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graphics messed up in sims 2

gareth170

gareth170

gareth170

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hello

i'm trying to play sims on my computer but the picture goes multi colours then goes off. i am not gareth, am his girlfriend and as you may know i know nothing about computers. oh and the computer am on is different from gareth computer. please keep it simple :)

i also tried registering my own account here but it won't let me.. any ideas why?
 
Hi, I would suggest trying to re install your graphics drivers.

Have you got Sims 2 updates to the latest?

Whats your PC specs?, I'm surprised.
 
my computer is a dell Inspiron 530, thats all i know.

where do i get the graphics drivers from?

the game as just been loaded from the cd's, i haven't downloaded anything for the game.
 
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is it the computer no good then? but i've only just bought it 3 weeks ago. is there anything i can do to fix this. if the computer can't be fixed, i will contact dell or let gareth look at it when he get's back.
 
yes greebo i will let gareth fix it but he won't be back till late tonight. i just wanted to play sims 2 :). anyway i will wait till his back
 
Or you could do the most sensible thing and take your sims 2 game CD melt it and then go to every games retailer in the UK and do the same to all copies that they have for sale.
 
gareth170 said:
yes greebo i will let gareth fix it but he won't be back till late tonight. i just wanted to play sims 2 :). anyway i will wait till his back
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Whats the specification of the PC? use everest, this will tell you all you want to know about it.

Get gareth to stick in one of his 2600XT's in the dell, I'm sure it will work :p
 
gareth170 said:
yes greebo i will let gareth fix it but he won't be back till late tonight. i just wanted to play sims 2 :). anyway i will wait till his back
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Well now that I am home as my boss frowns on this type of thingm your pc has a nVidia GeForce 8600 GT gfx card,

so download the latest drivers from here:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1752

But you will need to remove your current drivers and reboot in safe mode and run drivercleaner, driver sweeper or similar to remove all traces of the old drivers and then reboot and install new drivers.

If you can handle that fine, if not download new drivers and sweet talk gareth into it.
 
willhub said:
Whats the specification of the PC? use everest, this will tell you all you want to know about it.

Get gareth to stick in one of his 2600XT's in the dell, I'm sure it will work :p
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It's got a better card in it than Gareths already IMO :)
 
im back!!! lol. it was the drivers, also she had no sound driver installed, not sure why...

is there anyway to put her sims 2 cds on to 1 dvd?

thank u all for trying to help her while i was away...

Greebo said:
It's got a better card in it than Gareths already IMO :)
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http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/08/14/radeon_hd_2600_xt_vs_geforce_8600_gt/8
http://it-review.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1838&Itemid=1&limit=1&limitstart=2
as u can see the 2600xt is better in most games..
 
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gareth170 said:
im back!!! lol. it was the drivers, also she had no sound driver installed, not sure why...

is there anyway to put her sims 2 cds on to 1 dvd?

thank u all for trying to help her while i was away...



http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2007/08/14/radeon_hd_2600_xt_vs_geforce_8600_gt/8
http://it-review.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1838&Itemid=1&limit=1&limitstart=2
as u can see the 2600xt is better in most games..
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http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/442/10

As you can see the 8600GT is better in most games..:p

I knew you would bite at that one ;). Lets just end it here and now befoe another flame war starts and say the 2600xt and 8600gs are about even. One is better than the other in some games and they both have almost identical 3dmark06 scores.
 
Greebo said:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/442/10

As you can see the 8600GT is better in most games..:p

I knew you would bite at that one ;). Lets just end it here and now befoe another flame war starts and say the 2600xt and 8600gs are about even. One is better than the other in some games and they both have almost identical 3dmark06 scores.
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ok ..
but i just wanna say theses benchmarks was done with ATI Catalyst 7.5 :p since then the drivers have been massively improved..
 
;)
gareth170 said:
ok ..
but i just wanna say theses benchmarks was done with ATI Catalyst 7.5 :p since then the drivers have been massively improved..
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noooooooooooooo resist, resist, do not be tempted to argue :p

Drop it before anybody else catches on and this turns into 6 pages of discussions
 
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