Oh my. Well, I've had quite an adventure this morning/afternoon tinkering with my laptop and what not.
I bought The Sims 2 because my roommate just got it and I wanted it as well. I go and buy it this morning, everything is looking good with requirements and what not, installation goes good (as good at 2GB worth of game can go) and I'm all set to play. Of course, at this point, I'm pretty stoked to be making my own family and what not because it is supposed to be a lot more fun than the original Sims. Well, I don't even get that far- as the game is loading, I get this message saying there is a device error and I need to restart my computer. Well, I let this happen three times before I go on the EA Games support to find out what is going on.
According to them, my graphics/video card isn't good enough for the game, which is shocking because it is the highest end one from Intel that you can get for a laptop. It says on the website though that if it is an Intel graphics card that I might just need to update the driver and it should work. Well, my first stop on Intel to see if the driver/card is compatable with the game at all. Thankfully, it was (or else I would have thrown my laptop and the game off of my balcony), and I just had to update the driver.
This whole process- from installing the game, installing new drivers and finally getting the game to work- took an hour and a half. Even then, the game doesn't move at the speed it should. Apparently, if I turn off my virus protection, it'll do something about it. *grabs hair* I HATE technology!
I bought The Sims 2 because my roommate just got it and I wanted it as well. I go and buy it this morning, everything is looking good with requirements and what not, installation goes good (as good at 2GB worth of game can go) and I'm all set to play. Of course, at this point, I'm pretty stoked to be making my own family and what not because it is supposed to be a lot more fun than the original Sims. Well, I don't even get that far- as the game is loading, I get this message saying there is a device error and I need to restart my computer. Well, I let this happen three times before I go on the EA Games support to find out what is going on.
According to them, my graphics/video card isn't good enough for the game, which is shocking because it is the highest end one from Intel that you can get for a laptop. It says on the website though that if it is an Intel graphics card that I might just need to update the driver and it should work. Well, my first stop on Intel to see if the driver/card is compatable with the game at all. Thankfully, it was (or else I would have thrown my laptop and the game off of my balcony), and I just had to update the driver.
This whole process- from installing the game, installing new drivers and finally getting the game to work- took an hour and a half. Even then, the game doesn't move at the speed it should. Apparently, if I turn off my virus protection, it'll do something about it. *grabs hair* I HATE technology!
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The lesson is you need a very fucking high tech computer to play a game that simulates a guy who needs a high tech computer to up his fun rating and go about his day, ironic or not....
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