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Title: Lagging game Post by: nappyme on January 23, 2008, 02:23:03 pm I'm hoping someone can help. My Sims 2 game keeps lagging badly. I have defragged (sp?), removed all temporary files etc, etc. The size of my downloads folder is 8.03 GB. It's driving me crazy.....what can I do to speed up my game? And just in case it's not posted below I have 512 MB of RAM.
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation System Model Dimension 3000 System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~2660 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A02, 11/8/2004 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" User Name Time Zone Central Standard Time Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB Available Physical Memory 100.72 MB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB Page File Space 1.59 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys Title: Lagging game Post by: pandasan on January 23, 2008, 04:05:22 pm Well, I'd say the first thing you need to do is buy more RAM. 512MB really isn't much at all, it's the bare minimum to run this game! You should really have at least 1GB.
You did not post your video card, but I'd suspect it probably could use an upgrade as well. The higher the memory on the video card, the faster your game performance will be. If upgrading computer parts is simply not an option for you, the best I can suggest is to lower your graphics settings to the minimum and remove as much CC as you can. Especially objects and meshes that have a high polygon count (these objects are usually curvy and take more processing power to render) Title: Lagging game Post by: Tenshii~Akari on January 23, 2008, 05:58:42 pm Also, by looking at your profile, it seems you have all EPs and SPs. Have you heard of the problem with Bon Voyage and the Sims 2 Launcher? This is what usually causes the lag for the game.
There's a way to bypass running the launcher and just run plain old BV without it running: 1. Find the start-up icon for Bon Voyage on your Desktop (and possibly in the Start menu also). 2. Right-click on it and choose Properties then click on the Shortcut tab. 3. In the Target box, change the location to "C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage\TSBin\Sims2EP6.exe" 4. When you've done that, hit Apply and then OK. You should be able to run your game without the Launcher interfering with the game's performance. Hope this helps. :angel: Title: Lagging game Post by: pandasan on January 23, 2008, 06:20:59 pm Ah I never heard of that. From the first time I loaded up BV and said WTF is THIS? I went ahead and bypassed it, just for the sake of not having to press a button to play :laugh:
Title: Lagging game Post by: nappyme on January 23, 2008, 11:20:47 pm Ok, here is the info on my video card: (Sorry, I forgot to post this earlier)
Chip Type: (NVIDIA) GeForce FX 5500 DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC Memory Size: 256 MB Adapter String: GeForce FX 5500 Bios Information: Version 4.34.20.90.00 |