Closed Sims 2 and Graphics Cards - the fixes.

@celebkiriedhel
I'm getting an error for both files saying that it cannot open the output file? This is where I was trying to open the graphics rule intel file. Is that the wrong place to unzip it?

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@tjh327
I'm not familiar with the program you are using to open it. My suspicion is that it doesn't recognise the suffix, and so doesn't know how to open it. You don't need to open the sgr file - that's already been uncompressed.

The location is correct.

@celebkiriedhel

I think it's opening with 7zip? 7zip tries to unzip the files as soon as I click on them, which apparently doesn't work. Should I try another program to open them? What can I do about the suffix?

Both of these are rar files.

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm - this will unlock them. Most people use rar nowadays because it's compression algorithm produces smaller files.

7Zip says it does rars according to this page - http://www.7-zip.org/ - but 7zip doesn't look like the page you've got up there, so maybe it doesn't work the same?

The files are tiny, so it shouldn't be a download problem, but it may be worth downloading them again just in case.

@celebkiriedhel

OK, so I got the files installed, changed my compatibility to windows 7, neighborhood loaded-no black screen, the smooth edges option was no longer greyed out, so I put it on high. No flickering in the neighborhood anymore. Will play around with it a little and report back. One quick question- do I need to worry about my motherboard or whatever overheating now? Thanks so much for your help and for putting up with my computer illiterate self!

Edit: I had the black box problem, changed shadows to medium and that took care of that. So far, so good! Thanks again!

Nope - you have a good CPU, you should be good to go now.

Okay. So I got this new computer and everything, and I installed The Sims 2 Ultimate on it and tweaked it so it can run on my PC, but what i'm wondering is if I can run it on high settings, here are my specs:

Processor AMD FX™-770K Quad Core Processor
Manufacturer AMD
Speed 3.5 GHz
Number of Cores 4
Video Card AMD Radeon R7 240
Manufacturer ATI
Chipset AMD Radeon R7 240
Dedicated Memory 2.1 GB
Total Memory 4.0 GB
Memory 8.1 GB
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit
Service Pack 0
Size 64 Bit
Edition Basic

The way I answered this question for myself, is by gradually raising the settings. Every time it worked without issues, I raised the bar a little more. There is no better way to get to know your own computer! Currently, my system runs at the highest settings available in the game, and ability-wise my system is not too much different from yours. Although, I *do* have a lot more RAM, but I don't believe that that should influence graphics quality much... although it may have an effect on performance.

@Simmerfan28
For Sims 2 settings
CPU is high, RAM is high, Graphics is good.

If you're using the graphic rules from the front page (and you should be using either that or the one created from the Graphic Rules Maker - it will automatically set it to High settings.

When you say you tweaked it, what exactly did you do?

By tweaked I meant I already fixed my graphic rules and stuff, I was just wondering if my computer can handle high settings, also do you think my computer will handle the sims 3 on high settings?