Grief, woe, despair and hideous black screens
coricaman:
those cards have a habit of doing that, try buying a new one. I think its an overheating problem
MrsH:
Thank you so much for the replies. At least I'm not alone.
I have an Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20Ghz processor, with 1024 RAM so in theory it should run my entire house without blinking.
The black screen thingyness doesn't affect anything else at all - not even my beloved point and click graphics heavy adventures (I'm an old-fashioned girl - I love my point and clicks - they are why I shelled out for the new card in the first place).
I'm thinking at this point that it probably is some kind of overheating problem, but I'm blowed if I know how to solve it. Short of deep freezing, I can't see much I can do to cool it down.
NVidia have indeed been contacted (at length) and haven't been able to solve it.
For the time being I'll stick to the "save after every sim shower" method that's become my best friend and routine driver updates. It's true that at least the BSOD is marginally less annoying than random flops to desktop but not by very much.
jefrir:
Orikes, I get the same problem, but mine's because I'm playing on a laptop. A little note hidden somewhere in the readme says the game may or may not work with laptop video cards - so basically my computer's allergic to the Sims. And many no-cd cracks for other games, too. Saving every sim-day seems to be the only solution.
ilikefishfood:
Don't mean to be the voice of doom and gloom, but I tried all the fixes for overheating (that's one of the things that was suggested to me); went as far as to buy a floor standing fan, take the side of my cpu and have the fan aimed at the inside. I also found the blank screen problem began to crop up more frequently. But hey, I'm glad you've found a work-around.
I was able to sell my NVIDIA to a friend. It gave no problems with other games; it was just TS2 (after I installed OFB). I was a firm believer in NVIDIA, but after I invested in a Radeon, I was astounded at the quality of the graphics in TS2. I had no idea the water (ponds and pools) was so amazingly reflective! Certainly 'more awesome' (lame pun intended)
Orikes:
Out of curiosity, what Radeon card did you get? Or, what non Nvidia cards do people recommend?
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