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Title: Why has my sims game slowed to a crawl again even when ive got a new computer? Post by: simpleprincess on December 16, 2008, 06:19:17 am My computer is a dell case put together.
windows xp service pack 2 intel pent4 2.8 ghz ram 1 gig 80 gb hard drive. 51. 8 free space left. minimum spec graphics card. [ hoping to get a good one this week] I have every EP installed. Every single stuff pack known to man including festive holiday EXCEPT mansion and garden. downloads are about 1.79 kb or gb to 2 gb or kb not sure which it is. It is twice as much as much as my old computer with near enough the same amount of stuff it is sooooo slow. :eek: I just purchased teen style too now. Title: Re: Why has my sims game slowed to a crawl again even when ive got a new computer? Post by: amc462000 on December 16, 2008, 07:28:28 am After you get your new graphics card, see if you have the same problem. The new card may make a big difference.
Title: Re: Why has my sims game slowed to a crawl again even when ive got a new computer? Post by: jamesabrown1 on December 16, 2008, 07:52:32 am See if you can get more RAM, too. At least 2 gig for running Sims 2.
Title: Re: Why has my sims game slowed to a crawl again even when ive got a new computer? Post by: simpleprincess on December 16, 2008, 09:04:07 am Ill ask the computer man who put it together, see if he can add another gig.
I hope to get a new card too. Title: Re: Why has my sims game slowed to a crawl again even when ive got a new computer? Post by: jamesabrown1 on December 16, 2008, 09:49:31 am Good plan. I'd recommend 512 mb on the graphics card if you can, at least 256 mb to run the game.
Title: Re: Why has my sims game slowed to a crawl again even when ive got a new computer? Post by: ScooterBren on December 17, 2008, 03:36:00 am Also run the game on the lowest settings possible. Turning off reflection helps a lot with performance. Make sure any anti-spyware program is not running because I use spyware doctor and I have to disable it when I play the game. Downloads alone take a lot of space also, so the more you have especially custom clothes, hair, and walls, the slower the game will run. Hopefully Sims 3 will have better performance than Sims 2 has had. If you really want good performance, you could play Sims 1. It works well with lower memory computers.
Title: Re: Why has my sims game slowed to a crawl again even when ive got a new computer? Post by: jamesabrown1 on December 17, 2008, 06:02:37 am Also, in the ongoing day-to-day simming, try to defrag your hard drive at least once a month, it takes a long time to do but it is definitely worth it in the run-time arena.
Title: Re: Why has my sims game slowed to a crawl again even when ive got a new computer? Post by: simpleprincess on December 17, 2008, 07:47:19 am Thanks everyone. ill let you know here what the computer will do this week.
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