I'm looking at purchasing a new computer, as my old one hasn't a chance at running the SIMS 2 - the new game my daughter has to have.
Anyway, most entry level systems, in my neck of town, that don't have a built in graphics card use a ATI 9200SE 128MB card. I checked the ATI manuf. site and it says "SMARTSHADER™ supports Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 feature sets" --- hmm I thought. The SIMS2 needs DirectX 9.0c.
So it got me thinking ... even though the ATI 9200 is supposed to be a compatible card, maybe it really isn't. Or maybe it works but suffers some performance loss. Or maybe the 9200 is OK but the 9200SE isn't?
Does anyone know if this card works? Any performance problems? Can you recommend any other cards in this affordable price range?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice.
