Am I Able to Run Sims 2? Options

[snipersgethead]

I really want to play Sims 2, at a smooth rate so I don't really mind the quality, just performance. I doubt I will be able to run Sims 3 but can someone inform me if I can? I would use Sys Req Lab but I've been told many times that is unreliable at times.

This is just the hardware for my laptop, I'll post the info of the hardware on my desktop later. If you need me to post some other hardware then please inform me of it.

CPU: Intel Celeron M CPU 420

CPU Speed: 1.60 GHz

System RAM: 894 MB

OS: Windows XP

Video Card: ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M

Also are there any tips on making the game run smoothly even with the right hardware? I know I should exit out of all programs (Except Anti-Virus). I killed some processes I know that don't need to be running in task manager also.

Here's the info for my desktop:


CPU: Intel Pentium 4 CPU

CPU Speed: 1.69 GHz

System RAM: 894 MB

OS: Windows XP

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT


My desktop feels really sluggish though..I don't have THAT many processes running. I installed a new video card, it works but sometimes when I boot up it stays on a black screen before coming up to the welcome screen and I have to reboot sometimes several times to get it working. Also I have 3 different hard drives on it, all connected by an IDE cable. I really don't know what's the problem. On the local hard drive (C:/) I have 15 GB out of 30 GB free space, sounds like plenty to me. My desktop is pretty clean of programs too. I have no idea what the problem is. It's not a virus either.