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Well the dilema is that my daughter spends a fair bit of time on this PC playing the Sims  and is complaining that the graphics are rubbish and she can't see things that she can normally see on her mates PC, and I need to decide whether to just upgrade the graphics card and ram (it's a bit slow when the sims is on) or start to look at replacing mobo, cpu etc.
The PC is approx 3yrs old now and has the following:
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-6712
BIOS: Version 07.00T
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.7GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 64.0 MB
In all other respects I'm happy with what I've got as I don't do gaming above space invaders, pacman etc (I know... I'm showing my age here  )
If I replace mobo et al, is it worth looking at the various bundles that are about?
budget up to £250 ish
Over to you.......please
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I assume this is The Sims 2 that's being played and not the original?
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Yes that's correct Mouse.
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I'd agree with a new graphics card would improve the game all round.
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Thanks Mouse, that's the answer I was hoping for.
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I had that GC on an old PC and it did the job, but that was 4 years ago. So, yes Sims 2 would struggle, what card are you looking at getting?
I would advise staying on the nVidia front as you already have their drivers installed on your PC.
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what card are you looking at getting?
Dunno, what do you suggest? Like I said before I'm not bothered about state of the art stuff, just one that will do the job at reasonable cost.
Am I right in saying that I need to look at AGP or PCI cards and not PCIe ?
Also, will the new card run alongside the current one or does it have to be taken out?
Edited by TCN (Sat Dec 30 2006 08:40 PM)
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You will need to replace the card, so you could try and see if you could sell it on eBay or similar, don't expect a lot mind.
Your mobo will tell you what card it can take, PCIe will be for the latest mobo's and AGP PCI for older models.
Do you know the make and model of your mobo?
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I found this info on the mobo:
VIA Apollo KT400
Expansion Slots
AGP x8 x 1 • PCI x 6 • CNR x 1
Video Interface
AGP 8x
So presumably I could use an AGP or a PCI card from one of the geforce range.
Would 258mb be enough?
Something like
this ?
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