Edited by smrtypntz7667, 20 September 2005 - 08:39 AM.
Video Card Help
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smrtypntz7667
, Sep 20 2005 08:36 AM
#1
Posted 20 September 2005 - 08:36 AM
#2
Posted 20 September 2005 - 11:38 AM
Sims 2 is gonna struggle even on low settings with that PC and a fx5200.
#3
Posted 20 September 2005 - 11:46 AM
i think it would be Jerky and then for 1 to 2 seconds go normal then go jerky again even on an Nvidia GeForce FX5200 128MB and still jerks sometimes
#4
Posted 20 September 2005 - 12:15 PM
Well the old family system had twice the ram and an extra 600mhx on the cpu and a fx 5200, and it barely plays sims2, it hates it with a vengance it just doesnt play like it should for any decent period of time.
#5
Posted 20 September 2005 - 12:22 PM
The drivers from the CD might be old versions go to http://www.nvidia.co...ers/drivers.asp and download latest driver from there
#6
Posted 20 September 2005 - 01:12 PM
Thanx for the reply. I found some answers when I googled and found out ( I sure have learned alot about video cards in the past few days) that the agp 4X voltage is 1.5V and AGP 8X cards are 3.0. Some AGP cards are "universal" but that card will NOT work in my pc. I found a remedy though. I'm not stuck using the GeForce2 MX400. I have 5 extra PCI slots in my computer so I contacted Gateway and the guy is hooking me up with a GeForce FX5700 PCI with 128MB. Not top of the line but it will work in my pc and at least it's better than the GeForce 2.
#7
Posted 20 September 2005 - 07:28 PM
That's what I was fixin' to suggest. I had troubles with getting AGP's to work in a store-bought Emachines, so upped to a PCI-4000. When I wanted to up again, I didn't even consider an AGP...just bought a 128-5500. They worked like a charm.
I recently started using another system which allows most all AGP's & went to a 256-6200. I also DL'd Coolbits & RivaTuner to tweak this cheaper card up to about 6600-level & notice that one of these programs lets you manually choose the AGP version...2x, 4X, 8X, etc.
I recently started using another system which allows most all AGP's & went to a 256-6200. I also DL'd Coolbits & RivaTuner to tweak this cheaper card up to about 6600-level & notice that one of these programs lets you manually choose the AGP version...2x, 4X, 8X, etc.
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