plays the game well I think. My desktop computer has too little RAM to handle the game
System age: 1.5 years CPU speed: 1.66 Ghz Amount of memory: 512 MB Video card: Integrated graphics with laptop. I can play with all my custom content, as long as I keep on a medium size lot and watch the amount of polygons in furniture. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: ~Aussie on November 14, 2007, 09:46:55 pm I have no problem playing it with my PC, but sometime it lags a bit, especially when scrolling. I don't know whether it is do with the custom contents (mesh) or it is just my PC. But it is tolerable..
Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Tenshii~Akari on November 14, 2007, 09:50:04 pm "Crappy" ol' (new) laptop. :lol:
Type: Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505 Age: 1 year Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 (Which is dying slowly... but quickly enough to get on my nerves. :x ) CPU Speed: 1.6GHz Physical RAM: 2GB (This does absolutely NO justice to speed for some reason... :crybaby:) Compared to my old PC (Compaq Presario AMD Athon XP 2800+), this thing is a lot slower than what I'm used to. At least the laptop has a better graphics card than the PC. :angel: As for CC, it depends. If I even build an actual house with furniture in it, I'll get random "blue refresh screens" and an occasional glitch-up with graphics. God forbid if the house is above one story... I can't even enjoy playing the game like I used to. I miss the good ol' days... :? Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: ~Aussie on November 14, 2007, 09:52:33 pm OMG :lol: I can't believe people are playing this game with their laptops. It must be lagging like hell
Tenshii, your poor laptop :P Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Tenshii~Akari on November 14, 2007, 09:58:41 pm It actually runs pretty well animation wise... not too choppy at all unless I'm on extremely huge lots, but it's definitely not savvy for any type of movie making or anything. For those with high-end PCs... think of my normal speed as fast as the "slowmotion 1 (or 2)" cheat on your normal lots. :(
The only few reasons I got the laptop: 1.) Because my old one's screen was so dim, I might as well had been typing with my eyes shut. 2.) My old one's earphone plug broke, disabling me from hearing any sound externally or internally. :smt120 3.) So that I could actually play Sims 2 on the go, and not be bored on overnight trips with the band. Can't take the home PC, now can I? :tongue3: (I refuse to have their sort of fun. Sometimes, it ends up being illegal activities I wish to stay very far away from. :lol:) Otherwise, I would've begged for a gaming PC instead. :smile bi: Too bad I'm broke now. :lol: Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: maniac19642003 on November 14, 2007, 10:12:19 pm I'm running on:
Dell Dimension E510, Win XP. Age: 1yr, 2-3months. (Got it on 9/14/06) Intel Pentium D 2.66GHz. Memory: 1022MB Ram Video card: ATI Radeon X600 Seems to work pretty well on this system. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: sesimie on November 14, 2007, 11:32:48 pm i expect to see alot of "non-gaming" PC's in this post....
Remember that sims 2 was released in 2004 so theoretically 2 year old systems should be able to run the base game smoothly provided they meet the minimum requirements. (taken from wikipedia) Minimum requirements Mac OS X * OS: Mac OS X 10.3.8+ * CPU: 1.2 GHz PowerPC G4/G5 * RAM: 256 MB * Disc Drive: DVD drive * HDD: 3 GB free space * Video: 32 MB ATI Radeon 9000/nVidia GeForce FX5200 Microsoft Windows * OS: Windows 98/98 SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista * CPU: 800 MHz * RAM: 256 MB * Disc Drive: 8x CD-ROM/DVD drive * HDD: 3.5 GB free space * Video: 32 MB DirectX 9.0 and T&L compatible * Sound: DirectX 9.0 compatible Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Simplistic69 on November 15, 2007, 12:34:11 am Hi. I build computers for a living, both office and gaming types. I have two computers that run Sims 2, my son's and mine.
My son's is essentially my old computer in a new case: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0Ghz 1Gb ram ATI 9800 XT w/128mb WD Raptor 74Gb 10,00rpm SATA drive Maxtor 80Gb SATA drive Kingwin Aluminium Case (Looks Mac G5-ish) Mine: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (overclocked from 2.4 to 2.8Ghz) 4Gb Ram EVGA Nvidia 8800 GT WD Raptor 150Gb 10,00rpm SATA drive WD Raptor 74Gb 10,00rpm SATA drive WD Caviar 500Gb SATA Drive Lian Li PC6895 custom aluminum case My son's system works fine on his 19" LCD screen (1280x1024) as long as we set the view distances to something less than max, and we don't put too many trees or other detailed objects around. I turn everything all the way up on a 24" LCD @ 1920x1200 resolution. I have had no lag or stuttering, but it also runs Bioshock flawlessly. Unfortunately I don't get to play too often, and then have to divide my time between FPS games and Sims 2. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Chopperchic on November 15, 2007, 01:14:33 am This is a great idea. I think it depends on what you like a fast game or a pretty game or can have the luxury of both.
I retired my desktop. It was built for TS1. We move around alot. So its better for me to have a laptop. 7 times in the last 19 years. 3 citys in 2 Countries other than the US and 5 cities in 4 states in the US. That counts my hometown. I would be without a desktop computer for months if I had to wait for the movers. I have 2 laptops I can use. My old Laptop Specs HP 1.8Gig AMD (I am thinking Athlon) 15inch LCD 500mg ram x300ATI Radeon 40gig Hard drive Windows XP Its good with smaller lots and a smaller downloads folder. It works decent but loading a big game is slow and graphics could be better. I started playing TS2 with this laptop. My new Laptop Specs HP nx9600 3.6 Gig P4HT 17inch LCD 1Gig Ram x600ATI Radeon (Can't win them all) 120Gig HD Windows XP Professional. I settled on this one. It runs the game wonderful, game load time is not a factor. The graphics detail is much better than my old laptop flawless for a laptop. I feel it was a good buy for a laptop at under 800USD. Oh I have a game folder sized 6 Gigs Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: unheardwisdom on November 15, 2007, 07:36:32 am Age- Err 8 months maybe
CPU speed - so can't find that... lol amount of memory - 893 MB Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Microsoft Vista Home Premium (stupid vista...) Sims runs fine slow loading from the ton of custom content but otherwise big lots and all run fine Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: abaris on November 15, 2007, 09:07:21 am Intel Core Duo E 6700 on Asus P5B Motherboard
2 Gigs Ram Geforce 8800 GTX 640 MB Ram Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Ferdrya747 on November 15, 2007, 07:07:09 pm approx. Age of system = less that 1 year, probably about 6 months or so
CPU speed = 1.60 GHz amount of memory = 958 MB Video card = NVIDIA GeForce GO 6150 The computer is a personal laptop. Custom content works fine for the most part. There have been issues with stuff not showing up, not unzipping etc. but that has nothing to do with the computer per se. Game loads a little slower than usual, sometimes quite slow depending on amount of CC and wether it's compatible with EP's. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: sesimie on November 15, 2007, 07:14:36 pm unheardwisdom to find your cpu speed...:hiding:
Press start>control panel> system....on the general tab you should see your CPU speed and amount of memory (RAM) Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: dreamcatchermwh on November 15, 2007, 07:40:25 pm AMD 64X2 3800 - running overclocked to 2.8 ghz
2 gigs ddr dual channel ocx dual PCI-X 512ddr SLI nvidia 8600 250gig NV Raid Asus pro-active MB 5 fans. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: hardwaretoad on November 16, 2007, 12:30:07 pm Let's see, it's an approximately 2 year old ABS M6 Sniper, due for some updating...
Asus M2N32-SLI MoBo AMD Athlon 64X2 3800+ 2 Gbs. Corsair DDR2 Dual nVidia 7600 GT's in SLI Dual 320 GB. H/D's in Raid 0 Thermaltake VA8000 case w/ cooling kit I play with everything maxed... :D Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Why Lie on November 17, 2007, 06:16:13 pm tis a laptop though
approx. Age of system = 2 years CPU speed = 1.4 GHz amount of memory = 504 MB soon to be 1 GB though! Video card = No idea at the mo... must ask partner bout that able to play sims2 with custom content enabled = Yep.. game does load slower though Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Foxybaby on November 17, 2007, 09:51:29 pm Mine:
Dell Dimension 5100 Age: 2yrs 2months RAM: 2GB CPU Speed: 3.0 GHz Video Card: Radeon x600 Have 2.2GB of downloads, largest files are generally skintones & hair (about 1GB of it!). Game runs fine, all settings on high, only lags a bit on large vacation lots. I think this maybe due to the video card rather than the RAM. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: 2DaHardway on November 17, 2007, 09:58:16 pm I've been running on a old clunker... with some new upgrades
Dell Dimension 8200 (400mhZ FSB) Pentium 4 (1.9Ghz) 1GB RAM 512 MB Radeon X1650Pro Video Card 60 GB HD Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: sesimie on November 18, 2007, 03:32:30 pm I see generally It's the faster video memory (and amount) that holds back Sims2 . I've played it on min spec machines....with Good Video Cards.
eg. 888Mhz CPU 512 RAM and Geforce 4 (128 Mb Video mem) and it played even faster than my "rig".....obviously Lack of Custom content on the experimentation "rig" is a major factor. Hmmm.....Integrated graphics will always suck ....unless it is a high end Graphic/Gaming "rig" Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Spongity on November 19, 2007, 01:20:12 am Meh laptop:
Dell XPS M1710 Age: less than a year, got it in February. 2 GHz processor 2GB RAM nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GS HD:81.1 GB I love it to pieces. It's been an excellent simming machine. Loading times are annoying, but never anything terrible (2 or so minutes to load the game). Graphics are beautiful, but my one complaint is that the highest available resolution in game is lower than the resolution of my screen (1920x1200), so my game is just the slightest bit blurry. Not much to complain about, though. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: lmfjaxxon on November 19, 2007, 11:33:22 pm Well, my laptop (before it died on me :()
Toshiba Laptop M35X-S111 Would have been 3 years in February Intergrated Intel Graphics Card 1 GB Processor 1.5GB of RAM 8x CD /DVD Drive RPM HDD Space 37.2 GB I love(d) my Toshiba but it let me down...the motherboard finally said, "Screw That" and went out! The loading times really didn't bother me as much 45 minutes...I guess I was used to it but I would eat and get in the shower and then I could play. When I was in college I would do homework while it's loading....:). LaTasha Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: sesimie on December 02, 2007, 05:44:43 pm Like i thought......No really "old" machines in these posts.
Bring on the Pixels!!! Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Synerje on December 03, 2007, 07:09:48 am CPU Type: AMD Opteron 144, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
Motherboard Name: EPoX K8T890 Motherboard Chipset: VIA K8T890, AMD Hammer System Memory: 2048 MB Display: Radeon X1650 Pro Storage: 60GB + 160GB + 180GB OS: Win XP Pro But i really wanna upgrade to a dual core processor, like Athlon 64 X2 or something else by AMD *drools* Total AMD freak here, lol And i wanna get 2 more gigs of ram and a new motherboard :P Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: obviouso on December 03, 2007, 07:32:58 am Approx. Age of system = 'bout 6 months or so.
CPU speed = I believe it's 1,60GHz amount of memory = 2046MG. (And something about 2 * 120 GB harddiscs.) Video card = ... Hmm. I'll google it: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (256 MB dedicated RAM) (AMD Turion64 X2 based models & Core 2 Duo T5200) NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (512 MB dedicated RAM) (Intel Core 2 Duo based models) < That one sounds familiar. Able to play sims2 with all my excellent custom content enabled = No problems at all. This is a HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop. And I say 'FEH!' to all of you that are using stationary computers, 'cause I can bring my Sims everywhere! Muha! Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: Bev in NY on December 03, 2007, 01:14:57 pm well i mine is about 6 mons. old....it's a Windows Vista Home Premium
AMD Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core processor 3800+ 2.0 Ghz memory ram 894.9 MB 32 bit operating system processor speed 1837.7 Direct X 10 Video card Nvidia Geforce 6150SE nForce 430 display memory 256.0 I really don't understand all this info. but my game plays good...i don't have much CC only about 900 things...not sure the Gb of them...The only thing i have is after playing for awhile i get some temporily freeze for few seconds then it is fine again....I notice most of the freezing happening when sim or pet walks by or when maid, delivery truck, ect. come...I have most of the graphics enabled and on high...I really don't have a problem with Vista other than when i first installed my games it said it wasn't compatible...but I got them to work somehow don't remember now how....I also have all the expansions and H&M stuff pack...so all in all I'm satisfied.... Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: scalad on December 05, 2007, 05:58:28 am I have:
amd dual core 3.2ghz 2 gig ram 160 gig hardrive ati radeon x1600pro 512 mb(did have a nvidia 8600 512mb but returned it twice as it kept stuffing up the computer, I went back to my old radeon x1600) motherboard? 2.8 gig od custom content. Loads really quickly- 5mins tops. On the odd occasion it would lag when a delivery truck or maid or gardener arrive. but that lag would last 1 second. I mainly build houses now than actually play. I have all expansions and stuff packs. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: bluefairy286 on December 07, 2007, 06:54:40 am System age: 5 months
CPU speed: Intel® Core 2 Duo processor 2.4 GHz Amount of memory: 2 GB Video card: 256 MB ATI Radeon X1300 Runs fine with custom content. Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: sesimie on December 07, 2007, 10:04:27 pm Some pretty cool systems......might be time for an upgrade for yours truly :goodidea:
Title: What Kind of Computer you run sims2 on? Post by: blueplayer on December 07, 2007, 10:26:28 pm Microsoft Windows XP
Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2 HP Pavilion AMD Athlon[tm] 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM Physical Address Extension Video Card upgrade -NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512mb Working fine now.:happy8: |