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[AstroLad]

Specs:

Dell D600
1.4GHz
512MB Ram
MOBILITY RADEON 9000

I don't buy PC games often (since I have a freaking laptop), but I'd like to get Sims 2 for an upcoming trip if possible and would appreciate any help.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

probably going to run at 15frames, but then, so did The Sims when it was first released, for most people.

I'm just hazarding a wild guess versus my feel for Maxis, BTW

 

[AstroLad]

I know the RADEON 9000 comes in 32 and 64 MB, but how do I find out which one I have? I can't seem to find that info.

 

[GSG Flash]

You probably can but not on max settings.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

I know the RADEON 9000 comes in 32 and 64 MB, but how do I find out which one I have? I can't seem to find that info.

I'll bet a video hardware analysis is the first thing displayed onscreen when it boots up. There is probably a Dell or HP splash screen keeping all that information from you. Hold Del (or whatever it says your setup button is) while booting to enter the BIOS settings and look around in there for an option to turn off a splash screen or silent boot. Don't futz with that shit if you don't know what you're doing, but this one setting is harmless.

Much easier would be to open up your display settings in XP, click the advanced button on the setting tab and then look at the adaptor tab. Most likely tallies your vid RAM there too.

 

[AstroLad]

I'll bet a video hardware analysis is the first thing displayed onscreen when it boots up. There is probably a Dell or HP splash screen keeping all that information from you. Hold Del (or whatever it says your setup button is) while booting to enter the BIOS settings and look around in there for an option to turn off a splash screen or silent boot. Don't futz with that shit if you don't know what you're doing, but this one setting is harmless.

Much easier would be to open up your display settings in XP, click the advanced button on the setting tab and then look at the adaptor tab. Most likely tallies your vid RAM there too.

Ah, thx. 32MB, of course. : /

Wonder if it can run Doom 3!

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Ah, thx. 32MB, of course. : /

Wonder if it can run Doom 3!

friend, my 9800 Pro won't even run Doom3 without baking itself, but... I digress... I digress...

 

[GSG Flash]

Well, that's not too bad. I tried running Doom 3 on a Geforce 4 MX 440 on the max settings The funny things is that it didn't go any slower than when I had it on low settings, but I guess the game was lagging so much on low settings, it couldn't lag anymore. I'm surprised it didn't crash.