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I'm trying to run the Sims 2 and it is extremely slow. I have an integrated Intel Graphics Controller and I know that's bad. I'm thinking about purchasing the Diamond Stealth S80 Radeon 9200se 128MB DDR PCI Video Card (PCI being the only thing compatible with my motherboard). The only problem is, I also have an Intel Celeron 2.6Ghz processor. I know the minimum requirents say at least 800Mhz, but Celeron isn't known for being the top of the line. I wan't to make sure that if I spend the money on the video card, the game will run smoothly, or else there's no point in buying it in the first place. Can anyone suggest any new ideas?
James
go for an fx5700le pci. that is gunna be the best card you can get for a pci interface.
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I'm still worried about the processor. I don't want to spend money on a video card if that's not going to entirely fix the problem. Will the Celeron 2.6Ghz processor allow the game to run properly?
James
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Pretend your CPU is a P4 1.8GHz. Will a 1.8GHz meet the system requirements?
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yes it will, so what you're saying is a celeron 2.6Ghz processor is equivilent to a P4 1.8, in that case, I guess I'll buy a new video card and hopefully that will keep it from lagging. Thanks for your help.
James
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James,
I just got back to you. Check your private messages, you'll find some suggestions there
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its his graphic card slow.
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integrated graphics is for word-processing, text, etc. When you want to use graphic-intensive programs, such as games, you need to switch to a dedicated graphics card (which, among other things, will remove the cpu from graphics processing since the graphics card's GPU will do it)
Just be sure the graphics card is decent enough...some are still slow and meant for word processing as well.
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Definietly new gfx card, all games will run fine with a 1.8GHz P4 equivalent or higher. Too bad, best he can get is pci. THe best pci cards are the nvidia 5200 and 5500. The 5700les still avilable at newegg suck so just get a 5200 as a 5500 is just an oc 5200.
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well i got a pc with a celeron processor and with 2.93 ghz, i also got 448MB of RAM and i want to buy a new video card since the one i have right now its a jerk. i wanna know what kinda of video card i should get. ATI or Nvidia, and what is the best ATI or Nvidia card that would work the best with my system to b able to play games.
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