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by **n82** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:54 pm

I just bought the sims2 and was all lookin forward to gettin home to play it, so ive just finished installin it but the bloody thing tells me i need DirectX 9.0, can someone help? how do i get this?

by **Gecko** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:00 pm

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:00 pm

Download it from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

Cactus

by **n82** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:07 pm

Thanx both

by **n82** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:18 pm

argggggghh

i went to there and installed it, went to load the game and got this message:

Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The system will now terminate.

What do I do now?

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:20 pm

Try updating your Graphic card.
Do you know what Model it is?

Cactus

by **n82** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:24 pm

I don't even know what a graphics card is :shock:

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:26 pm

What Operating System are you using?
Win98,WinMe,Win2000or WinXP?

Cactus

by **n82** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:27 pm

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:31 pm

Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
Find your VideoGraphic card and write the Model #down on a pc of paper and post back here.

Cactus

by **n82** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:38 pm

omg, i can't find videographic card in device manager :dunce:

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:42 pm

Oops...It's called DISPLAY ADAPTER

Cactus

by **n82** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:48 pm

ermmm
it says S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR, driver version 6.14.10.25, is that what i was lookin for?

by **Cactus** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 9:54 pm

Download your drivers from either link below:
Version: 6.14.10.0025-13.94.25
Server 1
http://download.s3graphics.com/drivers/ ... 139425.exe

Server 2
http://ranger.s3graphics.com/swlib/700d ... 139425.exe

EDIT

Newer Drivers here: Version: 6.14.10.0028-13.94.28

Server1
http://download.s3graphics.com/drivers/ ... 139428.exe

Server2http://ranger.s3graphics.com/swlib/420drv/S3G_ProSavageDDR_winxp_v139428.exe

Cactus

by **n82** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:00 pm

K, Ive that done, what do I need to do now?

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