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Video card for The Sims 3?

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Recently, I bought the new Sims 3 game but when I try to open it the following comes up:

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"Unable to start the game. Device 0 cannot run this title. Your video card does not appear to support at least Shader Model 2. Please upgrade your card."



:( What do I do? And do I really have to buy a new card (if so, would it be expensive?). If anyone can help it would be nice.

Thanks! oh and I have a Dell Desktop with Windows Vista. But the computer itself is pretty old (maybe 6 years old).

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Unfortunately if the card does not support SM2 it is a hardware issue that will require an upgrade. You might try updating the drivers, if they are generic it may not detect the hardware compatibility, longshot there though.

Depending on your Motherboard (if it has PCI-E) the upgrade can be pretty cheap, a nVidia 9800GTX can be had for under $100, look at the best card for the price guide here on toms. If it's AGP you are pretty limited, but there are still several options out there for reasonable prices.


Message edited by finaldrive on 10-22-2009 at 05:33:05 AM
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