How to: Make sure your new PC can play Sims 2
Here are certain numbers you need to know - they are (from the graphic rules):   seti cpuLevelHigh      3000   seti cpuLevelMedium    2600   seti cpuLevelLow        2000 So when you are getting your CPU - you need to have at least 3 MHz. Now, Sims 2 was invented before dual cores, quad cores, and octo cores - so it doesn’t really know how to deal with them. What that means is that if you have an octo core with less than 2600 it will lag, regardless of the fact it actually has way more than 3000 in total. 1. Look for CPU where EACH core has more than 2600. (It can cope with dual cores kind of, so 2600 is enough). You’re better off with fewer cores, but you can control how the game works if you have more so it’s not a deal breaker. 2. RAM - always get as much as RAM as you can. RAM is what determines how much CC you can handle. 3. If you can get your Operating System and/or your game onto an SSD drive it will go like the clappers. An SSD drive is as fast as RAM when it comes to accessing hard drives. This is not so much from a processing point of view, as it is an accessing your game data point of view. Also if you can have your paging files on a separate drive to your O/S and game - that will make it go faster as well, because it won’t be trying to access two different parts of the drive at the same time. 4. Graphics cards - avoid NVidia if you can because there has been some lagging trouble with them and Windows 10. Radeon and Intel seem fine. NVidia can be OK, but needs to be tweaked to get it to work. The larger the graphics card memory, the less problem with pink flashy. When installing your game on Windows 10 - I have a forum over at Leefish with all the details on how to get it run, based on whether you have Ultimate Collection or the CD/DVDs. They are in these two threads:
Windows 10 Graphics Problems and CD/DVD Windows 10 Graphics Problems and Ultimate Collection
