i have d same laptop...i found 3other people with d same problem and 1 person in my own country....im begining to think that yh,theere probably isnt a way...guess u and me will have to wait till sims3 and see if that will work right..

yeah i know. it looks really cool. it comes out in june here. i think i'm just going to sell this laptop and get an hp desktop. i can't handle not being able to play sims.

i agree it looks interesting,but i still somehow prefere d looks and structure of d sims in sims2..but thats cos i like to create sims..and in sims3 it kinda looks like they all hv d same face in a way..dono,maybe its just me.
dono when its coming out here..hopefully june aswell.
i originally wanted d laptop to 2 xp(actuall i wanted to get a gaming laptop but got dell instead) but mum went and got it 4 me while i was busy¬_¬..i appreciated it so i just bit my tongue and decided to deal with it..thk god i hv it on my pc..but it's kinda slow..

I too have Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family, and it appears I should upgrade according to earlier posts. Where and how do I do so? I have a feeling graphics is what is causing the Sims2 to freeze on my computer (after create a family, the neighborhood is black minus the controls, but it used to work for a while before freezing, now it always comes up black) I really need help, I want to play the sims2 so bad.

other info:
Intel Core 2 duo
vista 32bit whatever that means.
Dell inspiron 1525
RAM: 3.00 GB
Hard Drive: Started out with 250gb, plenty of room left.
Graphics: ok so i guess there are these weird ratings, it says desktop performance for windows aero: 3.4 and for Gaming graphics it says, 3d graphics and gaming performance: 3.5
While I'm at it, the base subscore rating for the computer is 3.4
(please only go into the ratings if you know a lot about them and if it is going to help me)

Thanks.

I know this game requires at least a GeForce 2 or a Radeon 7000 to run so it doesn't require much of a GPU to run. It may just be an integrated graphics problem or a Vista problem. I'm going to install this game again tomorrow on my system and see if I find any problems on my system and I'll report back if I find anything relevant. I'm kind of interested to see if I'll have any problems since I haven't installed this game since I made the switch to Vista.

Same problem. I bought The Sims 2 Deluxe for my laptop yesterday and it has been freezing whenever i finish creating a family. .
I did some research today and did a test at systemrequirementslab.com and now realise that my video card doesn't cut it - it's a Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family. I also use Vista and my laptop make is a Dell Inspiron 1525. It's new as of this year. I've read that i can't upgrade my graphics card because i use a laptop...

And now for my main question: is there any way of getting around this?? How do i find a preferably light-on-the-pocket solution to this problem?? Is there a laptop-friendly Sims 2 version i could try?

Originally Posted by Demas

With that video card you would have freezing....try upgrading

not true.

THE SIMS (1 and 2) are notorious games for the fact that they mostly rely on your CPU, and not your graphics card.

Most processing is done by your CPU... so a PC with a good cpu but bad graphics card will be able to play it MUCH better than a pc with a bad cpu but a state-of-art graphics card.

Hi can someone help me please

I just got a new laptop yetserday and after setting it all up the first thing i instaled was sims 2 (im a bit of a sims freaklol)
and when i run the game it comes up with an message

failed to find any directx 9.0c compatible graphics adapters

what does this mean i have downloaded the direct x and installed and its still not working

system specs are

• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6400
• 3GB RAM
• 320GB Hard Disk Drive
• Genuine Window Vista™ Home Premium
• NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT 512MB VRAM

I got it sorted

I have been trying to download the sims 2 for around 8 hours now and i have done everything i can do the patches, admin and loads more but it all loads up but just stops when i get to the family wot can i do