First off, the stickies throughout this forum are extremely helpful and I've gained quite a bit of knowledge in the last 5 or so hours! Anywho, I'm looking into purchasing a new computer that will run The Sims 2 as well as all its current and future expansions without any lag, fast load times, high graphic quality, just all around peak performance. My current system is doing okay with the base game, NL and a fair amount of custom content, but probably couldn't handle the latest expansion pack.
I'll most likely be buying from Alienware and here's the system I have configured so far:
AMD Athlon™ 64 3500+ with HyperTransport Technology
Alienware® nForce™4 SLI™ Chipset Motherboard PCI Express
1GB Low-Latency Dual Channel DDR PC-3200 at 400MHz (2x512MB)
160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Integrated High-Performance 7.1 Surround Sound
And where I'm running into trouble is the graphics card. I'm not familiar with the ATI's and NVIDIA GT's. I found some comparison charts but can't come to a conclusion on which would best suite my needs out of these:
256MB PCI-Express x16 ATI RADEON™ X1800 XL
256MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 GT
256MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7600 GT
Heck, I'm not even sure if the game supports these. All advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'll most likely be buying from Alienware and here's the system I have configured so far:
AMD Athlon™ 64 3500+ with HyperTransport Technology
Alienware® nForce™4 SLI™ Chipset Motherboard PCI Express
1GB Low-Latency Dual Channel DDR PC-3200 at 400MHz (2x512MB)
160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Integrated High-Performance 7.1 Surround Sound
And where I'm running into trouble is the graphics card. I'm not familiar with the ATI's and NVIDIA GT's. I found some comparison charts but can't come to a conclusion on which would best suite my needs out of these:
256MB PCI-Express x16 ATI RADEON™ X1800 XL
256MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 GT
256MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7600 GT
Heck, I'm not even sure if the game supports these. All advice would be greatly appreciated.