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Old Posted May 9, 2007, 12:12 AM
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Performance Tip for SimCity
I found a cheap way to make SimCity 4 run better....

I have a Dell Laptop that was the bottom of the line when I bought it a year ago, and SimCity 4 has dragged....

For the heck of it, I went out and added 1 GB or ram...$50. It's awesome!

So, just wanted to spread an FYI for those in the same boat..... add RAM!
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Old Posted May 9, 2007, 2:25 PM
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...and what do you do if you can't run a $3000 comp on hardware mode? I've been told that it only happens with Radeon X1000's...
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Old Posted May 11, 2007, 5:54 AM
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Ouch!

Can you shove a $30 card in there, and run Dual-display?
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Old Posted May 11, 2007, 3:35 PM
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A $30 card is pretty much embedded graphics, and Sim City 4 can't run widescreens out of the box, nevermind dual-displays...

The dual-display for Supreme Commander is pretty nice tho!
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