time is so slow

[Shinnie02 17]

its really frustrating because CO$$$ is at top demand and time is going really slow at top speed and nothing can develop...why does time go really slow in big cities???

[mr.skyscrape 1]

It's probably because the games eating up so much RAM & the proccesor is being used to the max.

What proccesor do you have, I have an AMD Athlon 64 & the time flys for me.

[mr.skyscrape 1]

It's probably because the games eating up so much RAM & the proccesor is being used to the max.

What proccesor do you have, I have an AMD Athlon 64 & the time flys for me.

EDIT: Sorry PC's acting up & I accidently double posted.

[TinySim 4]

Game being slow is most of the time due to a lack of RAM, but it could be the processor. How much RAM do you have and what processor?

I've got 1GB of RAM and a 3,6GHz P4 processor, everything works for me.

EDIT: However, on my old PC I had 256MB of RAM, and the game lagged like hell.

[mr.skyscrape 1]

I have the same as you Tiny Sim 1gb RAM, but yes, it's most probably the RAM

[Shinnie02 17]

uhuh....hmmm mines a pentium 4 with 1 gig RAM and 3.6 GHz. It also happening with my bro who has the same stats as me except 2.8GHz

ive got the same as you guys yet my date is going super slow...

[mr.skyscrape 1]

That's odd. How big's the city?

[Shinnie02 17]

it has a population of 800000 and yah....its really wierd. O yeh and also i put everything to top quality. does that affect it?

[mr.skyscrape 1]

Originally posted by: Shinnie02 it has a population of 800000 and yah....its really wierd. O yeh and also i put everything to top quality. does that affect it?quote>

 

Does that include the resalution?

[Shinnie02 17]

yeh. i put everything to top quality

[Shinnie02 17]

yeh. i put everything to top quality. sometimes it lags a bit when i move around at the second closest zoom and closest zoom

woops sorry i double posted....

[mr.skyscrape 1]

Try putting the res. on the best but one, the graphics still look good bu it should definately speed up the time. Good Luck.

[Shinnie02 17]

thanks

[Bones1 96]

When your pop gets into the hundreds of thousands, then it's normal for the game to slow down on the fastest speed. I sometimes find it's just as fast to run it on the middle speed as it is the fastest speed. The middle speed doesn't seem to suffer from the same lag as the fast speed in really big cities.

[Constantina 5]

Having too many custom content on your system can also tax the computer's memory. If you are a fanatic on custom content, make sure you have enough computer power for it. 1 Gb of RAM isn't too shabby.

[iquere 2]

Time sure is going slow in big cities...

I have a Intel Celeron (2.53 gHz) processor and 256 mb RAM. This isn't much. But then I like smaller cities more than larger. My biggest city ever made had "only" 150.000 residents.

I'd wish I had more RAM.