I'm trying to get The Sims 2 to work on my computer. Whenever I start it up, I get this message:
"Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The application will now terminate."
I know for a fact my computer has the latest DirectX installed, so the trouble is my video card, i'm assuming. It's a Diamond Fire GL1... it's a special card my dad uses to design stuff for his work. Does the game not regognize the card or something? What's going on? please help.
2007-12-15 14:46:58 · 4 answers · asked by Sarah 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It's an XP, sorry i should have mentioned that.
2007-12-15 15:01:55 · update #1
Your graphics card won't do dx9. doesn't matter that the machine has it installed. if you want to play dx9 games you will need a new card.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/12/03/best_graphics_card/
Fortunately for sims you can get away with something fairly unexpensive.
2007-12-15 18:30:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a very old card, 2001 ish. Here's the latest drivers:
V 5.12.2195.1118
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/firegllegacy-xp.html
2007-12-15 15:20:18 · answer #2 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats your os is its windows vistia or xp or 2000 or 98 i need to know.
2007-12-15 14:56:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it might be compatibility if so go to Microsoft .com thy well scan to check
2007-12-15 15:07:35 · answer #4 · answered by corflaten 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋