Compaq Presario 6031CL

[suitemichelle]

is there enough info here to tell?

System Information
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Time of this report: 9/25/2003, 05:55:53
Machine name:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Compaq
System Model: Presario 6031CL
BIOS: COMPAQ - 20020528
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz
Memory: 504MB RAM
Page File: 191MB used, 1039MB available
Primary File System: n/a
DirectX Version: DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0810)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.01.2600.1106 32bit Unicode

[ManagerJosh]

Hi Suite:

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz
512MB RAM (8 MB SHARED for Video)

You might need a stronger video card. However the processor speeds should hopefully offset the amount of calculations needed to run The Sims 2.

Let's recheck after some final specs get released from Maxis.

You might need to upgrade to DirectX 9.0 (http://microsoft.com/directx/) to make The Sims 2 operate properly.

[suitemichelle]

thanks Josh

[BabyaSim]

Intel Extreme Graphics (is that the shared video?) use DVMT-which can allocate upto 64mb of memory just to support graphicsp-The Sims 2 will work with at least 32mb DVMT allocated memory

[ManagerJosh]

Extreme Graphics is shared. Penalities of using shared memory is that it utilizes your core system memory on your motherboard to make its functions work. That means less memory for your computer and more memory for your video which can hinder your performance.

You are better of sticking with a dedicated memory stack for your video and not using shared memory.

Extreme Graphics is also a nonT&L Card.

[BabyaSim]

It uses sharecd memory-8mb then upto 64nmb dyanmically allcoated ffor graphics-although i'm not sure it uses itfrom system ram

[ManagerJosh]

Shared memory = memory from system