weee cant play any game i want !

Joao Sapiro

Wow, ok, i bought battlefield 2 deluxe edition ( with the expansion ) and the Sims 1 ( with all expansions ) .

Battlefield 2 wont even start ( i was kinda expecting it as my pc just has a gforce 4 MX cheap-o-ass ) ok i move to next one, sims 1 that i even played it on my crappy 133mhz pc ( loong time ago ). and gives me an error window ( the aplication has encountered an error blablabla )

And the same happens with Sims 2.

and heres my computer technicall stuff :

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: Portuguese)
System Manufacturer: INTELR
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 233MB used, 2228MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices

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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0181&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A2
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8198 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/10/2005 03:06:00, 3955456 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys


ok ...so what is preventing me to play the only games i want to play ? oh and btw this computer will die in some days since ill get a new one ahah must be revenge !

SHEPEIRO

sorry i just cant get over the fact that you want to play sims2 to make a decent reply


HAHAHAHAH

skankerzero

hey hey now, Sims and Sims 2 are great games.

There's no better feeling than recreating all my friends and throwing them in a house where I am God.

Brings the sadist in all of us out.

sledgy

Try a driver update for that Geforce card. You said it yourself though - you have an old ass video card. Always check the minimum system requirements for games that you buy. They list them on the box and they don't just do it for kicks

SHEPEIRO

skankerzero- i tell you its better just to kidnap them take them to a house where ive set up video cameras and all sorts of traps/events,

costs more though

notman

I was thinking the same Sledgy... driver updates for the video and the chipset. Make sure you aren't using MS's drivers, but the ones from the manufacturer.

Also, have you checked for patches on the SIM games? They're usually prettey good at that.

Mark Dygert

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Always check the minimum system requirements for games that you buy.

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I suggest you treat the RECOMENDED system requirements as the min spec, add 10-50% to it and you have the system you actually need to enjoy the game. Min spec means it will run, it makes no claims about you actually enjoying the game.

Update your video drivers, and see what happens.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.47.html
I make no claims that a crappy DirectX8.1 video card can play 9.0c games. Drivers can only take you so far, but worth a shot. I had BF2 running very poorly on a Geforce4 4600TI 128mb card, I can only guess the nightmare it would be on a MX.

KDR_11k

Direct X 8.1? The 4MX is a DX7.0 card, to qualify as DX8 it needs shaders and 8.1 would need PS1.4 support AFAIK (which is the minimum requirement for BF2).

Joao Sapiro

updated the drivers still nay...am i that unlucky come on my crappy computer...133 mhz played the damn game !1

its strange , but only EA games seem not to play on my computer HA .... :P

KDR_11k

Perhaps it's an incompatibility with XP for Sims?

And set your swap file to a fixed size already.