I think Im having an issue with my graphics card. I have a Nvidia GeForce FX 5200. I can't seem to play the Sims 2 anymore. It chops all up and freezes. Impossible to play. This happens at the city selection screen. I uninstalled the drivers, installed them back, uninstalled them, tried older drivers, those didnt work..tried newer drivers...Absolutely nothing works! This game was working fine last week, any ideas?
2007-02-04 08:12:49 · 5 answers · asked by Carrie 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Closed all processes except for the ones I need, no background programs, I don't have anything on my computer really. Scanned entire computer with no viruses and no spy/adware. When I run the game it loads up fine as I said, and everything works until I get to the city select, then it's all choppy and there is no visible image, it looks like just a mess of lines and colors. I don't know what this is. Other games on my computer (Zoo Tycoon 2) have also been affected.
2007-02-04 09:21:02 · update #1
Have you tried re-installing the game?
It could be a gfx problem, but it doesn't sound like it.
2007-02-04 08:15:53 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The graphics card is fine. The menus are run by the cpu as if it were a regular 2d window, which it is.
It sounds to me that you might have a virus or spyware. You might just have too many programs in your tray. or maybe you have a clogged cpu heatsink, which can reduce performance greatly and even cause the cpu to fry.
Close every process you can and see.
2007-02-04 16:49:51 · answer #2 · answered by Doggzilla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Check your Task Manager to see if there are programs running in the background that chew up your CPU time.
2007-02-04 16:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Close all programmes that take up a lot of RAM and uninstall ones you don't need.
2007-02-04 16:18:18 · answer #4 · answered by lalalaland 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have FX 5500 and it doesn't really work good on it too.
2007-02-04 16:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋