ahh help

but how do i no thats what will fix it? it could be something technical inside the computer. i could spen $60 on something useless for my computer that i may not need. did they come out with sims 2 for ps2 yet?

lilsiskirb

Originally posted by lilsiskirb@Dec 30 2004, 12:10 AM
dogzbollox i don't have the same computer as that person but we are having the same problem. what do you think i'll need like a new sound card or something. i don't really know that much about the insides of the computer but i no a guy who does but he's not the brightest crayon in the box personally i don't think he knows what he's telling me to do but oh well. i hope my problem can be fixed cause i'm dyin to play this game!!

lilsiskirb

To be honest, if you are getting the same errors as most of the other people, then it's a lack of a graphics card

Before buying one though, get your specs on here so w can see what you have in your rig :thumbup:

To do this, download and install this http://www.snapfiles.com/get/everest.html

This will tell you everything you need to know about what is inside your rig :thumbup:

On the main panel, click display then GPU. This will tell you what graphics card if any, you have. Write this down :thumbup: About half way down this page is says "DirectX hardware support" we need to know this as well :thumbup:

Do the same with the motherboard =Name of, front side bus, And same with Ram =how much and how fast.

Get these details and post them here to get a better judgement of what is wrong :thumbup:

haha thanks for all the info about that but i did put info on here once like everyone else has put (i don't know what its all called) but like the name of my computer and 2 other things. its at the top of all these comment things. i can't get all this info to you untill later on today, but i will get it to you today.

Lilsiskirb

okay i got everything that i could find.

chip type: intell® 82865G Graphics Controller

Mother board name: Dell Dimension 4600i

front side bus properties:
bus type: intel NetBurst
bus width: 64 bit
real clock: 133MHz(qpr)
effective clock: 503MHz
Bandwidth: 4266MB/s

and for GPU there was nothing, no icons or anything just a blank screen.
hope this helps and if i forgot something i'll remember and write it again


Lilsiskirb

lol i remebered something, the RAM ? there wasn't anything about RAm in any of this stuff that i could find. hope thats not bad :/

lilsiskirb

*edit* I see you just went to different icons then I would.

If you did then start it Double click computer icon then click on summary icon.
A list should appear in right window with much info like;

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4HT, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
Motherboard Name Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (5 PCI, 1 AGP Pro, 1 WiFi, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Canterwood i875P
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM) [this is RAM]
BIOS Type Asus AMI (07/21/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Monitor Sony GDM-F520 [21" CRT] (8000112)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Creative SB0240 Audigy 2 Platinum Sound Card

With what you posted if effective clock: 503MHz
was effective clock: 533MHz I'd guess you have a
Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz CPU??-someone else may be able to figure this out.

Also you said "i didn't uninstall directx 9 because i don't know where to go to do that."
When it was suggested that you RE-install DX9.

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Originally posted by lilsiskirb@Dec 30 2004, 11:03 PM
lol i remebered something, the RAM ? there wasn't anything about RAm in any of this stuff that i could find. hope thats not bad :/

lilsiskirb

There must be something about your Ram, as every P.C. has to have it :thumbup:

Basically as i suspected, you have an onboard graphics chip, which in laymens terms, is rubbish for running any graphically heavy applications.

To solve this problem you need a Graphics card. This needs to be DirectX 9 friendly, it needs to be pretty powerful aswell, as The Sims2 is pretty demanding if you want to play it on any setting apart from the lowest :thumbup:

I would recommend at least an ATI Radeon 9800 (Pro/XT) depending on your cash flow, but i would not recommend you getting a 5 Series Nvidia card as these are not great
If you can afford to buy a 6 series Nvidia or a X800XT from ATI then go for that. :thumbup:

You will need to have DirectX installed after the card is put in you rig, and you will need the latest drivers for the card (which you will not get from the C.D. as they will be vastly out of date.)

I hope this clears your problem up :thumbup:

thanks very much guys! my dad talked to some computer dude too and we came to the comclusion to get a new video card! *finally he relizes it* he's gonna pay about $85 for a new one but i won't get it for a little while. but if something does go right or wrong i'll write back. thanks so much for all the help!!

-Lilsiskrib

Man, good luck getting a descent Graphics card for $85 :Oo: