A Quick Question For Computer Sorts

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Hey there guys.

I have a problem. Sims 2 doesn't exactly play fast. In fact, it plays pretty slowly on my computer. Now, question for you:

I have two hard drives, C & D. The original Sims is on my D drive while I installed Sims 2 on the C drive, where most stuff goes anyway. Now, my question is, will Sims 2 run faster if I remove the original from the other drive?

I really don't understand computers. I can type, I can use programs, but I don't understand computers themselves. Help me so I can find a way to actually play Sims 2 rather than just sitting around waiting to play. *weeps*

PS. Family computer totally fucked. Told my mummy that it was way beyond my knowledge and way out of my scope and to please just call in professional help.

Comments

[balban.livejournal.com]

I don't know how much this will help you but I had the same problem when I first installed SIMS 2. It ran so slowly that it was painful to play. I found that if I run a defrag before I play that it runs much, much faster. You might want to give that a try. Hope it helps.

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

If you've got airfare to get a guy from Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston to the airport of your choice in England, I can be there within three days. Just as long as I'm back here in time for class on Monday.

[sarahkitty.livejournal.com]

Performance problems for applications generally fall in three areas (buckets): cpu, memory, and IO. Sometimes Tunable OS parameters can make a difference as well, but let's focus on the 3 main causes.

Disk is considered IO. I'm curious as to what makes you think your disk is the cause of your performance problem. Defragging your harddrive could make a difference, but unless you have some serious disk thrashing going on, I dont think it would case the entire performance problem you're experiencing.

To begin, it would be great to know how much memory you have in your system, what OS the system is, and what speed cpu you have. Size of Disk helps as well. The type of Graphics card you have in your system is important too.

After we have that, we need to know what the MINIMUM requirements are for Sims2 to play on your box. Minimum requirements dont take into account other applications *and dare I say OS as well* when they are made. IT's the minimum requirement for the individual application to run.

I'm happy to help you with this - hopefully we can pinpoint the performance bottleneck you're having and fix it.