okay lets say I get the best PCI card out there (even though they all suck) and I max out my RAM and do whatever else you recomend. Do you think I will be able to play The Sims 2 smoothly?
if you wanna do that then:
Gigabyte Ga-8i848e-l SKT 478 I848p ATX Sound LAN USB 2.0 FSB800 ATA100
thats about £50 in the uk so whats that $80?
and XFX GeForce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 8x DVI/TV-Out thats £50 in the uk... so about $160 in total, hardware is marginally cheaper in the US i think so them two items may come to $150, they are just the ones i found on the kind of price range you mentioned.
Nah; its about $1 to 60p now isn't it? I know Dollars are close the the Euro which is 66p.
Eitherway; I don't think you'll make it under $190-200 with Delivery; and then the effort? And even then you don't know what the recommendations are; you may need more RAM?
You should look for the recommendations; cause its all a waste of time if you go on our theories which however brilliant and masterful are not always right.