games, The Sims 2

I wanted to get the sims 2 deluxe edition, i wanted to know if it will work
on my system, here's my systems information

Intel Core 2 Duo T5300 @ 1.73 Ghz
2038 Mb of RAM
Vista Home Premium 32-bit

Mobil Intel 945GM/GU Express Chipset Family
Intel GMA 950


I've read people having it crash and such and well why spend 40 bucks on a
game that wont even work on your computer, i wanted to get this game to kill
time at school.

thanks in advance

Sims 2 came out long before Dual Core processors, but given that dual cores
are becoming standard, i'm sure if there was any glaring problem with
running a game like Sims 2 on your system that there would be a patch
available.

The problem is you are running a game on hardware that never existed when
the game was developed. Could there be problems? Sure! Hell VISTA wasn't out
when Sims 2 came out originally. Rest assured your system probably won't
have any issues with a game as mainstream as the Sims.

I'd be suprised if there wasn't any game within the last 2 years that you
could not run on your system.

You could always check www.thesims2.com, see if there's a demo you can try.
Usually demos run on the same engine as the final version of the game, in
other words if the demo works, chances are you won't have much problems with
the final product.

-A.

ARGH!

i thought so too, but im just checking because i figured i could run quake 4
but it turns out that i cant because of the graphics card that my laptop has

and i saw the game in stores and it says for OS requirements, Windows
2000(not sure), XP and Vista, so im thinking it will work

thanks

Actually there's no reason you shouldn't be able to run Quake 4 on your
system. I would have someone check your system out a bit for "problems".

it said it wouldn't run at intel's website under the page of my chipset and
graphics card. due to low frame rates, here is the page if you would like to
have a look

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel945g/sb/CS-022031.htm

thanks im going to stick with purchasing the sims 2 deluxe and an expansion
pack this coming week

- What have you tried to solve the issue?
I have tried ending all back ground task and cleaning my temporary files.
- Any software update lately?
I have upgraded to Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. My computer is also
relatively newly built. Before upgrading it was a Windows XP Professional and
I did not have The Sims 2 installed. However, I have successfully ran The
Sims 2 on previous XP computers I have had.
- Have you encountered a Blue Screen?
Yes. I encountered a blue screen sometimes right before the computer
reboots. The screen comes up for only second and has a message reading
atikmdag and other information.
- Have you encounter this issue before?
No.
-Additional Information
When I start up The Sims 2 the game flickers between a blank black/ purple
page. The "Maxis page" during start up is distorted. From this point a few
things have occured. Basically what happens is that the game begins to load,
quickly flashes a blank blue or purple page, stalls, flickers back and forth
between the game page and a blank blue or purple page or the game just
flickers back and forth between a blank blue or purple page. The Sims 2 music
plays in the background, but then suddenly makes an odd stuttering noise. The
computer then quickly shows a blue screen with information with some kind of
message regarding atikmdag. The computer reboots and comes to a Windows Error
Recovery page. I hit enter to have Windows start normally.

Sometimes I get as far as getting into the neigborhood with the flickering
still happening, but then the neighborhood gets distorted or a distorted
purple page appears. At the same time the stuttering noise occurs but the
computer reboots this time without the blue screen and the Windows Error
Recovery page does not appear.

If I escape out of the game before it reboots, I get a messgae on my desktop
that states the following: "Display driver stopped responding and has
recovered. Displaying driver atikmdag stopped responding and has successfully
recovered."