Grief, woe, despair and hideous black screens
Ambular:
I've heard that replacing fans and heat sinks can help with some overheating problems, as can clearing out any built-up dust inside the case with a can of compressed air (it blankets components and acts as an insulator.)
Also, in our just-in-case department, try running the game in windowed mode, bring up the Windows Task Manager and go to the Performance Tab and watch what's happening with your system resources for a while (especially if you're in the habit of running any other programs at the same time.) It's conceivable some other process could be draining your available memory to the point that it's choking the game. Before I added more RAM to my machine, FireFox's memory leak would occasionally do that.
One other thing to check is that your power supply is a high enough wattage to handle all the other hardware you've got installed. I was told when I installed my new high-end video card that it was possible my power supply wouldn't be adequate during heavy usage and it might cause my computer to crash. (It hasn't, but apparently the possibility does exist.)
ElfPuddle:
Quote from: ZiggyDoodle on 2006 November 24, 01:48:38
Are the problem cards primarily nVidia?
My little troublemaker is a Radeon 9550 (thank you, I know it has issues. I deal with them and am saving pennies.)
The old one was a S3G UniChrome....so all people wondering why I put up with the crashing may now stop. Even with base game, the old card never showed the in-game PIPs and special movies. Those little gems were as mysterious as the floating pig.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: ElfPuddle on 2006 November 26, 02:04:27
The old one was a S3G UniChrome....so all people wondering why I put up with the crashing may now stop. Even with base game, the old card never showed the in-game PIPs and special movies. Those little gems were as mysterious as the floating pig.
WTF is an "S3G UniChrome"? Is that even a graphics card? My Linux box made of recycled parts and running in console has a better card than that.
astraled:
Well, if you want the expensive solution... upgrade to a 7900gt, a 550 watt PSU, and add a gig of ram (2g total).
That's what it took to cure my Nvidia problem after OFB. I had a 6600gt running on a 300 w PSU so it wasn't all Nvidia's fault.
gethane:
No, do NOT upgrade to a new nvidia card. It is absolutely ridiculous to think you need 2 GB to play this game. I realize that does SEEM to "fix" the problem, but it just camoflages it. The problem is STILL there and who knows if it'll crop up again after another expansion pack?
If you want to escape the nvidia problem.. BUY ATI. I bought only Nvidia for 8 years, until a month ago when I bought an ATI card. It works PERFECTLY with only 1 gb memory.
If you read the thread at MTS2 I linked to, it becomes clear that this IS an nvidia problem, or an Nvidia driver problem, since the old drivers (18 months old) seem to work fine. Unfortunately, if you want to play new games as well as the Sims, or if you have a new card that can't run on old drivers, that doesn't help you.
And bottom line, it doesn't matter if its the Sims that is causing the nvidia problem, or Nvidia that's causing the problem. Nvidia has competition, namely ATI, and the Sims has no competition. If you want to play Sims, and you are having the Nvidia blue screen hourglass fade to sometimes black and turn off your monitor problem, buy an ATI to fix it.
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