Forget all these silly shooter games - does the card work with the latest game in the most popular franchise in history? Yes. It passes EA's 'EasyInfo' assessment easily for Sims 3.
I'd been able to play Sims 3 with all the graphics options set to 'low' with my on-board graphics, but my display adapter crashed if my Sims used the tv, computer or dollhouse. No problems with this card with the game set to med-high graphics options. (I'm still getting over the textures, which are so much more defined at the high end.)
My main concern about buying a new card was compatibility - I knew I had a PCIe slot, but I wasn't sure if the power supply was adequate. I've got a fairly common computer - HP Pavilion desktop (model a1720n, 2 years old, Vista 32-bit, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz, 3 GB RAM) - and the power supply seems to be adequate, if it helps anyone with a similar set-up. Installation was no trouble at all (the a1720n and probably any newer Pavilion will automatically switch from the on-board graphics to the new card, so no mucking about in the bios was needed).
In Vista, you may get a pop-up telling you that Windows is having issues right about the time the driver software tells you to reboot to complete the installation. Ignore the pop-up and reboot - Windows is having issues because the installation isn't complete.
There is a new version of the driver for Vista/Win 7 at ATI's website - I installed from the CD and then went to the site via the ATI software's link, but you might save yourself a bit of time downloading the Catalyst Control Center suite before you install the card.Get more detail about Sapphire Radeon HD4670 1 GB DDR3 VGA/DVI/HDMI PCI-Express Video Card 100296HDMI.
No comments:
Post a Comment