Does anybody play The Sims 2 with a Radoen X300 video card and how does it play?
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SURE, I PLAY SIMS 2 AND SIMS 2 UNIVERSITY WITH A ATI X300SE PCI EXPRESS ONA DELL 8400. THE GAME RUNS FAST AND WITH A GOOD QUALITY BUT IF YOU GO DOWNTOWN YOU WIL NEED TO LOWER THE GRAPHICS
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The main requirement is 256Mb RAM, anything with >512Mb will play the Sims 2 smoothly. You'll also need 800Mhz CPU. Try Savastore for cheap laptops.
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It is a bit slower than X300 in the following but should be  fine for general use (including Photoshop and home movie editing). It will run latest games but some slowly or using lower monitor size settings like 800 x 600.\n\nhttp://www.digital-daily.com/video/vgapcie_roundup_q306\n\nPerformance will also depend on CPU speed and sometimes memory size.
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The biggest issue I've seen with Video card compatability is the user being sold AGP cards when they dont have AGP slots. This can become very frustrating. Make sure you know what format card you need ahead of time.\n\nAs for software compatibility, XP can handle pretty much everything you toss at it, unless the card is extremely old. Even if you have an older card, odds are that the company who made it has created drivers that are publically available that will work on the operating system of your choice. If you are buying a card new off the shelf, just make sure you read the Minimum Requirements tab on the side of the box.\n\nAs for most boards having an AGP slot in the last 3 years, that is COMPLETELY untrue. I know for a fact that Dell computers use boards that never have AGP slots. Do not assume, open up your computer and take a look.
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The integrated graphics card is the problem.  i've run benchmarks using the latest integrated offerings and there is no comparison with a stand alone graphics card.\nCiv 3 and SimCity 4  are a lot less demanding graphically then Quake 4, so that is why you see the performance decrease.  If you want to run quake, track down an nVidia 7300, good card for a cheap price.  I'd recommend higher, but it doesn't sound like you're a power gamer, so stick with something cheap.  Happy Gaming!
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It depends on the chip used for the integrated graphics, but most on-board video cards would have a tough time with WoW or Galaxies.  Depending on if you have an AGP port of PCI-Express port on your motherboard, there are a number of budget cards that would allow you to play those games at a decent speed and frame rate without killing your wallet.  I run an old AGP Radeon 9600 and it is able to play WoW perfectly well.
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some mobile PCs don't use the "video card" but only the chip;\nlike a network adapter or modem or USB adapter build into the motherboard; you can't use Intel's driver for a NIC build into a PC's motherboard; you depend upon the motherboard manufacturer to provide updates and drivers for the build-in components;\n\nsame goes for the ATI chip in your HP\nyou should \n-1- go to Add/Remove Programs and remove any GRAPHIC dirver installed (from HP or ATI); no need to reboot  yet\n-2- download http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-43162-1&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=468676&os=228〈=en from HP's support site (it's the video driver for the ZD8182)\n-3- restart\n-4- install the driver downloaded under -2-\n-5- reboot\nthis is the best you'll ever get as driver for the X600 built into your portable; keep in mind that the X600 only has the features of the 9000 serie (SmartSheader 2.0 aso.); thus it won't play very recent games too well and only at lower resolutions alas.
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The Sims 2 is somewhat graphics intensive; It doesn't hurt to have a good video card and a lot of ram for your computer.\n\nYour problem might be that you have integrated graphics on your system, as many do nowadays. Like I said, just buy a good video card and add some new ram to your system, and you'll be good.
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Officially, Intel-based Macs doesn't support Classic. Unofficially though, you can run Classic with the aid of a PowerPC emulator such as SheepShaver.  Once SheepShaver has been configured, you'll be able to install Mac OS 9.2 or earlier and play Sim City 2000.\n\nI've found a tutorial that takes you through the steps:\nhttp://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/08/7352/
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this also happened to me, i have a Windows 2000 and knew that it was totally up-to-date with the Sims 2 software. Since it didn't work, i went back to the store in which i had purchased the first one and bought another one. this worked for me, but is a little expensive $50 + $50, yikes. so what i would suggest doing would be to call the service # and explain your problem. good luck!
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From About.com:\n\nMaxis has released information on the system requirements for "The Sims 2." If you have a T&L (info about what T&L is below) capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM (such as nvidia GeForce 2 or better or ATI Radeon 7000 or better) then you need at least:\n\n    * 800 MHz processor\n    * 256 MB RAM if Windows XP\n    * 128 MB RAM if Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 2000\n    * At least 3.5 gigs of free hard drive space \n\nIf you have a non-T&L capable video card (such as TNT2, Intel, or Rage for example) then you need at least:\n\n    * 2.0 GHz processor\n    * 256 MB RAM if Windows XP\n    * 128 MB RAM if Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows 2000\n    * At least 3.5 gigs of free hard drive space \n\nRecommened video cards (and the more video memory the better):\n\n    * ATI Radeon 9800 Pro\n    * Nvidia Geforce 4\n    * Visit "The Sims 2" official website for a more detailed list. \n\nYou can also download the system requirements test from ServoPro to see if your computer is ready for "The Sims 2."\n\nFrom TheSims.com:\n\nFrom the nVidia website's glossary Transform & Lighting (T&L) definition: Two separate engines on the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that provide for a powerful, balanced PC platform and enable extremely high polygon count scenes. Transform performance determines how complex objects can be and how many can appear in a scene without sacrificing frame rate. Lighting techniques add to a scene's realism by changing the appearance of objects based on light sources.\n\nSome other notes about video cards: T&L video cards started shipping around 3 years ago, so if you got your computer in the last couple of years you should check and see if you have a T&L card.\n\nIt's always a good idea to make sure you have the most current drivers for your video cards. The manufacturers usually have the video drivers on their sites for you to download. Visit the nVidia site or the ATI for the latest drivers for those video cards.\n\n\nSince most cards support T&L, Dell has the Inspiron E1505 on their site...one of the cheapest ones that will run the game costs under 800 dollars without warranty...of course the graphics card is not the best in the world; however, it is decent for lower graphic games (Intel Accelerator 950 128mb)\n\nObviously, there are many computers out there now for under 1000 that will play the game....actually, if you buy used computers, many laptops made within the last two-three years will  play the game just fine
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yes it does. Although both are at the same level but radeon has a better record when it comes to rescource consuming games.
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i sugest u get a radeon video card my computer has a radeon x600 and it works really well for me
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I would say more than likely.  You may be able to get a program that spoofs the game into thinking the card supports it.  I know that I used a program called 3D Analyzer in the past for this.  I am not sure if that will work for you or not.
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this pretty much works\nhttp://www.pcsx2.net/
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I do not understand your question.  It is not written very well...  I visited the site and it sells PS2 games.  It says something about for PC as well but no info about that was given.\n\nSounds like you may be trying to run an emulator of the PS2.  I have researched that DLL and it allows one to write directly to the video RAM versus using the API to write to it.  If all you need to do is install that dll then download it off of a simple Google search and install it to the appropriate place.\n\nAnother thing that strikes me from your question is that you may not be able to play this game or game pack under your current OS.  It may be a 9X game and you have XP or it is a NT only game and you have 9X...\n\nWhen you ask system support questions like this, please add what OS you have and such.
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Unfortunately, the Dimension 3000 does not have an AGP or PCIe graphics expansion slot.  You can however get a PCI graphics card but I don't know if that will be enough to run the game.  (This is why you should stay away from the bottom end Dell line).  You also only have four choices in this area, a FX5200, FX5500, Radeon 9200 or 9250 and none of them are particularly powerful. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1069609642+1069109630&Subcategory=48&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=  They're all about the same price and I can't recommend one over the other because as I said, they aren't particularly powerful.\n\nIf you want something better you're going to have to get a new motherboard that supports AGP or PCIe.