diffrence in processors

colin13

is there much diffrence between amd 1900+ and 2000+ the sims 3 requires amd 2000+ and graphic of radeon 9500 and I have radeon 9200..is it worth upgrading these parts alone or could i upgrade graphics only

BenS1

Personally I think you should be fine. Miniscule difference in speed for the 2 processors, so you should be fine.Have a look at the chart http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1162

Should be fine with the graphics card, IIRC, that card is AGP8x and there ain't that many cards about now since PCIe has taken over for a few years.

BillScarab

The difference between the processors is 100!

Seriously the 1900 and 2000 refer to the speed of the processor so a AMD 2000 will be roughly 5% faster than a 1900. It's not much of a difference.

If you go to this site http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/ you can check if your system can run a game and what areas are letting you down.

Oneday77

You may get away with upgrading the graphics by itself, it would take the burden off the cpu to a degree. You need to watch what you get though.
I suspect you existing PC uses AGP graphics cards and most new ones are PCIe cards. Look out for a second hand x600/700 AGP card on ebay or newer don't bother trying to stay with the 9*** generation of cards.
Just make sure you check what your PC takes first.