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sam2545

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My sims 2 game is running very slow on my pc. Im not sure if my pc meets the minimum requirement and i'm not sure how to find out, all i know is that i have windows xp sp2. How do i find out if i meet the min requirements? or could this 'slowness' be due to something else?
Thanks :)
 
Well, right click on 'My Computer' and go to properties, at the bottom of the dialog that pops up it should have your basic computer specs (ram, processor power, etc.), what does it say? It's possible that there are other things that are causing it to run slow. If you open the task manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) and go to the processes tab it will show you on the bottom how many running processes are opened. How many do you have running? There is also a CPU column, check if anything in that column is high (that shows how much of your memory each process is using) - if something is using too much memory that could cause it to run slow as well.

So, what are your computer specs, and how many processes do you have running? Also, restart your computer and open up the task manager and see how many processes run on startup, don't start anything. Just let windows load and see how many processes you have when your computer starts up.
 
Generally when games run slowly it is because of lack-luster graphics cards or using integrated graphics make sure your graphics card is capable since it is handling quite a bit of the computers load.
 
:P

Or, to find out your system information press;

Windows Key + Pause / Break

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Sims specs:

Min;

800 MHz processor
256 MB RAM if Windows XP
128 MB RAM if Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 2000
At least 3.5 gigs of free hard drive space


Recomended,

2.0 GHz processor
256 MB RAM if Windows XP
128 MB RAM if Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 2000
At least 3.5 gigs of free hard drive space
 
sonofdad said:
Generally when games run slowly it is because of lack-luster graphics cards or using integrated graphics make sure your graphics card is capable since it is handling quite a bit of the computers load.
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Kornoski - There isnt any video card requirements?
 
I may of missed them out :o

I'll take a look;

This is what the site says@

If you have a T&L capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM then you need at least:


600 MHz P3 processor or better

256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000

At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

If you have a non-T&L capable video card (such as Intel Extreme Graphics or Radeon 7xxx Series) then you need at least:


2.0 GHz processor or better

256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, or Windows 2000

At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

Supported video cards (and the more video memory the better):


ATI RadeonTM series (7000 or better)

7000, 7200, 7500 (requires 2.0 GHz processor)

8500, All-In-Wonder 8500

9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800


Nvidia® QuadroTM series

Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4


Nvidia® Geforce series (GeForce2 and better)

GeForce2

GeForce3, 3 Ti

GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440

GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950

GeForce 6800


Intel® Extreme Graphics (requires 2.0 GHz processor)

82845, 82865
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