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What does this mean??

Name: foreverloved
Date: March 24, 2005 at 17:02:19 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home
CPU/Ram: 256MB

Comment:

When I insert my new Sims 2 game into my computer and try to play it says "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the lastest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The Application will now terminate."
I dled DirectX 9.0c from microsoft.com and no change... Does this mean I have to buy a new graphics card? :(

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Response Number 1

Name: per
Date: March 24, 2005 at 17:08:42 Pacific

Reply:

Don't know about games but it says latest drivers. Did you try the latest drivers for your graphics card?

Response Number 2

Name: foreverloved
Date: March 24, 2005 at 17:12:30 Pacific

Reply:

Problem is I dont really know what graphics card I have... w/e came with my comp. I THINK i found them and dled them but im not positive. On my comp it says I have and Intel Direct AGP and thats all i know about it...

Response Number 3

Name: per
Date: March 24, 2005 at 17:15:24 Pacific

Reply:

Go here and d/l and run. It should tell you all never need to know. http://www.lavalys.com/

Response Number 4

Name: foreverloved
Date: March 24, 2005 at 17:22:20 Pacific

Reply:

Okay I did that and did the report thing this is what i found about graphics:
Display:
Video Adapter Intel(R) 82810E Graphics Controller (4 MB)
3D Accelerator Intel i752
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (124751369)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Intel 82801AA I/O Controller Hub - AC'97 Audio Adapter

so.. i should just google Intel 82810E drivers? or Intel i752?

Response Number 5

Name: per
Date: March 24, 2005 at 17:28:06 Pacific

Reply:

The intel appears to be the graphics card but with only 4 megs of ram may be the problem. I don't game so I don't know what sims 2 is but it may require more than 4 megs of memory on the graphics card. Wait for another opinion.

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Response Number 6

Name: jlyon
Date: March 24, 2005 at 17:45:44 Pacific

Reply:

Check here:
http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=compsimgames&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fsims2.servopro.com%2FTS2sysreqc.htm
The problemis probably your graphics card...

Response Number 7

Name: FJB
Date: March 24, 2005 at 17:46:44 Pacific

Reply:

the 82810e sounds like the MOBO chipset, go to Start Run and type DXDIAG and look at display for video card info.

Response Number 8

Name: LL
Date: March 24, 2005 at 19:00:35 Pacific

Reply:

For Sims 2 minimum system requirements click HERE
***note the "T&L" requirement.

sLLs

Response Number 9

Name: foreverloved
Date: March 24, 2005 at 19:16:35 Pacific

Reply:

I don't know what T&L means but it just seems to me if the graphics card is crappy it would play just not very fast or great.. i dunno.. this sucks :(

Response Number 10

Name: ham30
Date: March 24, 2005 at 20:40:13 Pacific

Reply:

Buy a 'new' video card. Make sure it is compatible with directX 9.

Response Number 11

Name: Leftos
Date: March 25, 2005 at 13:01:36 Pacific

Reply:

Totally, seems to me you have an intergrated graphics solution by Intel, which is a total no-no for ANY 3D game. Go buy something good for your computer.
Like a 9800Pro (they're very cheap)

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