The Sims 2 and Vista

I have The Sims 2 games on my Toshiba laptop. The games include most E.P.'s. The OS is Vista. Specs are: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor TK57, 3GB RAM, 250GB HDD, DVD SuperMult Drive. I have the latest updated drivers. I have all the game patches. I have had all these games on my other system (XP) and they worked fine so I know there are no problems with the games. I continue to have graphic problems no matter what I download or try. Is it just Vista?? If there is a thread can someone point me in the right direction? We can only play the game for about 5 min. until it starts glitching bad. The sims and objects start stretching out and become dis-embodied. If we continue to play big black blotches appear across the screen and don't go away. (other games work fine btw, so I know it's not the drivers) What to do? I am soooo frustrated!

Hi,
The symptoms you are describing, sound like the laptop is overheating.
Can you post your temps when your not in a game, and right when it starts messing up?
Use this tool, and for a screenshot press "Print Scrn/SysRq" then go into paint, paste the image, save, then upload.
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It would also be helpful for the exact laptop, the model, etc...
It's possible that "The Sims 2" is overworking your graphics card, or maybe it was a bad install. I have no problems with "The Sims 2" on my computer.

Well, Vista isn't the problem...
I have every Sims 2 EP on vista home premium and runs perfectly...
It sounds to me like you have downloaded objects in your building inventory...
If you do.. disable them and try again.. if not.. I don't know..