So EA's support people can't technically recommend people use the cards. That some reason is likely that the game doesn't technically officially recognize the card since it's too new. Dedicated graphics cards are better designed for gaming than integrated ones.Īppearently my intel hd drivers were old and they told not to play sims 2 with newer graphics card like the nvidia one i have it would lag alot for some reason in the sims 2! but anyways thanks for the help and in the end it was solved! And integrated vs dedicated graphics cards are wildly different with respects to expected performance in games.Īnd with integrated cards in general getting better, it could have been a case like Jules and I had where we had little/no lag - a computer is the sum of all parts.Īnd even if it wasn't the graphics card causing the issue, I'd have Sims 2 use your nvidia card. I wasn't expecting you to say that the play experiences were different while the conditions were different since you typically can't compare results of things if the variables are widely different, or at least I expected a notation that the graphics card used was different. It is but a mystery.įacepalm i play sims 3 and 4 on my nvidia 920m i am not that dumb sorry XD anyways i solved the problem i contacted the ea customer support and they helped me It is rather strange, the game just seems fussy with certain brands or something? No clue really. I have a dedicated card on a newer computer now and I have no issues still. I have no clue what makes it run well or not. I have heard people on both integrated and dedicated having no issues, and for some people having a dedicated card made no difference, their game still ran like garbage. Ya I don't think there is a norm for Sims 3. So I'm going to assume that yours was more of a rare occurrence and not the norm and still assume that the OP was using his actual graphics card for Sims 3 to not have any lag. Your the first I've heard not have any lag due to not using a dedicated graphics card.
I had no lag except in the place everyone had a issue with like the Island Paradise world. I played for years on my older PC with a integrated Intel card. So you can't say that it's the game and not your computer or the settings you had on your computer when you obviously have the two games running off of different equipment.Īctually not true. Sims 3 absolutely requires a dedicated graphics card in order to not have extreme lag. And remember: people who live in Glass houses.There's absolutely no way that you had little or no lag with Sims 3 if you had Sims 3 running off of the integrated graphics card. (Hmmm, wonder what they could be!) Just complete a short (and amusing) "tech personality" quiz and, boom, you're entered. 2: Like contests? Of course you do! So enter CNET's Find Your Tech Type Sweepstakes and you could win a pair of "high-tech specs" valued at $1,500. Update: The drive appears to be sold out at this price, or was a pricing error to begin with.īonus deal No. Alas, if you don't have an OfficeMax near you, don't bother, because shipping adds nearly $10. Then opt for in-store pickup.) That's an insanely low price for such a capacious drive. (Be sure to click Check Store Availability before you get in the car, just to make sure your local 'Max has stock left. What's not to like?īonus deal: I can't imagine these will last long, but if you have an OfficeMax near you, run, don't walk, and grab a Lexar S50 32GB flash drive for $7.99 plus tax. Beyond that, no strings attached - the game is yours to keep forever.
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