Vista Tutorial - Graphic problem with 'Sims 2'

I recently bought a new fujitsu siemens laptop with windows vista installed.
It has the graphics card "VIA Chrome9 HC IGP WDDM". (which I was told was
good) I installed the Sims 2 onto it and began playing but the graphics are
terrible! (walls and floors completely blurred).
Can anyone help me?

Maca136 skrev:
> I recently bought a new fujitsu siemens laptop with windows vista installed.
> It has the graphics card "VIA Chrome9 HC IGP WDDM". (which I was told was
> good) I installed the Sims 2 onto it and began playing but the graphics are
> terrible! (walls and floors completely blurred).
> Can anyone help me?

Have you updated the drivers?

Via is NOT for gaming.

http://www.3dnews.ru/motherboard/via_vs_ati/index3.htm

Even a lowly ATI Xpress 200 beats it. You should consider returning the
computer if the shop sold you a product that can't meet the demands you
stated to them. Have your sights set for Geforce 7600 or ATI x1600 for
gaming. At minimum ATI x1400 or Geforc 7300 which have it's own graphic
memory and doesn't steal from the main memory.

I would suggest a driver update but to be honest, that is not what I would
consider to be a gaming graphic chipset. I am sure that is a good chipset
for office work and such, but if gaming was a priority then you would have
wanted a laptop with an nVidia or ATI chipset. Otherwise you are just
taking a gamble.

As you know, the major downside to most laptops is that they are not very
upgradable beyond memory and hard drives. This is especially true of laptop
graphics so you really have to buy it for not only what you need it to do
now but also what you might want it to do in the future, like gaming.

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"Maca136" <Maca136@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0EC722AB-586B-487B-A134-BCC93C3407C1@microsoft.com...
>I recently bought a new fujitsu siemens laptop with windows vista
>installed.
> It has the graphics card "VIA Chrome9 HC IGP WDDM". (which I was told was
> good) I installed the Sims 2 onto it and began playing but the graphics
> are
> terrible! (walls and floors completely blurred).
> Can anyone help me?

Supported video cards:

* ATI Radeon(TM) series 8500 or better (9600 or greater required for
Vista)
* 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
* 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
* X300, X600, x700, X800, x850
* X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950

NVIDIA(R) Quadro(TM) series
Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4

NVIDIA GeForce series GeForce2 GTS and better
(GeForce 6600 or greater required for Vista)
# GeForce 2, 2 GTS
# GeForce 3, 3 Ti
# GeForce 4, 4 Ti, 4200, 4600, 4800, MX 420, 440, 460
# GeForce FX 5200, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
# GeForce PCX 5300, 5900
# GeForce 6200, 6600, 6800
# GeForce 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950 (Or better)
# GeForce 8300, 8500, 8600, 8700, 8800
# GeForce 8400M GS, 8600M GS/GT, 8700M GT (Or higher)
# S3 GammaChrome
# S18 Pro
# S18 Ultra Intel(R) Extreme Graphics (see note below)
82865, 82915 and above

NOTE: If you have a non-T&L capable video card, such as Intel Extreme
Graphics, then you need at least a 2.4 GHz processor.


"Maca136" wrote:

> I recently bought a new fujitsu siemens laptop with windows vista installed.
> It has the graphics card "VIA Chrome9 HC IGP WDDM". (which I was told was
> good) I installed the Sims 2 onto it and began playing but the graphics are
> terrible! (walls and floors completely blurred).
> Can anyone help me?

"Nick" <Nick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:753CC87A-8D94-409D-9A20-689B00169698@microsoft.com...
> Supported video cards:
>
> * ATI Radeon(TM) series 8500 or better (9600 or greater required for
> Vista)
> * 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
> * 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
> * X300, X600, x700, X800, x850
> * X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
>
> NVIDIA(R) Quadro(TM) series
> Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4
>
> NVIDIA GeForce series GeForce2 GTS and better
> (GeForce 6600 or greater required for Vista)
> # GeForce 2, 2 GTS
> # GeForce 3, 3 Ti
> # GeForce 4, 4 Ti, 4200, 4600, 4800, MX 420, 440, 460
> # GeForce FX 5200, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
> # GeForce PCX 5300, 5900
> # GeForce 6200, 6600, 6800
> # GeForce 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950 (Or better)
> # GeForce 8300, 8500, 8600, 8700, 8800
> # GeForce 8400M GS, 8600M GS/GT, 8700M GT (Or higher)
> # S3 GammaChrome
> # S18 Pro
> # S18 Ultra Intel(R) Extreme Graphics (see note below)
> 82865, 82915 and above
>
> NOTE: If you have a non-T&L capable video card, such as Intel Extreme
> Graphics, then you need at least a 2.4 GHz processor.
>
>
> "Maca136" wrote:
>
>> I recently bought a new fujitsu siemens laptop with windows vista
>> installed.
>> It has the graphics card "VIA Chrome9 HC IGP WDDM". (which I was told was
>> good) I installed the Sims 2 onto it and began playing but the graphics
>> are
>> terrible! (walls and floors completely blurred).
>> Can anyone help me?

Just because EA's README file doesn't list the video card as "Supported"
does not mean it won't work with the game. If you have problems with an
unsupported card you're on your own to get it running.

In your case the VIA Chrome9 is fairly weak, but the problem you describe is
the video card drivers not correctly interupting instructions from the game
and DirectX. Updating the driver for the card could help.

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx...0&SubCatID=185

The driver here was released 7/12/2007, download the file (where it says
"Click here to begin free download"), run the file that gets downloaded and
follow the prompts. Reboot if it tells you too and try Sims 2 again.

If it STILL gives you the same problem then the game may not like the card.
Check http://support.ea.com for game updates for your version of Sims 2.
Occasionally a game update will also address graphic issues.

Don't listen to all these guys that say your computer sucks, most computers
today will run most games, espically a game thats 2-3 years old like Sims 2,
Unfortunatly some require a little updating before they'll work correctly.

Can't stand people that say, "You're computer isn't good enough" when it is
good enough, but just may have hardware that the game wasn't originally
intended for. Doesn't mean the game won't work, just gotta work it a bit.

-A.